A Nightmare in History: The Holocaust, 1933-1945

by Miriam Chaikin

Explains the roots of Nazi anti-Semitism by telling the long history of prejudice against the Jews and traces the step-by-step process the Nazis devised for making all of Europe Judenrein--a place without Jews.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, World War II, Holocaust

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Miriam Chaikin was born in Jerusalem and raised in New York. She served as editor-in-chief of children s books in various publishing houses and has published over thirty books for children of all ages. In 1984 she won the Sydney Taylor Award for Body of Work.

Reviews

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Nightmare in History, that it was. The Holocaust. I liked this book because of the first chapter in and of itself. It explains what a Jew is. Why they were hated so much. This chapter alone makes a person think about hatred and the role of the church in history. Lots of good vocab in this book too. Some words are explained that I had not heard before. Nice book.

[Leo]

How can I rate this book? It does such a good job covering the Nazi horrors in short, overview-like chapters, that I can't rate such history positively. Yet the book itself is certainly a 5-star work.

It's an excellent book for a quick read on the holocaust that still delivers the punch-in-the-gut of the Nazi horror.

[Sheila · Rating 4 out of 5]

A clear cut book detailing the events of the Nazi's unfathomable killing of 6 million Jews during WWII.

[Miriam · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was sad...but interesting.