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Childrens books united states holocaust memorial museum. The attempted systematic destruction of jews, gypsies, slavs and other undesirables by nazi germany, resulting in over 10 million deaths. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. During the 1930s and 40s, the nazis and their collaborators murdered six million jews. Wellwritten holocaust books fiction and nonfiction. There are so many words to describe this awful event in our history. I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. The holocaust is generally thought of as the genocide of roughly 6 million jewish people during world war ii. Debates over occupied polands role continue amid claims that denying complicity is akin to holocaust revisionism. The holocaust is the name applied to the systematic statesponsored persecution and genocide of the jews of europe along with other groups during world war ii by nazi germany and collaborators1. The holocaust survivor who deciphered nazi doublespeak the. Today, the term refers to the systematic planned extermination of about six million european jews and millions of others by the nazis between 19331945. No, i feel the same way, and i bet elie wiesel would agree too. The words best and holocaust just dont go together very well.

Early elements of the holocaust include the kristallnacht pogrom and the t4 euthanasia program, progressing to the later use of killing squads and extermination. Derived from the greek holokauston which meant a sacrifice totally burned by fire. Whether youre completing an academic assignment, consider yourself a history buff, or just trying to learn something new, reading a novel about the holocaust is an excellent way to gain insight into. Some definitions include the mass murder of other groups as well including romani gypsies, homosexuals, soviet pows, blacks, and more, and some numbers suggest that between 10 and 11 million civilians and pows were murdered during this. Night is the archetypal holocaust novel, in many ways more an experience that you have, rather than a book that you read. Holocaust, the systematic statesponsored killing of six million jewish men, women, and children and millions of others by nazi germany and its collaborators. The diary of a young girl one word to describe the. What are a list of words that describe the holocaust. The following bibliography was compiled to guide parents, educators, and young readers to childrens books about the holocaust and related subjects that are in. Its published as fiction but the character of eli was modeled after a real holocaust survivor, a personal friend, who gave me permission to tell his story. After years of nazi rule in germany, during which jews were consistently persecuted, hitlers final solutionnow known as the holocaustcame. Holocaust quotes 515 quotes meet your next favorite book. The united states, great britain, france, and the union of soviet socialist. David john cawdell irving born 24 march 1938 is an english author and holocaust denier who has written on the military and political history of world war ii.