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Dura. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Nuevo. Daniel Uziel; Reuven Kupper and Ayala Felsenthal (illustrator). 1. Encyclopedia of the Holocaust is a comprehensive, authoritative one-volume reference that provides reliable information on this ignoble and frightening episode of modern history. The essays on the history of the Holocaust and related topics include:The Holocaust: Overview of the destruction of European Jewry, Jewish contributions to European culture, and the rise of antisemitism and Nazism.The essays are followed by more than 650 entries on significant aspects of the Holocaust, including people, places, camps, resistance movements, political actions, and outcomes. More than 300 black-and-white photographs from the archives at Yad Vashem bear witness to the horrors of the Nazi regime and at the same time attest to the invincibility of the human spirit.Coverage includes:Essays: such as "The Contribution of European Jewry to Modern Culture," "Nazi Ideology and Its Roots," "The Nazi Rise to Power and the Nature of the Nazi Regime," "The Destruction of European Jewry," "On Being a Jew in the Holocaust," "The Allies and the Holocaust," and "The Holocaust and Its Influence on Present-Day Society."People: including Adolf Hitler, Adolf Eichmann, Joseph Goebbels, Oskar Schindler, Raoul Wallenberg, Anne Frank, Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Elie Wiesel, and David Ben-Gurion, among others.Places: such as Poland, France, Hungary, Germany, the Soviet Union, and Denmark.Camps: such as Auschwitz, Dachau, Treblinka, Bergen-Belsen, and Buchenwald.Events: such as the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the Death Marches, the Bermuda Conference, and the Slovak National Uprising.Organizations: such as the Gestapo, the War Refugee Board, the World Jewish Congress, the International Red Cross, and the United Nations War Crimes Commission.In addition, there are entries on such topics as American Jewry and the Holocaust, Denial of the Holocaust, the Holocaust in Music, Nazi Propaganda, Youth Movements, Museums and Memorials. 530 gr. Libro.