ISBN:
9780755624249
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 438 pages)
,
illustrations, maps
Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2020 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Edition:
Also issued in print
Year of publication:
2010
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
940.53/18094
Keywords:
Historic sites Guidebooks
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Holocaust memorials Guidebooks
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Guidebooks
;
World War, 1939-1945 Guidebooks Concentration camps
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European history
;
Europe Guidebooks
Abstract:
Introduction -- Types of site; Practicalities -- Chapter 1: France Paris; Drancy; Natzweiler-Struthof; Gurs; Rivesaltes; other sites -- Chapter 2: Belgium Brussels; Mechelen; other sites -- Chapter 3: the Netherlands Amsterdam; Vught; Westerbork; other sites -- Chapter 4: Italy Rome; Fossoli di Carpi; La Risiera di San Sabba; other sites -- Chapter 5: Germany Berlin; Wannsee; Brandenburg; Sachsenhausen; Ravensbrück; Neuengamme; Bergen-Belsen; Bernburg; Mittelbau-Dora; Buchenwald; Sonnenstein; Hadamar; Flossenbürg; Dachau; Grafeneck; other sites -- Chapter 6: Austria Vienna; Mauthausen; Gusen; Hartheim; Gunskirchen; other sites -- Chapter 7: Czech Republic Prague; Theresienstadt; other sites -- Chapter 8: Slovakia Bratislava; Sered'; other sites -- Chapter 9: Hungary Budapest; Kistarcsa; other sites -- Chapter 10: Poland Warsaw; Treblinka; Bialystok; Lublin; Majdanek; Poniatowa; Trawniki; Sobibór; Izbica; Belzec; Kraków; Plaszów; Auschwitz-Birkenau; Lódz; Chelmno; Stutthof; Gross-Rosen; other sites -- Chapter 11: Lithuania Vilnius; Paneriai; Kaunas; the Ninth Fort; other sites -- Chapter 12: Latvia Riga; Kaiserwald; Bikernieki; Rumbula; other sites -- Chapter 13: Estonia Klooga; other sites -- Chapter 14: Belarus Minsk; Maly Trostenets; other sites -- Chapter 15: Ukraine Kiev; Babi Yar; L'viv; Janowska; Odessa; other sites -- Chapter 16: Croatia & Bosnia-Herzegovina Jasenovac; Donja Gradina; other sites -- Chapter 17: Serbia Belgrade; Topovske Șupe,; Banjica; Sajmiște; Jajinci; other sites -- Chapter 18: Greece Thessaloniki; other sites -- Chapter 19: Other countries Bulgaria; Denmark; Luxembourg; Macedonia; Moldova; Norway; Romania; Russia; Slovenia; Sweden; United Kingdom. Further reading.
Abstract:
"The Holocaust - the murder of approximately six million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators in World War Two - is the gravest crime in recorded history, committed on a human and geographical scale which is almost unimaginable. To try to bridge this gap and better understand the true significance of the Holocaust, as well as its scale and magnitude, millions of people each year now travel to the former camps, ghettos and other settings for the atrocities. "The Holocaust Sites of Europe" offers the first comprehensive guide to these sites, including much practical information as well as the historical context. It will be an indispensable guide for anyone seeking to add another layer to their understanding of the Holocaust by visiting these important sites for themselves. This guide includes a survey of all the major Holocaust sites in Europe, from Belgium and Belarus to Serbia and Ukraine. It includes not only the notorious concentration and death camps, such as Auschwitz and Ravensbruck, but also less well known examples, such as Sered' in Slovakia, together with detailed descriptions of massacre sites, as well as the ghettos, 'Euthanasia' centres and Roma and Sinti sites which witnessed similar crimes. Throughout the book there is also extensive reference to the many museums and memorials which commemorate the Holocaust. "The Holocaust Sites of Europe" is a thoughtful and fitting guide to some of the most traumatic sites in Europe and will be an invaluable companion for those who wish to honour the victims and to understand more about their fate."--Bloomsbury publishing
Note:
Includes index
,
Also issued in print.
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.5040/9780755624249
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