UNDERSTANDING THE HOLOCAUST

This thorough historical narrative, with straightforward grammar keeping the text approachable even as complex events are given full and thoughtful consideration, could easily serve as a textbook for a Holocaust studies course. Each chapter is followed by a critical-thinking exercise that reviews key points, book lists for further reading, lists of topics to research, and additional exercises that vary from chapter to chapter: for example, true-false, multiple-choice, or fill-in-the-blank activities, vocabulary drills, or art project ideas. An initial chapter reviews the history of anti-Semitism.