The Holocaust Camps (Holocaust Remembered) [Library Binding]

Ann Byers (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up | Series: Holocaust Remembered

Describes the establishment of Nazi concentration camps throughout Europe and their eventual use as a means of eliminating the Jews.

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From School Library Journal

Gr 6-9-After providing the background of the persecution of Jews and other people considered undesirable by Hitler and his followers from 1933 on, Altman describes the method used to isolate them. She explains how the ghettos were governed; the unwitting complicity of Jewish administrators in carrying out Nazi orders; and the struggle of the inhabitants to maintain their spirit, humanity, schools, and culture. The story is told with compassion, but errors in the introduction mar what would otherwise be a highly recommended book. In addition, there is an inadequate explanation of the conditions under which a new law had been passed combining the offices of chancellor and president in Germany in 1934. The law was not merely fortuitous for Hitler; it was planned by him. None of these errors are found in the second volume. Byers correctly describes the dismal economic conditions in Germany after World War I, the resentment at the government that surrendered, the continued militarism and nationalism, and the ethnic unrest that continued to fester there. Life in the concentration camps, liberation, and subsequent war-crimes trials are vividly described. This is a thorough and accurate book.-Marcia W. Posner, Holocaust Memorial and Educational Center of Nassau County, Glen Cove, NY

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 11 and up
  
• Library Binding: 128 pages
• Publisher: Enslow Publishers (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0894909959
• ISBN-13: 978-0894909955
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,281,885 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: The Holocaust Camps (Holocaust Remembered) (Library Binding)

"The Holocaust camps" is about life in general at the concentration camps. Jews, Greeks and a few other races were at the concentration camps. Some things that went on at the concentration camps were working, eating, and very little sleep. The book talks about how many Jews were killed. There were 6 MILLION people died in all. That is a lot of people to die for just Nazis to hating them. The book also talks about the physical features on the people at the camps. The most noticeable feature was their shaven heads. The first day you would get there they would cut your hair. Every morning there would be roll call. Some times people would need to stand in the cold for 2 or 3 hours. How would you like to be relocated from the place you have been living all your life, then be moved to a place where you have a chance to be killed everyday? I know I wouldn't like that at all. I really did not like this book, but you might because people like different kinds of books.

By Adam Ferrannini