The Holocaust: History in an Hour

History In An Hour

by Jemma J. Saunders

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.

The Holocaust, in which 11 million people died, was the largest atrocity of the 20th century and perhaps the hardest to understand. Approximately 6 million Jews and 5 million others including Roma people, Poles, Russian prisoners of war, political prisoners, homosexuals, people of colour, Jehovah's Witnesses, and various other minorities were first persecuted and then murdered.

How, both morally and logistically, had this came to happen? From received sentiments of anti-Semitism at the beginning of the 20th century, through the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party, to the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 and finally Second World War, the victimisation of these minorities intensified beyond precedent. With the complicity of a nation hatred became policy. Under the control of sadists, bureaucrats and even ordinary soldiers, irrational acts were then enacted on an industrial scale, and with the use of concentration camps, Western Europe witnessed its most shocking treatment of humanity in modern history.

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour…

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Audiobook, Holocaust

60 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 7, 2013

Reviews

[Dr. Appu Sasidharan (Dasfill) · Rating 3 out of 5]

“The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstance.”
― Viktor E. Frankl


This is one of the most challenging books to read in this series. This book discusses how 11 million people were murdered during the second world war. It tries to outline how Hitler took antisemitism to the extreme level.

[Swetha - a chronically perturbed mind · Rating 4 out of 5]

I cannot find the audiobook version in the editions
I was listening to the audiobook now.
This book tells you about how the anti-semitic wave came into existence gradually from as early as 1300s to gradually become what we now know as the mass genocide of people. I was not aware of the fact the germans at that time was so hell bound on their race to be supreme that they killed people with physical and mental disabilities as well, their citizens.
This one hour audiobook took me into the nightmare that was for a couple of decades, which started with systematic mass murders of shooting people, in the areas they invaded to the more “efficient” gas chambers.

[Zoe Hall · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a period of history that I find really fascinating and this book is a quick, comprehensive look at the atrocities of the Holocaust.

I'd highly recommend it for anyone interested in key dates, statistics and people during the Holocaust.

[Stephenie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the go-to book if one has not learnt about the Holocaust in detail or just needs a refresher on the historical event. It's straight to the point and it truly helps the reader to understand the broader perspective of what took place during this historic period.
It was a good choice that I made in reading this book first before diving into the many other books on the Fuhrer, concentration camps, WW2 and the Holocaust itself. A good introductory book on the most devastating historic mark of WW2.

[Carla Y · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve been wanting to read more historical non-fiction but I do find it can sometimes be intense and often very, very long! When this “history in an hour” popped up in my library app, I was intrigued so figured I’d give it a go (albeit, not exactly the topic I would have preferably chosen).

I found the book to be exactly what it said it would be... a quick summary of the basic facts on the given subject. There’s no real depth in the stories, and it covers a significant period of time at a very superficial level, but personally I think this is an ideal introduction in to a topic. There were lots of things that I had no idea about. The book gives simple and top level facts that leave the reader wanting more... and now I will read more about it.

I’ll definitely be on the look out for more “history in an hour” books too!

[Lukasz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Historia holocaustu jest naprawdę bardzo wstrząsająca. Słuchanie tej części History in an Hour było smutnym przeżyciem. Holocaust jest opisany w dość dokładnych szczegółach w tej książce. W swoim życiu miałem możliwość spotkania osoby które przeżyły piekło holocaustu. Dziś już jest mało świadków tych tragicznych wydarzeń.
To już była ostatnia część History in an Hour którą przesłuchałem ze wszystkich dostępnych na Storytel.

[Hanna Douaud · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written, quick overview👌

[Abigail G · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a decent succinct overview of what happened during the Holocaust and how it began and ended.

[Vamil Kumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Disclaimer read this book only when you think you can handle sad feeling.
One of the worst period in human history HOLOCAUST.

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great run down of the holocaust. If someone doesn’t know much and wants to learn, I suggest this book. Facts and many details.

[Bane Cronotse · Rating 4 out of 5]

Güzel bir özetti. Konusu hasebiyle içimi çok bunalttı. Üzerine daha fazla yazamayacağım.

[Sinead Gately · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fascinating read and deeply upsetting. I have read many things about the Holocaust and found this book a great starting point for anybody who you would like to know more.

[Steve White · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to read, well researched. Excellent insight into the atrocities of the holocaust.

[Vik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, short overview of the atrocities committed during the Holocaust.

[catie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I felt like there was less focus on the holocaust itself but on the history of the Jews