Screen LibraryWhat was the Holocaust? /
"A thoughtful and age-appropriate introduction to an unimaginable event--the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million people killed in Nazi death camps--six million of them Jews. Gail Herman traces the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, who...
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Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"A thoughtful and age-appropriate introduction to an unimaginable event--the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million people killed in Nazi death camps--six million of them Jews. Gail Herman traces the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, whose rabid anti-Semitism led first to humiliating anti-Jewish laws, then to ghettos all over Eastern Europe, and ultimately to the Final Solution. She presents just enough information for an elementary-school audience in a readable, well-researched book that covers one of the most horrible events in hist |
| Item Description: | Ages 8-12. |
| Carrier Form: | 106 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 106). |
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9780451533920 (hardcover) : 0451533925 (hardcover) 9780451533906 (paperback) 0451533909 (paperback) 9781518239144 1518239145 |
| Index Number: | D804 |
| CLC: | K152-49 |
| Call Number: | K152-49/H551 |
| Contents: | What was the Holocaust? -- Anti-Semitism -- Adolf Hitler -- The Nazis -- Hitler in power -- War! -- In the Ghetto -- Life in the Concentration Camps -- The Final Solution -- Fighting back -- Freedom! After -- Timelines. |