The Holocaust: A History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World War

by Martin Gilbert

Overview

Deftly weaving together historical research and survivors' testimonies, The Holcaust is Gilbert's acclaimed and definitive history of the European Jews, fom Hitler's rise to power to Germany's surrender to the liberation of the prisoners of the concentration camps.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780805003482
Publisher:	Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	05/15/1987
Edition description:	First Owl Book
Pages:	976
Sales rank:	395,328
Product dimensions:	6.27(w) x 8.92(h) x 1.74(d)

About the Author

One of Britain's most distinguished historians, Martin Gilbert was knighted in 1995. A fellow of Merton College, Oxford, he is also the official biographer of Winston Churchill. Among his books are The Holocaust, The Second World War, Churchill: A Life, Auschwitz and the Allies, The First World War, and Never Again.

Editorial Reviews

A fascinating work that overwhelms us with its truth . . . This book must be read and reread.” —Elie Wiesel, Chicago Tribune

“A classic story . . . Indispensable for the material it contains, for the soundness of its scholarship, and for Gilbert's ability to narrate and present this history in a style that bears the weight of the subject matter.” —The Christian Science Monitor

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