The Holocaust: After the Holocaust

Plot

Discusses the history, moral and ethical aspects, and influence of the Holocaust.

From School Library Journal
Grade 5-9-Levy has spun a tale of multiple historical, religious, political, social, and economic threads that, when interwoven, led to the tragic tapestry known as the Holocaust. Other books have included one or two or at most three of its causes. Levy offers a much more comprehensive, yet succinct, treatment. Throughout, she cites quotes that reveal her extensive research and illuminate the point she wishes to make. In Death Camps, Sheehan correctly distinguishes between the work camps where people died from overwork, disease, accident, and cruelty, and the death camps that existed for the purpose of murder. The author discusses the latter in detail. Where they were, how they were run, who oversaw them and ordered the murders, and what daily life was like for the prisoners are all addressed. In both titles, the photographs, charts, and reproductions are clear, and various resources are listed, including films and places to visit. These titles present many complex issues in a complete and understandable format.
Marcia W. Posner, Holocaust Memorial and Educational Center of Nassau County, Glen Cove, NY
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.
Review
'The author's frankness in confronting such a wide range of difficult issues within a consistently accessible writing style is impressive. This series is one of the best treatments of this important and difficult topic available to schools.' -- TES June 29 2001 '...an excellent eponymous four-part series...This is an admirable project that should meet with the approval of teachers eager to get to the heart of the matter.' -- BBC History Magazine, February 2003
Product Description
This title looks at the varied legacies of the Holocaust, for example the founding of a Jewish homeland in Israel, the struggle to bring ex-Nazis to justice, the survivors' fight for compensation, and the many different ways in which we remember - and try to learn from - the Holocaust.