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The Holocaust: A History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World War Paperback – May 15, 1987

by Martin Gilbert (Author)
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  • Paperback: 976 pages
  • Publisher: Holt Paperbacks; Reprint edition (May 15, 1987)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0805003487
  • ISBN-13: 978-0805003482
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.7 x 9 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsCompelling And Comprehensive History Of The Holocaust!
By Barron Laycock HALL OF FAME on September 17, 2002
Format: Paperback
When one of the world's most eminent historians takes on one of most amazing phenomena of the century, the Holocaust, it gives one pause for thought. So here we have Sir Martin Gilbert, a noted Holocaust authority, writing masterfully about the events leading up to and including the systematic persecution, deportation and murder of the Jews of Europe. His stirring and singular narrative is regularly punctuated by a number of poignant and shocking eyewitness accounts of many who lived through those numbing events. The test is extremely approachable and easy to read, so that the non-historian can appreciate the breadth and scope of his recounting of the events during the 12-year reign of terror levied by the National Socialists in Nazi Germany.

His approach is chronological, much like that employed in his best-selling three volume series on the 20th century. While he relies heavily on established secondary sources for his documentation, the power of his prose and his well-organized approach makes this an provocative and educational tome to venture into. Although nowhere near as comprehensive as some other tomes such as Klaus Fischer's "History Of An Obsession", he does trace the centuries' long tradition of anti-Semitism culminating in the official state sanctioned approach codified in the institutionalized Nuremberg laws. In all this, Gilbert brilliantly employs survivor's recollections to paint the atrocities in the hues and colors of real human beings, ordinary and identifiable individuals caught in the insanity of the Third Reich. Furthermore, he pursues their individual identities and humanity by giving the reader information on the postwar futures of these people.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsIndispensable book for understanding the Holocaust
By A Customer on October 15, 1999
Format: Paperback
The more people hear about the Holocaust in our Holocaust-drenched culture, the less they seem to know about it. Most people's understanding of the Holocaust reduces to simplistic abstractions and cliches, particularly the notion that the worst thing about the Nazi war against the Jews was that it was impersonal and bureaucratic. This book is the antidote to all that. By tracing in specific detail, from month to month and year to year, what the Nazi regime actually did to the Jewish communities of Europe that fell under its power, Martin Gilbert gives the reader a more vivid and concrete sense of the Holocaust than can be found in any other book (or museum) on the subject. Contrary to the focus of the popular mind on Auschwitz and gas chambers, the Holocaust did not consist of one event or one crime. It consisted of innumerable, specific crimes, in a steadily mounting unleashing of cruelty that only an epic-length treatment such as Mr. Gilbert's could adequately portray. This is an indispensable book that will forever change your understanding of one of history's central events.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBook of Pain
By Nick on October 13, 2006
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I don't even know how to begin a review about such a book, which in turn is about such a terrifying horror in world History. The Nazi's "Final Solution" is one of the very rare "first's" in history (if I'm not mistaken); there is no precedent to it. Martin Gilbert's monumental book (over 800 painful pages) covers the whole history of Jews under Nazi rule from the first segregating laws to the death marches, and even beyond the end of the war. I had a book by Gilbert before - on the first World War - and I was not disappointed to find the same qualities in this book: a meticulous work of research and a precision that shows the author's concern about the exact truth of the matters at hand.

Among those things I like with this author is that he shares the floor, literally. He constantly give others room, by means of quotes and else, and thus he carries those voices over to us; and that way we get to read the testimonies of direct witnesses and victims of the Holocaust. Because of that the book brings you very close to the events in that it comes directly from the sufferers. I especially appreciate the mix of anecdotes and details from direct witnesses combined with a general narration of the overall situation. You get points of view from different scales; you get to know what happened on an individual level, and also on the general situation. The author always emphasises on the human level and that is a strong point of this author.

On the whole, I think this book made me learn about everything I wanted to know on the Shoah, as far as the historical basics are concerned; but what makes this work stand out is the effectiveness with which it portrays the Holocaust.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsMr. Gilbert really brings the tragedy home
By Matthew Smith on March 20, 2007
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Martin Gilbert's the Holocaust is the most comprehinsive and in depth work I have read on this subject, and why it gets 5 stars is because of the very personal nature of this book. Mr. Gilbert reverts the numbers back into real people. When reading other books on the Holocaust I found myself being deluged with these massive numbers of atrocities until they began to become abstracted and unreal, but Mr. Gilbert's account is so detailed and filled with personal accounts that every page fills you with a greater sense of the reality and the scope of this tragedy. Instead of a clinical account of numbers, this book has personal and eyewitness accounts throughout. He never lets you forget that these were real people with families, friends and real lives. This is a gut-wrenching read that forces you to look into the darkest reaches of human nature and see just how vicious human biengs can be to one another. A Diary of Anne Frank on a grand scale.
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5.0 out of 5 starsObviously the subject is highly disconcerting and tragically sad....

Obviously the subject is highly disconcerting and tragically sad. However, if one cares to study real life history of what happened during that time and how, for the most part the... Read more

Published 21 days ago by Krecia
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat buy!

Incredibly detailed names and dates and events!

Published 1 month ago by biolashorty
5.0 out of 5 starsBrace yourself, required reading.

Recommended on a Jewish history tape from renowned Rabbi Berel Wein. Riveting. Historical events together with personal accounts. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Ron H.
5.0 out of 5 starsGives an excellent account of very serious and complex subject

Very clear language. Small chapters. Full of valid references. Gives an excellent account of very serious and complex subject.

Published 1 month ago by elaine foguel
5.0 out of 5 starsSadly stunning

An immense, thorough work of compelling accounts. This book is brutal,and not an easy read. Its thoroughness makes it must read material.

Published 1 month ago by Michael Arrasmith
3.0 out of 5 starsThree Stars

Too many footnotes.

Published 1 month ago by Pamela Burke
5.0 out of 5 starsWhere Have All the Guilty Gone?

Gilbert's in-depth research leaves little doubt in my mind that there were thousands of German, Poles, and other nationalities complicit in the brutalizing of Jews. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Raymond A. Stewart
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Very moving book hard to believe the pain they inflicted on the Jews no matter which country involved.

Published 2 months ago by Sara Franzen
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Perfect. As described.

Published 2 months ago by ezra suss
5.0 out of 5 starsAs expected, it is very dark and emotionally stirring ...

As expected, it is very dark and emotionally stirring. It is important to understand all aspects of the Holocaust even the most disturbing aspects.

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