German History - Political Aspects, Holocaust - History, Europe - Peoples & Places, Germany - Politics & Government, German History - 1933 - 1945 (The Third Reich)
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Overview
The Holocaust Overview examines the general circumstances of the Holocaust as well as the European arena of World War II. Ann Byers also details the life of Adolf Hitler, the architect of the German Nazi state, from his rise to power to his inevitable fall. This general overview of the Holocaust is a good place for young people to start as they begin to learn about one of the darkest periods in modern history.Examines Hitler's treatment of the Jews, before and during World War II, from their early exclusion from German society to the later policy of extermination.
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Kirkus Reviews
In this introductory volume to the Holocaust Remembered series, Byers presents a comprehensive and dramatic history of the Holocaust aimed at middle-schoolers. Tracing anti-Semitism back to its earliest expression Byers shows how hatred against the Jews, coupled with the rise of National Socialism, provided the force that swept Adolf Hitler to power. She makes clear that, from the very beginning, Hitler methodically conducted a reign of terror against European Jews: boycotts of Jewish businesses, harassment conducted on city streets, the creation of the Nuremburg Laws, and much more. She also outlines the four-part strategy to eliminate the Jews: exclusion, expulsion, enclosure, and ultimately, extermination. Numerous black-and-white period photographs provide evidence of the horrors of WWII. This is a solid introduction to the series, but is also effective as a stand-alone volume, a starting point in the curriculum. (chronology, notes, glossary, further reading, index) (Nonfiction. 10-12) .Book Details
Published
December 1, 1998
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pages
128
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780766010628