The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum encyclopedia of camps and ghettos, 1933-1945. / Volume 2, : Ghettos in German-occupied Eastern Europe / / volume editor, Martin Dean ; contributing editor, Mel Hecker.

This volume offers a comprehensive account of how the Nazis conducted the Holocaust throughout the scattered towns and villages of Poland and the Soviet Union. It covers more than 1,150 sites, including both open and closed ghettos. Regional essays outline the patterns of ghettoization in 19 German...

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Place / Publishing House:Bloomington : : Indiana University Press,, 2012.
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Gale eBooks
Physical Description:1 online resource (li, 1962 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
Notes:Includes indexes.
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Summary:This volume offers a comprehensive account of how the Nazis conducted the Holocaust throughout the scattered towns and villages of Poland and the Soviet Union. It covers more than 1,150 sites, including both open and closed ghettos. Regional essays outline the patterns of ghettoization in 19 German administrative regions. Each entry discusses key events in the history of the ghetto; living and working conditions; activities of the Jewish Councils; Jewish responses to persecution; demographic changes; and details of the ghetto's liquidation. Personal testimonies help convey the character of
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0253002028
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: volume editor, Martin Dean ; contributing editor, Mel Hecker.