What Was the Holocaust?, Gail Herman
What Was the Holocaust?, Gail Herman
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What Was the Holocaust?

Author: Gail Herman, Who HQ

Series: What Was?

Narrator: Kathleen Gati

Unabridged: 1 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/19/2018


Synopsis

A thoughtful and age-appropriate introduction to an unimaginable event—the Holocaust.

The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million people killed in Nazi death camps—six million of them Jews. Gail Herman traces the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, whose rabid anti-Semitism led first to humiliating anti-Jewish laws, then to ghettos all over Eastern Europe, and ultimately to the Final Solution. She presents just enough information for an elementary-school audience in a readable, well-researched book that covers one of the most horrible times in history.

This entry in the New York Times best-selling series contains eighty carefully chosen illustrations and sixteen pages of black and white photographs suitable for young readers.

About The Author

Gail Herman has written several young biographies for children, including Who Was Jackie Robinson?


Reviews

Goodreads review by Joanne

A quick read for me when I didn't have my physical book on me... Half an hour read. I adore anything to do with history and the Holocaust has always fascinated me. A heartbreaking read to say the least. Beautifully written with illustrations. Tailored to a young age group but I enjoyed this story none......more

Goodreads review by Heather

Good This book is good but the author got 2 things wrong that I found. 1) it was stated that a method used to get people to hate the Jews was to spread lies that they caused the death of Jesus. While I don't doubt that this happened, Biblical history and record gives account that the Jews WERE the on......more

Goodreads review by Barbara

I teach the novel, Number the Stars, to middle schoolers and they always have so many questions. This is an excellent book for that age group to read and understand how such a horrific event took place.......more