The Holocaust History in an Hour, Jemma J. Saunders
The Holocaust History in an Hour, Jemma J. Saunders
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The Holocaust: History in an Hour

Author: Jemma J. Saunders

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Unabridged: 1 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/05/2013


Synopsis

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. The Holocaust, in which 11 million people died, was the largest atrocity of the 20th century and perhaps the hardest to understand. Approximately 6 million Jews and 5 million others including Roma people, Poles, Russian prisoners of war, political prisoners, homosexuals, people of colour, Jehovah's Witnesses, and various other minorities were first persecuted and then murdered. How, both morally and logistically, had this came to happen? From received sentiments of anti-Semitism at the beginning of the 20th century, through the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party, to the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 and finally Second World War, the victimisation of these minorities intensified beyond precedent. With the complicity of a nation hatred became policy. Under the control of sadists, bureaucrats and even ordinary soldiers, irrational acts were then enacted on an industrial scale, and with the use of concentration camps, Western Europe witnessed its most shocking treatment of humanity in modern history. Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour…

Reviews

Goodreads review by Swetha on April 16, 2019

I cannot find the audiobook version in the editions I was listening to the audiobook now. This book tells you about how the anti-semitic wave came into existence gradually from as early as 1300s to gradually become what we now know as the mass genocide of people. I was not aware of the fact the germa......more

Goodreads review by Zoe on September 10, 2017

This is a period of history that I find really fascinating and this book is a quick, comprehensive look at the atrocities of the Holocaust. I'd highly recommend it for anyone interested in key dates, statistics and people during the Holocaust.......more

Goodreads review by Carla on April 02, 2021

I’ve been wanting to read more historical non-fiction but I do find it can sometimes be intense and often very, very long! When this “history in an hour” popped up in my library app, I was intrigued so figured I’d give it a go (albeit, not exactly the topic I would have preferably chosen). I found th......more

Goodreads review by Lukasz on March 12, 2021

Historia holocaustu jest naprawdę bardzo wstrząsająca. Słuchanie tej części History in an Hour było smutnym przeżyciem. Holocaust jest opisany w dość dokładnych szczegółach w tej książce. W swoim życiu miałem możliwość spotkania osoby które przeżyły piekło holocaustu. Dziś już jest mało świadków tyc......more

Goodreads review by Bane on December 07, 2022

Güzel bir özetti. Konusu hasebiyle içimi çok bunalttı. Üzerine daha fazla yazamayacağım.......more


Quotes

‘If the past is a foreign country, History in an Hour is like a high-class tour operator, offering delightfully enjoyable short breaks in the rich and diverse continent of our shared past.’ Dominic Sandbrook ‘The practice of History is ever-evolving, and the History In an Hour idea brings it back up to date for the digital age. Colley writes in an attractively readable style, and manages to convey the huge story that is WWII in a logical and accessible manner’ Andrew Roberts, Bookseller ‘This is genius’ MacWorld.com