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Holocaust

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Really great book for teaching the Holocaust. I bought this book to add to my Holocaust unit that I teach inthe Spring. It has great information, written so intermediate kids can understand. The pictures are also great.

My daughter loved this book. Once she picked it up she never put it down until she had read the entire thing from cover to cover. If you know anyone with a keen interest in this subject, I highly recommend this book as an addition to their collection on the subject of the Holocaust. It makes a thoughtful gift as well, due to the quality of the binding and the layout of the cover.

I would concur with the other reviewers, that this is a hard book to put down once you've started. The beauty of the book is that it covers nearly every topic of the Holocaust in a simple, yet easy-to-understand manner enhanced with many photographs and printed excerpts (of personal interviews) of many who went through that devasting period in world history.

This is an excellent reference for children and adults alike. It also provides stimulation for examining the event more in-depth if one so chooses with other resources.

The only potential weak spot was the DVD of the interviews. The technical quality was pretty much very good. However the length of the few interviews featured came out to a total of little more than 30 minutes. For a classroom visual aid, however, it might work. On an individual basis, more in-depth interviews would have been appreciated. It should be noted that the "printed" interviews in the book are more comprehensive. It was also a nice feature to provide short biographies of the participants in the back of the book.

This book is one that is hard to put down. It is not the usual book about the Holocaust. The presentation is beautiful and easy to read. The photos speak loudly. Reading the words of the people that suffered this horror makes you remember these were not just a people, they each were individuals with lives such as ours that were ripped apart. An absolute must read. I believe every school should have and read this book. Wonderful book by Wood, Stone and Steven Spielberg.

This book is an informative, insightful, and visually appealing look into the Holocaust. It combines text with pictures, charts, maps, and moving personal accounts of the various horrors told by the survivors themselves. It also comes with a DVD of the survivors telling their story. All in all this is a very good book and as a homeschooler I would recommend it. 5/5