| Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction Contributor(s): Gilbert, Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061121355 ISBN-13: 9780061121357 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: In the early hours of November 10, 1938, Nazi storm troopers and Hitler Youth rampaged through Jewish neighborhoods across Germany, leaving behind them a horrifying trail of terror and destruction. More than a thousand synagogues and many thousands of Jewish shops were destroyed, while thirty thousand Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps. Kristallnacht--the Night of Broken Glass--was a decisive stage in the systematic eradication of a people who traced their origins in Germany to Roman times and was a sinister forewarning of the Holocaust. With rare insight and acumen, Martin Gilbert examines this night and day of terror, presenting readers with a meticulously researched, masterfully written, and eye-opening study of one of the darkest chapters in human history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - History | Jewish - General - History | Europe - Germany |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| Series: Making History (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.62" W x 7.98" (0.63 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - Germany - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Topical - Holocaust |
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| Publisher Description: In the early hours of November 10, 1938, Nazi storm troopers and Hitler Youth rampaged through Jewish neighborhoods across Germany, leaving behind them a horrifying trail of terror and destruction. More than a thousand synagogues and many thousands of Jewish shops were destroyed, while thirty thousand Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps. Kristallnacht--the Night of Broken Glass--was a decisive stage in the systematic eradication of a people who traced their origins in Germany to Roman times and was a sinister forewarning of the Holocaust. With rare insight and acumen, Martin Gilbert examines this night and day of terror, presenting readers with a meticulously researched, masterfully written, and eye-opening study of one of the darkest chapters in human history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gilbert, Martin: - Martin Gilbert is Winston Churchill's biographer and the author of eight acclaimed books on the Holocaust. He lives in London. |