The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945, Volume I: Early Camps, Youth Camps, and Concentration Camps and Subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA)

Awards:   Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2009Winner, 2009 National Jewish Book Awards, HolocaustWinner, 2010 Judaica Reference Award. Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2009Winner, 2009 National Jewish Book Awards, HolocaustWinner, 2010 Judaica Reference Award. Winner of National Jewish Book Award for Holocaust Studies 2009 Winner of National Jewish Book Award for Holocaust Studies 2009. Winner of Winner, 2009 National Jewish Book Awards, HolocaustWinner, 2010 Judaica Reference Award.
Author:   Geoffrey P. Megargee
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Volume:   Volume I
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Pages:   1728
Publication Date:   22 May 2009
Format:   Hardback
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  • Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2009Winner, 2009 National Jewish Book Awards, HolocaustWinner, 2010 Judaica Reference Award.
  • Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2009Winner, 2009 National Jewish Book Awards, HolocaustWinner, 2010 Judaica Reference Award.
  • Winner of National Jewish Book Award for Holocaust Studies 2009
  • Winner of National Jewish Book Award for Holocaust Studies 2009.
  • Winner of Winner, 2009 National Jewish Book Awards, HolocaustWinner, 2010 Judaica Reference Award.

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Author:   Geoffrey P. Megargee
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Volume:   Volume I
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 7.00cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.309kg
ISBN:  

9780253353283


ISBN 10:   0253353289
Pages:   1728
Publication Date:   22 May 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Elie Wiesel Preface Acknowledgments Overview Reader's Guide List of Abbreviations Early Camps Introduction Camps: Ahrensbök-Holstendorf-Zwickau Youth camps WVHA Camps Introduction Auschwitz Main camp Subcamp system Camps: Altdorf-Tschechowitz Bergen-Belsen Main camp Camps: Bomlitz-Unterlüss Buchenwald Main camp Subcamp system Camps: Abteroda-Wolfen Dachau Main camp Subcamp system Camps: Augsburg-Horgau-Zangberg Flossenbürg Main camp Subcamp system Camps: Altenhammer-Zwodau Gross-Rosen Main camp Subcamp system Camps: Aslau-Zittau Herzogenbusch Main camp Camps: Amersfoort-Venlo Hinzert Main camp Camps: Bad Nauheim-Zeltingen Kaunas Main camp Camps: Kauen-Alexoten-Schaulen Krakau-Plaszöw Main camp Camps: Kabelwerk-Zakopane Lublin-Majdanek Main camp Camps: Blizyn-Trawniki Mauthausen Main camp Subcamp system Camps: Amstetten-Wien-Schwechat-Heidfeld Mittelbau Main camp Subcamp system Camps: Ballenstedt-Napola-Wickerode Natzweiler Main camp Subcamp system Camps: Adun-le-Tiche-Wesserling Neuengamme Main camp Subcamp system Camps: Alt Garge-Wöbbelin Ravensbrück Main camp Subcamp system Camps: Ansbach-Zichow Riga Main camp Camps: Dondangen-VEF Sachsenhausen Main camp Subcamp system Camps: Bad Saarow-Wulkow SS-Baubrigaden Introduction Camps: Alderney-Wuppertal Stutthof Main camp Subcamp system Camps: Adlershorst-Zeyersvorderkampen Vaivara Main camp Camps: Aseri-Vivikonna Warschau Wewelsburg Appendices International Tracing Service Sources Update About the Editor List of Contributors Index

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Well researched ... accessible ... this valuable resource covers an aspect of the Holocaust rarely addressed and never in such detail. A valuable addition to libraries focusing on the Holocaust. --Library Journal A readable encyclopedia with very up-to-date bibliographical sources. This important reference work belongs on every library bookshelf. --Choice [This] volume would well serve those who research the Holocaust or work with survivor memoirs and testimonies. --The American Jewish World The most efficacious way of fighting the scourge of Holocaust denial is with the facts. No argument posed by deniers can withstand the overwhelming weight of the truth. This encyclopaedia will provide a host of detail about crucial aspects of the Holocaust that cannot be found elsewhere. Deborah E. Lipstadt, author of History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving An indispensable source that no one individual could compile in a lifetime of research... An especially useful reference work for anyone working with survivor memoirs and testimonies. Christopher R. Browning, author of Ordinary Men: Reserve Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland


Well researched ... accessible ... this valuable resource covers an aspect of the Holocaust rarely addressed and never in such detail. A valuable addition to libraries focusing on the Holocaust. oLibrary Journal A readable encyclopedia with very up-to-date bibliographical sources. This important reference work belongs on every library bookshelf. oChoice [This] volume would well serve those who research the Holocaust or work with survivor memoirs and testimonies. oThe American Jewish World The most efficacious way of fighting the scourge of Holocaust denial is with the facts. No argument posed by deniers can withstand the overwhelming weight of the truth. This encyclopaedia will provide a host of detail about crucial aspects of the Holocaust that cannot be found elsewhere. Deborah E. Lipstadt, author of History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving An indispensable source that no one individual could compile in a lifetime of research... An especially useful reference work for anyone working with survivor memoirs and testimonies. Christopher R. Browning, author of Ordinary Men: Reserve Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland


"""Well researched ... accessible ... this valuable resource covers an aspect of the Holocaust rarely addressed and never in such detail. A valuable addition to libraries focusing on the Holocaust."" --Library Journal ""A readable encyclopedia with very up-to-date bibliographical sources. This important reference work belongs on every library bookshelf."" --Choice ""[This] volume would well serve those who research the Holocaust or work with survivor memoirs and testimonies."" --The American Jewish World ""The most efficacious way of fighting the scourge of Holocaust denial is with the facts. No argument posed by deniers can withstand the overwhelming weight of the truth. This encyclopaedia will provide a host of detail about crucial aspects of the Holocaust that cannot be found elsewhere."" Deborah E. Lipstadt, author of History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving ""An indispensable source that no one individual could compile in a lifetime of research... An especially useful reference work for anyone working with survivor memoirs and testimonies."" Christopher R. Browning, author of Ordinary Men: Reserve Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland"


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Geoffrey P. Megargee is an applied research scholar at the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He is author of War of Annihilation: Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front, 1941 and Inside Hitler's High Command.

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