The Nazi Death Camps

David Downing

World Almanac Library, 2006 - History - 48 pages

Explains how the Nazis put millions of Jews and others to death in the death camps during the Holocaust, describing the building of the camps, the rounding up of the victims, the killing process, the conditions in which those not immediately selected for death suffered, the Nazis' destruction of several camps before the end of the war, and the death marches.

About the author

David Downing grew up in suburban London. He is the author of six books in the John Russell espionage series, set in WWII Berlin: Zoo Station, Silesian Station, Stettin Station, Potsdam Station, Lehrter Station, and Masaryk Station and the nonfiction work, Sealing Their Fate: The Twenty-Two Days That Decided World War II. He is also the author of the Jack McColl Series. The first book in the series is Jack of Spies published in May 2014 by Soho Crime an imprint of Soho Press.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Nazi Death Camps; World Almanac Library of the Holocaust
• Author: David Downing
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: World Almanac Library, 2006
• ISBN: 0836859545, 9780836859546
• Length: 48 pages
• Subjects: History / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust; History / World; Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Holocaust; Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Military & Wars