The Holocaust
by By Wigoder, Geoffrey (EDT)
Category: History , Holocaust

This four-volume set  covers every aspect of the Holocaust including historical background; biographies of Nazi leaders; the fate of Jews by country, ghetto, and camp; the assistance, or lack of it, of countries that were not under German occupation; the bravery of non-Jews who tried to rescue Jews; and the outcome of the war. Entries are in alphabetical order and are cross-referenced. Volume I (7638-4) begins with a glossary and covers  Absehr  to  extermination camps;  Volume II (7639-2),  family camps  to  Lvov;  Volume III (7640-6),  Macedonia  to  Szenes;  and Volume IV (7641-4),  Tehran children  to  Zyklon B.  Each volume has a cumulative index, and Volume IV also contains a subject index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.