Smoke and Ashes

by Rogasky, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9780823416127
• ISBN10: 0823416127
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Holiday House
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Summary

Gr. 6-12. First published in 1988, this authoritative history has now been expanded to include newly available facts and crucial issues for discussion. The core of the book remains the same, with a writing style both passionate and controlled, combining eyewitness accounts, statistics, and commentary in a spacious format that includes documentary photos (many of them taken by the Nazis) on almost every page. Rogasky has added material about the roles of Nazi "helpers," including German police and bystanders. There's a new section on the Nazi persecution of gay men, and there's more about the rescuers. The chapter on whether the Holocaust is unique covers horrifying recent events, such as the genocide in Rwanda, and a new chapter gives details about contemporary hate groups and answers those who deny that the Holocaust happened. The bibliography now includes Web sites and chapter source notes. This is an outstanding resource for the Holocaust curriculum

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments to the First Edition	vi
Acknowledgments to the Revised Edition	vii
Some Things You Should Know	viii
About the Photographs	xi
A Few Definitions	xii
The Roots	1	(9)
The Nazis and the Jews of Germany	10	(18)
The Ghettos	28	(16)
Special Action Groups and Their Helpers	44	(9)
The Final Solution	53	(8)
Other Victims	61	(7)
Deportations	68	(10)
The Camps	78	(17)
Life in the Camps	95	(11)
Fighting Back	106	(15)
Armed Resistance	121	(21)
The Coming End	142	(5)
The United States and Great Britain	147	(16)
The Rescuers and the Righteous	163	(19)
Is the Holocaust Unique?	182	(7)
The Finish	189	(10)
Justice	199	(14)
The Time Is Now	213	(18)
Partial List of Sources	231	(7)
Source Notes for the Quotations	238	(8)
Selected Time Line	246	(3)
Photo Credits	249	(2)
Index	251