The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945, Volume III

This monumental seven-volume encyclopedia, prepared by the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, describes the universe of camps and ghettos--more than 20,000 in all--that the Nazis and their allies operated, from Norway to North Africa and from France to Russia. Here, volume three offers a comprehensive account of camps and ghettos in, or run by, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Vichy France (including North Africa). Each entry discusses key events in the history of the ghetto; living and working conditions; activities of the Jewish Councils; Jewish responses to persecution demographic changes; and details of the ghetto's liquidation. Personal testimonies help convey the character of each ghetto, while source citations provide a guide to additional information. Documentation of hundreds of smaller sites--previously unknown or overlooked in the historiography of the Holocaust--make this an indispensable reference work on the destroyed Jewish communities of Eastern Europe.

Documentation of hundreds of smaller sites--previously unknown or overlooked in the historiography of the Holocaust--make this an indispensable reference work on the destroyed Jewish communities of Eastern Europe.
Geoffrey P. Megargee and Joseph White are applied research scholars at the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

This is a very useful resource for anyone doing Holocaust research. It provides information that is otherwise difficult to find and makes it accessible. It also lays a foundation for further research.

--AJL Reviews

[A] staggering achievement. . . .Without the efforts of this consortium of international contributors, most of these places . . . might have disappeared from historical memory and slipped into oblivion. (Praise for a previous volume)

--Jewish Daily Forward

A readable encyclopedia with very up-to-date bibliographical sources. This important reference work belongs on every library bookshelf. (Praise for a previous volume)

--Choice

This work will be of particular use to specialists in the fields of German and Austrian history, European labor history, and the history of World War II. (Praise for a previous volume)

--Jewish Book World

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. (Praise for a previous volume)

--Library Journal