The Holocaust Chronicle : A History In Words And Pictures

Description: The book is in very good condition with tight binding and clean pages. There is some shelf wear on the edges and some corner bumps as shown in the photos. The book is large and heavy. It's over 6 pounds and the USPS media mail shipping rate between 6 and 7 pounds is $8.42. "The book recounts the anguishing story of the most terrible crime of the 20th century. During World War II, six million Jewsas well as other targeted groups including Poles, the handicapped, and homosexualswere systematically murdered by Adolf Hitlers Nazi Germany and its collaborators. Although the weight and heft of The Holocaust Chronicle cannot capture the immensity of its subject, the books 768 pages suggest that the Holocaust is a topic that must be openly confronted. Written and fact-checked by top scholars, the chronicle offers: A 3,000-item timeline pinpointing specific events that contributed to the Holocaust, such as Nazi Germany occupation during World War II, the sealing of urban ghettos in Europe, and the deportation of millions of Jews to death camps. Nearly 2,000 photographs chronicling the Holocaust in starkly visual terms, including images of the massacre of more than 33,000 Ukrainian Jews at Babi Yar and pictures from the liberation of Auschwitz and other concentration camps. Fourteen chapter-opening essays that put the most important years of the Holocaust and its immediate aftermath into perspective, beginning with Hitlers rise to power and ending with the convictions of such Nazi officials as Hermann Gring at the Nuremberg Trial. More than 250 sidebars detailing the significant places, issues, events, and people of the Holocaust, including Anne Frank and Heinrich Himmler. An extensive prologue and epilogue that discuss the buildup to and aftermath of the Holocaust."

Price: 6 USD

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico

End Time: 2024-11-18T19:02:03.000Z

Shipping Cost: 9.13 USD