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Book

The Holocaust : racism and genocide in World War II

Call Number

  • J 940.5318 MOON (CEN)

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Publication Information

White River Junction, VT : Nomad Press, a division of Nomad Communications, [2017]

Physical Description

ix, 118 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Audience

Guided Reading Level: Z+

Summary

Provides a history of the Holocaust, from the roots of anti-Semitism in Europe and the rise of the Nazi Party to the Final Solution and the legacy of the Holocaust.

Notes

Includes exercises and assignments for middle-school students.

Contents

  • Timeline
  • Introduction: What was the Holocaust?
  • The Jewish people and anti-semitism
  • The rise of the Nazi Party
  • Persecution and World War II
  • The final solution: extermination
  • War's end
  • How could the Holocaust happen?
  • Rescue and resistance
  • The legacy of the Holocaust.

Subjects

Added Authors

Tom Casteel