Both of these books attempt to recreate the history of the Holocaust through the geography of the countries involved, using maps that show political boundaries, movements of armies, relocations, transports, and other events. Understanding the Holocaust and how it progressed can be enhanced by coupling the reading of straight history with the maps contained in these sources. The Atlas of the Holocaust published by Pergamon Press in 1988 2. The Atlas of Nazi Germany published by Longman in 1995. The Atlas of the Holocaust contains 316 maps that trace the history of the Holocaust from the turn of the century to the present time.
Maps also cover sites of resistance, revolt and escape.
Although several non-Jewish atrocities are shown and mentioned, the focus of the book is on the history and treatment of the Jews. Each map is accompanied by a half a page or less of text of history and information pertaining to the time period or geographic location represented by the map. Countries covered by the atlas include all of Central and Eastern Europe, Norway, Greece, Sweden, Morocco and Algeria. Maps are sometimes accompanied by photographs. The atlas also contains a bibliography and index.