This comprehensive volume enable younger readers to understand the circumstances under which the Holocaust occurred and its impact on real people through a unique combination of vivid pictorial spreads and a DVD which features survivors’ testimony culled from the USC Archive.
The book uses datelines, maps, text, images and charts to help reveal the many layers of this complex event. The video testimonies by survivors and other witnesses which are featured in the DVD address both the tragedy they experienced, as well as recollections of their childhood experiences, their traditions, their friendships and their family.
“No secondhand description of the Holocaust can mimic the pinpoint clarity or richness of detail of a single eyewitness testimony,” says Douglas Greenberg, Professor of History and Executive Director of the USC Institute.
Featuring previously unpublished illustrations and photographs to depict the events leading up to and throughout the Holocaust, this important book for young readers gives context to chilling photographs of those who were deported to concentration camps. With messages of tolerance, hope and endurance, Holocaust is a powerful resource to introduce a new generation to one of history’s most difficult chapters.
