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The Holocaust / Susan Willoughby.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: 20th-century perspectivesPublication details: Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, ©2001.Description: 48 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 1575724367
  • 9781575724362
  • 1588103757
  • 9781588103758
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Contents:
What was the Holocaust? -- The Jews-a persecuted race -- Adolf Hitler and the rise of nazism -- Depression! -- The plight of Jews in Germany -- Persecution -- Escape to freedom -- War and the ghettos -- The children of the Terezin ghetto -- The camps -- Genocide -- The "final solution" -- The will to resist -- Resistance in the Warsaw ghetto, 1942 -- "Rescuers" -- Heroes of the Holocaust -- The beginning of the end -- The survivors -- In search of a homeland -- Preserving the past -- Timeline of the Holocaust.
Summary: Examines the persecution of the Jewish people by German leader Adolph Hitler in the mid-twentieth century, discusses his attempts to exterminate the Jews in the death camps, and looks at what happened to the Nazis responsible for the Holocaust. Includes photographs, and a selection of primary source materials.
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library 940.531/WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844400009128

Includes bibliographical references (page 45) and index.

What was the Holocaust? -- The Jews-a persecuted race -- Adolf Hitler and the rise of nazism -- Depression! -- The plight of Jews in Germany -- Persecution -- Escape to freedom -- War and the ghettos -- The children of the Terezin ghetto -- The camps -- Genocide -- The "final solution" -- The will to resist -- Resistance in the Warsaw ghetto, 1942 -- "Rescuers" -- Heroes of the Holocaust -- The beginning of the end -- The survivors -- In search of a homeland -- Preserving the past -- Timeline of the Holocaust.

Examines the persecution of the Jewish people by German leader Adolph Hitler in the mid-twentieth century, discusses his attempts to exterminate the Jews in the death camps, and looks at what happened to the Nazis responsible for the Holocaust. Includes photographs, and a selection of primary source materials.

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