Holocaust Journey
Gilbert (Holocaust studies, Univ. of London; History of the Twentieth Century, LJ 9/15/97) has added an interesting dimension to Holocaust studies by chronicling a tour of Holocaust sites that he conducted with a dozen students and friends; the text of documents they studied at each stop is included. Gilbert not only describes their itinerary and the problems of conducting a tour but integrates the history of European Jewry into his narrative. He then details the specific events of the Holocaust associated with each location. Although many of his stories are well known to students of the Shoah, the result is more than a chronicle of his tour, for the book provides a window into how more than a millennium of Jewish history came to an end and in many cases almost vanished. Recommended for all Judaica collections and Holocaust libraries.?Frederic Krome, Northern Kentucky Univ., Highland HeightsCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.