The Routledge atlas of the Holocaust / Martin Gilbert; foreword by David Patterson.
By: Gilbert, Martin [author.]
.Contributor(s): Patterson, David [writer of foreword.].Series: Routledge historical atlases: Publisher: London : Routledge, 2024[2023]Edition: Fifth edition.Description: xxi, 318 pages : illustrations, photographs, maps (black and white).Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781032052977; 9781032053745; 9781003197294.Other title: Atlas of the Holocaust.Subject(s): Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | Jews -- Europe -- History -- 20th century | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Maps | World War, 1939-1945 -- AtrocitiesDDC classification: 940.5318 Summary: "The graphic history of the Nazi attempt to destroy the Jews of Europe during the Second World War is illustrated in this series of 363 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 when the Nazi Party came to power; 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 new edition now includes an additional 30 of Martin Gilbert’s maps, with many additional camp and ghetto maps, further illustrating the layout and organization of some of the most significant towns and cities affected by the Holocaust, especially useful to those visiting the sites."-- Taken from back cover.
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| 940.5318 FIN The Holocaust industry : | 940.5318 FRI The years of extermination : Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 / | 940.5318 GIL The holocaust : the Jewish tragedy / | 940.5318 GIL The Routledge atlas of the Holocaust / | 940.5318 HUG The perversion of Holocaust memory : writing and rewriting the past after 1989 / | 940.5318 KNO Forever in the shadow of Hitler? : | 940.5318 REE The Holocaust : a new history / |
Volume recived in 2023.
Previous edition : 2009.
"The graphic history of the Nazi attempt to destroy the Jews of Europe during the Second World War is illustrated in this series of 363 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 when the Nazi Party came to power; 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 new edition now includes an additional 30 of Martin Gilbert’s maps, with many additional camp and ghetto maps, further illustrating the layout and organization of some of the most significant towns and cities affected by the Holocaust, especially useful to those visiting the sites."-- Taken from back cover.