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What was the Holocaust? / by Gail Herman ; illustrated by Jerry Hoare.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: What was--?Publisher: New York, New York : Penguin Workshop, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 106 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780451533906
  • 0451533909
  • 9780451533920
  • 0451533925
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
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.
Summary: "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 history. Includes a letter from the editor and series creator, Jane O'Connor"-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: Holocaust Remembrance Day | Holocaust Remembrance Day - Yom HaShoah
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 940.5318 H551 Available 33111009212511
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 940.5318 H551 Available 33111008207033
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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 times in history.

This entry in the New York Times best-selling series contains eighty carefully chosen illustrations and sixteen pages of black and white photographs suitable for young readers.

Includes bibliographical references.

Ages 8-12.

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.

"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 history. Includes a letter from the editor and series creator, Jane O'Connor"-- Provided by publisher.

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