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The Holocaust (Paperback)

by Martin Gilbert (Author)
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  • Paperback: 960 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; New edition edition (9 Nov 1989)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006371949
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006371946
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 4.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 61,358 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is a very thorough account of the experience of the Jews of Europe during World War II. It is virtually a day-by-day account, in men and women's own words, of the horrifying events of the Holocaust - the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jewish race.


About the Author

Martin Gilbert was born in London in 1936 and educated at Highgate School and Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1962, he became research assistant to Randolph Churchill and, after Randolph's death, succeeded him as biographer of Sir Winston Churchill. He is the author of many works of history and lives in London and Jerusalem.

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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential., 8 Sep 2004
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This book has affected me more than any other I have read. Graphic yet objective it chronicles the evil of Nazism and the Holocaust from the first initial pogroms to the unfathomable horror of the death marches. This book violated, exhausted and appalled me and yet I feelt obligated to finish.

As a book about humanity it is essential. Understanding that mankind has such capacity for cruellty, such barbarity on such a mass scale. Martin Gillbert has covered everything humanly possible in order that we know on how large a scale these murders happened, that the Nazis alone are not culpable for the entire evil, that the Holocaust was humanity's worst crime.
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31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best and most affecting book on this subject, bar none., 5 Jun 2005
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This is one of the most horrific books I have ever read, because it's true. The passage of time generally removes much of the emotion from history, but not with the Holocaust and not with this book. I found myself in tears within ten pages and pretty much cried my way through its entirety. It left me shaken and disturbed, as it should.

If you want to really feel what the Holocaust was like, to see snapshots from lives, to experience the sheer inhumanity and horror of the Nazi death-camps, to see what human beings are really capable of, read this book. I guarantee it will haunt you for the rest of your life.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The only book you will ever need concerning the Holocaust!, 22 Nov 2001
This book is the ultimate guide to the Holocaust. Everyone should read this book from cover to cover over and over again. Martin Gilbert transports you to the terrifying world of the European Jews, allowing you to experience the horror and heartbreak firsthand. I defy anyone to read this book and not cry at the unbelievable pain one person can inflict on another. This book should be part of every schools curriculum as well as an essential part of every household the world over.
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5.0 out of 5 stars my heart bleeds
I totally agree entirely with all the reviews i have read,what more can say.I have read numerious books of the holocaust, none has touched me quite so much. Read more
Published 6 months ago by S. I. Sleep

5.0 out of 5 stars A tragic masterpiece of a book
Well, Martin Gilbert certainly has excelled himself here. This book is so much more than just your average clinical history book that just rolls off numbers and events. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Andrew Hadland

5.0 out of 5 stars Searing
Painful and devastating, yet utterly compelling. Painstakingly and thoroughly referenced, he documents not only the utter depravity of but also the appalling scale and ruthless... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Charles Soper

5.0 out of 5 stars The Power of Narrative
I love Martin Gilbert's use of narrative. He has a superb ability to show both the sweep of history and the specific incidents it gives rise to. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Dr. Nicholas P. G. Davies

5.0 out of 5 stars Enthralling....yet horrifying.
This book should and ought to be read as part of the school history education. When I started to read it, I was enthralled and horrified by its contents. Read more
Published on 19 Nov 2007 by A. J. Kirk

5.0 out of 5 stars Horrifying Testament of the destruction of six million Jews
The Holocaust A History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World War , by prolific historian Martin Gilbert , is the most comprehensive one volume work on the Holocaust out... Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2007 by Gary Selikow

5.0 out of 5 stars The book about the holocaust
Sir Martin Gilbert's "The Holocaust" is the definitive book about the holocaust and one of the most detailed studies I have come across in studying and teaching history for 20... Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2007 by SJ SMART

5.0 out of 5 stars The Holocaust
quite simply an astonishing read, this book will leave your emotions exhausted, well researched and written and an essential read for studiers of subject
Published on 6 Oct 2006 by K. GOODCHILD

5.0 out of 5 stars The Definitive Account
Martin Gilbert is an acknowledged expert on the Second World War and this is the definitive work on the harrowing subject of the Holocaust. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Painful Book
This book takes you through the most hideous chapter in the history of mankind. Its ultimately the statistics which make the horror so apparent as thousands are killed in so many... Read more
Published on 7 Oct 2003

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