Holocaust Memory Project: Holocaust (General)

Traces the origins of the Holocaust, discussing how and why this event began and detailing the impact it had on Europe's Jewish population.

On November 10, 1938, Francis Schott slept peacefully in his bed. Suddenly, a group of Nazis broke into his house and began to destroy it. They wanted to demolish everything because Francis's family was Jewish. For days, violent attacks like this took place throughout Nazi Germany and came to be known as Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken Glass." The Nazis destroyed thousands of Jewish homes and businesses, burned down hundreds of synagogues, and murdered many people. The brutal assault came to an end, but it marked the beginning of something much worse: the Holocaust.

How could the Holocaust have happened in a civilized country? Who is to blame? the roots of the hatred that led to the Holocaust began long before World War II. In HITLER, GOEBBELS, HIMMLER: the NAZI HOLOCAUST MASTERMINDS, author Linda Jacobs Altman thoroughly examines the causes and events that led up to the Holocaust, Adolf Hitler's rise to power, and the role he played in World War II in perpetuating the Holocaust.

Describes, from its beginnings to its aftermath, Adolf Hitler's "Final Solution" or plan to exterminate the Jews during the Holocaust. Contents: Hatred and exclusion -- Persecution -- Expulsion -- Annihilation -- Liberation of the camps and aftermath.

Adolf Hitler implemented his reign of terror against the Jews by ordering the construction of thousands of camps throughout Europe. Concentration camps removed Jews from society, labor camps worked them to death, and killing centers murdered them in gas chambers. The result was the annihilation of six million Jews as well as millions of other innocent victims.

A thrilling spy mission, a moving Holocaust story, and a first-class work of narrative nonfiction.In 1945, at the end of World War II, Adolf Eichmann, the head of operations for the Nazis' Final Solution, walked into the mountains of Germany and vanished from view. Sixteen years later, an elite team of spies captured him at a bus stop in Argentina and smuggled him to Israel, resulting in one of the century's most important trials -- one that cemented the Holocaust in the public imagination. THE NAZI HUNTERS is the thrilling and fascinating story of what happened between these two events. Survivor Simon Wiesenthal opened Eichmann's case; a blind Argentinean and his teenage daughter provided crucial information. Finally, the Israeli spies -- many of whom lost family in the Holocaust -- embarked on their daring mission, recounted here in full. Based on the adult bestseller HUNTING EICHMANN, which is now in development as a major film, and illustrated with powerful photos throughout, THE NAZI HUNTERS is a can't-miss work of narrative nonfiction for middle-grade and YA readers.

Ghettos were set up by the Nazis to isolate and segregate Jews from other members of the population. Author Linda Jacobs Altman details the hardships of ghetto life under Nazi rule in WARSAW, LODZ, VILNA: the HOLOCAUST GHETTOS. Set up in many countries including Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Belorussia, and Czechoslovakia, the author describes how the Jews kept alive their cultural and religious lives despite the poverty and hardships of ghetto life. Also included are accounts of the revolts by those who dared to fight back.

This volume explains the events that led up to the Holocaust as well as the atrocity itself. It gives an overview of the Holocaust, describing the events which led up to the Nazis' attempt to get rid of a whole race of people while simultaneously fighting a war on two fronts.

Profiles 60 women and men who were caught up in the Holocaust, including Nazi perpetrators and their victims, world leaders and policy makers, and those who showed their humanity and courage by resiting Hitler's reign of genocidal terror.

This volume presents six theme-based chapters of original documents such as speeches, letters, and book excerpts, from 1920 to approximately 1950, which examine the Holocaust.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opened in Washington D.C., in April 1993. This book walks the reader through the museum, floor by floor. It interweaves the story of the Holocaust with a description of the museum. The book describes the Nazis' rise to power, the final solution, and the aftermath of the Holocaust (1945 to present).

During the 2-year period covered in this part of the series Holocaust, Hitler & the Nazis fully implement their plans to destroy European Jews & the death camps reach their peak of activity.

In an absurd belief that Jews were a threat to the German people, the Nazis planned to seek out and kill every Jewish man, woman, and child living in Europe. How had such a belief arisen? How was the plan developed and put into action? What was the experience of people in the ghettos and extermination camps? What happened in the end, and how is the Holocaust remembered? This book shows events from the points of view of German perpetrators and onlookers and of Jewish survivors.

Bringing into closer context one of the greatest crimes of humanity, this title discusses causes of the Holocaust and much more. Genocide, intentional nuclear destruction, world war -- what inspired such events and what was left in their wake?

Discusses the events surrounding the imprisonment and execution of millions of Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, and the establishment of a Jewish state of Palestine following the war.

This book shows that even brutal treatment by the Nazis and the ever-present threat of death were unable to destroy the creative impulses of the people trapped in the ghettos and concentration camps. Poetry, diary entries, song lyrics, drawings, and paintings from the time express the full range of emotions, including the craving for normality in the very abnormal situations.

At the end of World War II, the victorious Allies decided to put Nazi Germanys leaders on trial for their many crimes against humanity, including the attempted genocide known as the Holocaust. The Nazis supreme leader, Adolf Hitler, had committed suicide as Germany was collapsing, so he could not be punished. However, hundreds of his generals, assistants, and henchmen were tried in the German town of Nuremberg, while hundreds more fled, setting in motion a global effort to bring these war criminals to justice.

"Like a blazing fire, the news spreads across Germany: Adolf Hitler is Chancellor of the Reich! A million hearts are aflame." This radio report from 1933 announced the election victory of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany. Although many people celebrated, they did not know the ultimate consequences of Hitler's rise to power--World War II and the extermination of millions of Jews and other "undesirables" in what we now call the Holocaust. 'Prelude to the Holocaust' shows how Hitler's Nazi Party acted against the Jews, first by stirring up anti-Semitism, then by actively persecuting them, and eventually moving to the mass murder of millions of Jews and others--Hitler's "Final Solution." This book explains the ideas the Nazis had about race and how people around the world responded to the Nazis' racial policies. Each book includes: first-hand accounts from people involved in the Holocaust; an in-depth study of a key topic mentioned in the book; detailed timeline to help place important events; and a further reading and sources section.

"The train arrives, 45 wagons with about 6,700 people, about 1,450 of them dead on arrival. They leave their baggage, undress, have their heads shaved, then go into the death chamber." This is part of an account by Kurt Gerstain an SS officer who served at Belzec death camp. Belzec was just one camp in a whole system created to carry out the Nazis' "Final Solution"--the mass murder of Jews and others that we now call the Holocaust. 'The Camp System' shows how the Nazis created a huge network of camps, from the first concentration camps for their political opponents, to the death camps where millions of Jews and other "undesirables" were gassed. This book explains how the SS ran the camps and why they valued some prisoners more than others. Each book includes: first-hand accounts from people involved in the Holocaust; an in-depth study of a key topic mentioned in the book; detailed timeline to help place important events; and a further reading and sources section.

The World Almanac Library of the Holocaust tells the story of the horrific mass murder of millions of people at the hands of the Nazis, with special emphasis on the attempted genocide against the Jewish people. Written in clear, narrative style and complemented by primary source documents and period photography, this series gives a realistic and sensitive account of the Holocaust. From the rise of Nazi anti-Semitism in Germany to the shocking atrocities committed in the concentration camps, this series attempts to explain the unexplainable-how an event as terrible as the Holocaust ever could have occurred.

The World Almanac Library of the Holocaust tells the story of the horrific mass murder of millions of people at the hands of the Nazis, with special emphasis on the attempted genocide against the Jewish people. Written in clear, narrative style and complemented by primary source documents and period photography, this series gives a realistic and sensitive account of the Holocaust. From the rise of Nazi anti-Semitism in Germany to the shocking atrocities committed in the concentration camps, this series attempts to explain the unexplainable-how an event as terrible as the Holocaust ever could have occurred.

This book looks at the period of World War II when Nazi Germany began its deadly march through the nations of Europe. It follows the progression of the war and the Nazis' move from persecution to mass murder of Europe's Jews. It explores the life of Jews in the ghettos, the enslavement and killing of Jewish prisoners, and the looming horror of genocide in Nazi-built death camps. Book jacket.

The World Almanac Library of the Holocaust tells the story of the horrific mass murder of millions of people at the hands of the Nazis, with special emphasis on the attempted genocide against the Jewish people. Written in clear, narrative style and complemented by primary source documents and period photography, this series gives a realistic and sensitive account of the Holocaust. From the rise of Nazi anti-Semitism in Germany to the shocking atrocities committed in the concentration camps, this series attempts to explain the unexplainable-how an event as terrible as the Holocaust ever could have occurred.

Discusses the origins, development, and implementation of the Final Solution, in which six million Jews were systematically exterminated by the Nazis during World War II.

Why did Adolf Hitler encourage attacks on Jews and their property, escalating Nazi Germany's anti-Semitic policies to new levels of brutality? How did his decision affect countries around the world and change the course of history? This book looks at a momentous event from the build-up to World War II, showing how one of the world's most infamous leaders took a major step towards the events we now know as the Holocaust.

Explores the unique aspects and events that shaped each significant time period.

Questioning History examines the horrors of the slave trade and the Holocaust, the tension of the Cold War, and the controversial Western Front of World War I. Each book encourages readers to consider how key actions and decisions shaped the course of these events, and examines how these events are viewed today.

Diary entries, letters, and other genuine media sources of the era help to inform readers about the tragedies that took place during The Holocaust of World War II.

Explores the unique aspects and events that shaped each significant time period.

Examines the phenomenon of Holocaust denial, describing moral relativism, proponents of revisionist history, the logic employed by Holocaust deniers, and the role of the Internet in the propagation of hatred.

This behind-the-scenes account details the emotionally complex fifteen-year struggle surrounding the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's birth.

Draws on artifacts and eyewitness testimony from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to trace the history of the Holocaust and describe the experiences of the men, women, and children who lived through it.

James Ingo Freed's United States Holocaust Memorial Musuem is regarded as one of the late 20th century's most profound architectural statements. Examined in this book, it is more than a museum, as an institution dedicated to research and teaching as well as contemplation and commemoration. In designing it, Freed sought nothing less than to use the very fabric of the building to convey the criminality of the systematic, industrialized extermination of some six million Jews and other so-called enemies of the Nazi state. Freed was galvanized in this approach by a visit to some of the death camps, and came away convinced that the architecture of the memorial could suggest the frightening efficency with which the Final Solution was carried out. It follows that the Hall of Witness, the great central void around which the museum is organized, is a haunting and evocative space in modern architecture.