The Holocaust Chronicle, written and fact-checked by top scholars, recounts the long, complex, anguishing story of the most terrible crime of the 2...
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Jan 05, 2012
Ed
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The holocaust is one of the darkest blemishes in the history of mankind. I have always been fascinated by the plight of the Jewish people throughout history and as a result, I have read many books and watched numerous films on the subject. Marilyn Harran did a great job in describing the timeline, the origins and the political causes behind what lead to the extermination of over six million Jews in "civilized" western Europe during WWII. Not only does she expose the many facts and d
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Aug 08, 2008
Jared
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Essentially a timeline of the Holocaust with many photos and maps and lesser known individual stories. I picked it up on a discout rack at one of the chain stores. The jacket said it was put together to raise money for Holocaust education or something of the sort. This account is not particularly deep in insight, but very wide in scope. An excellent starter for the many who don't really know about this horrible event in human history.
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Jan 08, 2010
Rennie
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Intensely comprehensive timeline of a terrible history, but this book makes it palatable if you can take the time to get through it. A big undertaking, but definitely worth it. So many personal stories, photos, documents; it's just incredible. If other people are saying it has a strong zionist leaning, I guess so, but in the context of the history of the time there was a lot going on in that area. A lot of the zionist portions are included here to show what was and was not being done through int
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Jul 26, 2011
I've decided to mention what I want while reading. With a book of this size I'm sure to forget many, many things any other way. So forgive me if this is pieced together with a chopped up feel.
Unless my memory has failed me once again (nothing new there) I learned new information by page 25. I don't know that I'd ever read Hitler's half-niece, Geli Raubal, died in a mysterious manner or that the Munich Post implicated Hitler in that death.
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Unless my memory has failed me once again (nothing new there) I learned new information by page 25. I don't know that I'd ever read Hitler's half-niece, Geli Raubal, died in a mysterious manner or that the Munich Post implicated Hitler in that death.
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May 17, 2010
Sad
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This huge volume is an amazing database of historical information. It covers everything leading up to and during the Holocaust, as well as what happened after. Great for any stage of research as it clearly maps and indexes everything you need, but is also good for anyone reading only out of interest.
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Nov 25, 2011
Tobie
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i bought this book three years ago,and to this day,i can open any page and find a pic or post i had not seen before.
studing the holocaust at first seems like a never ending dantes inferno,but to never forget the past you must understand it.
studing the holocaust at first seems like a never ending dantes inferno,but to never forget the past you must understand it.
Feb 12, 2010
Donna
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This was my "Psychology of the Holocaust" textbook. It really made the Holocaust come alive for me, for better or for worse. There are a great deal of photos and documentation from pre-Hitler Germany through post-war Germany. Very educational.
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Jan 06, 2012
Diana
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A very complete and excellently researched recapitulation of one of humanity's saddest, most horrific periods. Its raw, gripping and very concise. A must read and a definite pass down for your children!
Oct 30, 2011
Hayley
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An extremely large, informative textbook on the years leading up to, and during the holocaust. With a detailed timeline running right throughout the book and a huge array of photographs this book lets you delve deeper into the subject. After reading this book one wonders how can some people nowdays claim that the holocaust did not happen?! The sheer scale of it all, the atrocities committed and the courageous people who rescued and showed mercy on those who were targeted. It shows the events lea
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Aug 16, 2009
Maria
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Wow! The pictures and facts about everything that deals with the holocaust and WWII astonished me. I'm amazed by this book.
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Jan 13, 2012
Mikayla
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Very informative and sad. Disturbing to know that stuff like this has actually happened.
Jan 13, 2011
Kathy
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This book is very informative as it is written in chronicle order of the beginnings of WWII. The text is compacted in with relative photographs. It is, however, not for the squeamish and perhaps could have scaled down on many of the photographs. To those that claim the Holocaust never happened, they need only thumb through this extensive volume of history and glance at the endless photos to disprove their theories. I would not let a younger child read this book; it is full of very sad photos. Ov
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Mar 07, 2010
Christy
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Good to remember the outcome of hatred and the cost of losing individual rights.
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Mar 07, 2008
Socket
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I mean... more of the same info put out, right? True. And I learned about resisters, freedom fighters and little known acts of resistance I had not known before-which inspired me. I also appreciated that even-though it focused mostly on Jewish people, the parts on non-jews are honest and informative and not revisionist. The ubiquitous and intense zionism was not surprizing, but made me less psyched about the information I did appreciate.
Feb 13, 2009
Jackie
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This is a meticulous account of the Holocaust complete with essays, pictures, maps, and documents. The author's foreword is amazing, ending with this: "Rabbi Nachman, a great Hasidic master of paradox, once said that nothing is as whole as a heart that has been broken and mended. The Holocaust shatters. Our task is to mend."
Oct 21, 2010
Meaghan
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This is an exquisite collection of Holocaust-related photographs. The old saying about a picture being worth a thousand words definitely applies here; this book gave me more of a sense of the Holocaust than all the reading I've done on the subject. In addition there is an excellent timeline of the Holocaust events. Highly recommended.
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Jan 26, 2008
Jen
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I really hope this book comes out with a second edition. My mentor and I found some inaccuracies. We actually printed stuff out and made copies for us and friends so that we would have the information in our books and the page numbers where the errors are made. Still overall highly informative and so very sad.
Sep 05, 2011
Susie
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I still pick up this book and read it from time to time. It hard to read at times, but still an educational tool to learn and be familarized with The Holocaust. This book contains a very detailed timeline of events that can be useful for research.
Dec 31, 2008
Alicia
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Reading this book is an undertaking-it's gigantic. It's a detailed timeline of not only the Holocaust but WW2 in general, and it includes a lot of pictures, some that are pretty graphic. But if you like history, it's worth the time!
Dec 16, 2009
Lisa
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This book has a bunch of individual stories about people and events. I like it so far. Reads like a history book, year by year.
Apr 24, 2007
Jenny
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I seriuiosly read this from page one to the beginning and gained a whole new outlook onlife.
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