The Routledge Atlas of the Holocaust |
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Author:
| Gilbert, Martin |
ISBN: | 978-1-283-60674-5 |
Publication Date: | May 2014 |
Publisher: | Routledge
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $252.00 |
Book Description:
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Thegraphichistoryofthe Naziattempt to destroythe Jewsof EuropeduringtheSecond World Waris illustrated in this seriesof 333 detailed maps. The maps, and the text and photographs that accompany them, powerfully depict the fate of the Jews between 1933 and 1945, while also setting the chronological story in the wider context of the war itself. The maps include:
- historical background from the effects of anti-Jewish violence between 1880 and 1933 to the geography of the existing...
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Thegraphichistoryofthe Naziattempt to destroythe Jewsof EuropeduringtheSecond World Waris illustrated in this seriesof 333 detailed maps. The maps, and the text and photographs that accompany them, powerfully depict the fate of the Jews between 1933 and 1945, while also setting the chronological story in the wider context of the war itself. The maps include:
- historical background from the effects of anti-Jewish violence between 1880 and 1933 to the geography of the existing Jewish communities before the advent of the Nazis
- the beginning of the violence from the destruction of the synagogues in November 1938 to Jewish migrations and deportations, the ghettos, and the establishment of the concentration camps and death camps throughout German-dominated Europe
- the spread of Nazi rule the fate of the Jews throughout Europe including Germany, Austria, Poland, Greece, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Russia, Denmark, Norway, France, Holland, Belgium, Italy, and the Baltic States
- Jewish revolts and resistance acts of armed resistance, fighting in the forests, individual acts of courage
- Jews in hiding escape routes, Christians who helped Jews
- the death marches the advance of the Allies and the liberation of the camps, the survivors, and the final death toll.
This revised edition includes a new section which gives an insight into the layout and organization of some of the most significant places of the Holocaust, including Auschwitz, Treblinka and the Warsaw ghetto, maps thatwill be especially useful to those visiting the sit