Historian Gilbert has researched and prepared 316 maps to trace each phase of the Holocaust, beginning with the anti-Semitic violence of prewar Germany to the expulsion of Jews from towns and villages, the establishment of ghettos, and the setting up of the death camps, and including acts of resistance and revolts, areas of Jewish partisan activity, killings of children and non-Jews, the flight of survivors. Explanatory text accompanies the maps, chronicling the details and explaining the sources--many of which are records the Nazis themselves kept. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Maps and photographs document partisan activities, mass murders, deportations, escapes, and concentration camp deaths in World War II Europe

The harrowing history of the Nazi attempt to annihilate the Jews of Europe during the Second World War is illustrated in this series of 320 highly detailed maps. The horror of the times is further revealed by shocking photographs. The maps do not concentrate solely on the fate of the Jews; they also set their chronological story in the broader context of the war itself and include: * historical background: from the effects of anti-Jewish violence between 1880 and 1914 to the geography of the existing Jewish communities before the advent of the Nazis * the beginning of the violence - from the first destruction of the synagogues to Jewish migrations and deportations and the establishment of concentration camps like Auschwitz * the spread of the horrors - the fate of the Jews across all Europe including Germany, Poland, Greece, France, the Balkans, Italy, the Baltic States and Austria and the incidence of massacres and betrayals * the relief from the atrocities: from the advance of the Allies to the liberation of the camps, the discovery of the horrors and the fate of the survivors.

Atlas of the Holocaust, the product of seven years' research, is a comprehensive record of the Nazi attempt to annihilate the Jews of Europe during World War II. World-renowned historian Martin Gilbert has drawn each of the 316 maps especially for this atlas. All are fully annotated and are based on documentary evidence from a wide range of sources.

Created by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Atlas contains some 200 full colour maps and explanatory materials that detail all known aspects of the Holocaust between the years 1933 and 1950. Text and maps are organized geographically and chronologically. In addition, the Atlas contains a comprehensive gazetter with alternative spellings for place names, a glossary of terms, and a general bibliography. The user-friendly interface of the multimedia CD-ROM allows users to browse through the maps thematically, geographically, or chronologically, and includes map animations, text, and audio narration.

Each map comes with detailed textual background information. The Atlas can be regarded as a condensed history of the Holocaust, presenting the geographical aspects of the historic events. -- Introduction.