Dictionary of the Holocaust : biography, geography, and terminology / Eric Joseph Epstein and Philip Rosen ; foreword by Henry R. Huttenbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Epstein, Eric Joseph, 1959-

Contributor:

Rosen, Philip, 1928-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Dictionaries.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (435 p.)

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This concise, easy-to-use resource on the Holocaust is rich in factual and statistical information, and provides a comprehensive compilation of the people and terms that are essential for an understanding of the Holocaust. In 2, 000 entries, it profiles major personalities, covers concentration and death camps, cities and countries, and significant events. Also included are important terms translated from German, French, Polish, Yiddish, and twelve other languages. Biographical entries give a brief history, the person's significance, and their historical context. Geographical entries pinpoint exact locations using other cities or countries as landmarks, and give the number of Jewish inhabitants before Nazi occupation, and the percentage of Jews killed. Historical background is provided for such events as Kristallnacht and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and entries on concentration and death camps give details on the nationalities interned, the camp's specific location, and its history. This reference is impressive in its scope and includes major perpetrators, bystanders, collaborators, victims, rescuers such as Righteous Gentiles, Jewish ghetto fighters, and partisans. It also explores the role of women and the complicity of physicians and industrialists during the Holocaust more fully than any other reference. This dictionary provides the information needed by students whose understanding of the Holocaust is limited by the absence of a single accessible research text.

Contents:

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Dictionary of the Holocaust; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-381) and index.

ISBN:

9798400640469

9786610314911

9781280314919

1280314915

9780313003240

0313003246

OCLC:

929144804