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.
| Autor: | Gilbert, Martin |
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| ISBN: | 9780061121357 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Harper Collins (US) |
| Veröffentlicht: | 29.05.2007 |
| Untertitel: | Prelude to Destruction |
| Schlagworte: | GENOCIDE STUDIES: HOLOCAUST: NONFICTION HISTORY: Europe / Germany HISTORY: General HISTORY: Military / Guerilla Warfare HISTORY: Military / Napoleonic Wars HISTORY: Military / Nuclear Warfare HISTORY: Military / World War II HISTORY: Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / Afghan War (2001-2021) |
Martin Gilbert is Winston Churchill's biographer and the author of eight acclaimed books on the Holocaust. He lives in London.