Peter Novick

Peter Novick (July 26, 1934 – February 17, 2012) was an American historian. He was best known for writing "" and the "American Historical Profession" and "The Holocaust in American Life". The latter title has also been published as The Holocaust and Collective Memory, especially for non-US anglophonic markets.
Novick was born on July 26, 1934 in Jersey City, New Jersey. He died on February 17, 2012 from lung cancer in Chicago, Illinois, aged 77.