Atlas of the Holocaust

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Pergamon Press, 1988 - History - 256 pages
Consists of 316 maps, with accompanying historical text, detailing the destruction of European Jewry (with several maps of North Africa), arranged in chronological order. Maps 1-25 deal with antisemitism in Europe from the end of the 19th century, and in Germany and Nazi-controlled territories before the outbreak of World War II. They are followed by maps showing the destruction of the Jews in all the European countries occupied by Germany, giving data on the number of Jews deported from many towns and cities, the destinations of the transports, acts of resistance and revolt, avenues of escape and rescue, and the fate of individuals. Map 316 shows the number of Jews murdered between 1 September 1939-8 May 1945 according to the most exact estimates of recent research - just over 5,750,000. Includes a detailed index of place names.

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Deportations to Auschwitz 19421944
10
Two thousand years of Jewish life in Europe
16
The Jews of eastern Austria 13 March 1938
22
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Martin Gilbert was born in London, England on October 25, 1936. He was sent to Canada during World War II, but returned on a liner bringing American troops to Britain in preparation for D-day. After national service in the intelligence corps, he was educated at Magdalen College at Oxford. He graduated from Oxford in 1960 and wrote his first book entitled The Appeasers. In 1961, after a year of research and writing, he was asked to join a team of researchers working for Winston Churchill. At the age of 25, he was formally inducted into the team, doing all of his own research. Gilbert became known as Churchill's official biographer, but he also wrote books on the Holocaust, the first and second world wars, and Jewish history. During his lifetime, he wrote over 80 books including Winston Churchill, Auschwitz and the Allies, The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy, The Jews of Hope: The Plight of Soviet Jewry Today, Shcharansky: Hero of Our Time, Letters to Auntie Fori: The 5,000-Year History of the Jewish People and Their Faith, and In Search of Churchill. He died after a long illness on February 3, 2015 at the age of 78.

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