The holocaust encyclopedia by judith tydor baumel 2001. This concise, easytouse resource on the holocaust is rich in factual and statistical information, and provides a comprehensive compilation of the people and terms that are essential for an understanding of the holocaust. As we face these difficult and uncertain times, many lessons from the holocaust come to light. It will also provide college students and adults with a reliable, authoritative, bigpicture perspective on aspects of a genocide that, no matter how fully it is known, will never fully be understood. Many books have chronicled the courage and suffering of the holocaust victims, from fictional stories to firstperson accounts by survivors to. Joseph goebbels, took control of all forms of communication in germany. The nature of this event, and the particularity and peculiarity of its assault against jewish life and jewish dignity, force a. The holocaust was the statesponsored mass murder of some 6 million european jews and millions of others by the german nazis during world war ii. The holocaust encyclopedia baumel, judith tydor, laqueur, walter on amazon. Within less than six months two books have been published in the united states that attempt to describe the. The holocaust encyclopedia baumel judith tydor laqueur. Between 1941 and 1945, across germanoccupied europe, nazi germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million jews, around twothirds of europes jewish population.
Nazi propaganda and censorship once they succeeded in ending democracy and turning germany into a oneparty dictatorship, the nazis orchestrated a massive propaganda campaign to win the loyalty and cooperation of germans. Holocaust article about holocaust by the free dictionary. Winner of the 20 national jewish book award the illustrated threevolume geographical encyclopedia of the holocaust in hungary is a definitive, authoritative, and magisterial resource, thorough and exhaustive. The holocaust has been the subject of countless books, works of art, and memorials. Usually carried out in a public context, the burning of books represents an element of censorship and usually proceeds from a cultural, religious, or political opposition to the materials in question. Judith tydor baumel teaches modern jewish history at bar ilan. The holocaust, also known as the shoah, was the world war ii genocide of the european jews.
The united states holocaust memorial museum encyclopedia of camps and ghettos, 19331945, vol. The geographical encyclopedia of the holocaust in hungary. While the holocaust center for humanity has attempted to maintain as accurately and completely as possible the content on this website, including without limitation content submitted by others, such content may contain errors or omissions, for which the holocaust center for humanity disclaims all liability to the fullest extent allowed by law. The holocaust encyclopedia is the only comprehensive singlevolume work of reference providing both a reflective overview of the subject and abundant detail concerning major events, policy decisions, fiftyfive years after the fact the world still ponders the enormity of this disaster. An encyclopedia and document collection provides students with an allencompassing resource for learning about this tragic eventa fourbook collection that provides detailed information as well as multidisciplinary perspectives that will serve as a gateway to meaningful discussion and further research. Fiftyfive years after the fact the world still ponders the enormity of this. As employed in the vulgate, it corresponds to two hebrew terms. The holocaust encyclopedia will become the first stop in the library for high school students wishing to learn about the holocaust. Holocaust, the systematic statesponsored killing of six million jewish men, women, and children and millions of others by nazi germany and its collaborators during world war ii. They believed that the germans belonged to a race that was superior to all others. They claimed that the jews belonged to a race that was. Aachen abba kovner adolf eichmann adolf hitler african. Ss and police units deported 265,000 jews to the treblinka killing center and 11,580 to forcedlabor camps. The germans and their auxiliaries murdered more than 10,000 jews in the warsaw ghetto during the deportation operations.
About six million jews were killed, as well as five million others that the nazis claimed were inferior mostly slavs, communists, romaniroma people, people with disabilities, homosexuals, and jehovahs witnesses. During world war ii, adolf hitler and the nazis attempted to exterminate european jews by forcing them into concentration camps, where both children and adults were sent to their deaths in gas chambers. Explore the id cards to learn more about personal experiences during the holocaust. Cochair of the international research council of the center for strategic and international studies in washington, dc, laqueur has assembled a virtual whos who of holocaust scholars to provide both. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
Introduction to the holocaust the holocaust encyclopedia. This web site contains every word and image that appear in the print edition of the holocaust chronicle, published by publications international, ltd in april 2000 the 800 pages and more than 1,800 images can be searched and viewed in a number of ways. Buy the holocaust encyclopedia by walter laqueur isbn. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Over 15,000 articles and pictures about the torah, history, literature, biography, geography, genealogy, and theology. The murders were carried out in pogroms and mass shootings. The holocaust encyclopedia is an online encyclopedia, published by the united states holocaust memorial museum, offering detailed information about the. The holocaust encyclopedia includes hundreds of entries arranged alphabetically, from antisemitism through the ages and holocaust art to zyklon b, the cyanide compound used in the nazi gas chambers 276 photographs many never before published and 19 maps. The holocaust encyclopedia kindle edition by judith tydor baumel, walter laqueur. The holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, statesponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million jews by the nazi regime and its collaborators.
As far as a reference it is an excellent book to have in your library if you are a holocaust nonfiction book collector or world war ii enthusiast i have many world war ii books especially about the holocaust and this one is very compelling and extremely informative so i would recommend it 100%. World book encyclopedia, american encyclopaedia designed to meet the curriculum needs of elementary through highschool students. Book burning refers to the ritual destruction by fire of books or other written materials. Fiftyfive years after the fact the world still ponders the enormity of this disaster. It documents and chronicles the wartime fate of the jewish communities in that country where virulent antisemitism is anything but dead, even today.
As suggested by its greek origin holos whole, and kaustos burnt the word designates an offering entirely consumed by fire, in use among the jews and some pagan nations of antiquity. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Holocaust encyclopedia united states holocaust memorial. He is the author of nearly twenty books on world war ii, the holocaust, fascism, and soviet politics. The holocaust encylopedia is the only comprehensive singlevolume work of reference providing both a reflective overview of the subject and abundant detail concerning major events, policy, decisions, cities, and individuals.
Today the holocaust is viewed as the emblematic manifestation of absolute evil. Publication and translationboth from foreign languages into english and vice versaof new research by emerging and established scholars to promote research and teaching, as well as to support junior scholars who are the future of the field. The holocaust was the systematic, statesponsored persecution and murder of six million jews by the nazi regime and its allies and collaborators. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Nazi propaganda and censorship the holocaust encyclopedia. Between july 22 and september 12, 1942, the german authorities deported or murdered around 300,000 jews in the warsaw ghetto.
Publications united states holocaust memorial museum. Although antisemitism in europe has had a long history, organized persecution of german jews began with hitlers rise to power in 1933. Holocaust encyclopedia indiana university libraries. The world book was first published in 1917 and revised annually from 1925. In addition to the searchable entries of the encyclopedia itself, the site, sponsored by the national holocaust museum, includes historical films, photographs,lists of book titles and scholarly journals, and guides to archival resources, among them a guide to oral histories. Find articles, photos, maps, films, and more listed alphabetically.
This monumental 7volume encyclopedia, the result of years of work by the jack, joseph, and morton mandel center for advanced holocaust studies at the united states holocaust memorial museum, will describe the universe of camps and ghettossome 20,000 in allthat the nazis and their allies operated, from norway to north africa and from france to russia. Building a future of empathy and respect one book at a time. Welcome to the holocaust chronicle web site t his is a notforprofit project. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The nazis came to power in germany in january 1933. Contains the complete contents of the 1906 jewish encyclopedia. Holocaust center for humanity survivor encyclopedia. The united states holocaust memorial museum encyclopedia. Camps and ghettos under european regimes aligned with nazi germany megargee, geoffrey p. Schwarz on laqueur and baumel, the holocaust encyclopedia h. Holocaust encyclopedia united states holocaust memorial museum.
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