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The Resource The world must know : the history of the Holocaust as told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Michael Berenbaum ; Arnold Kramer, editor of photographs

The world must know : the history of the Holocaust as told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Michael Berenbaum ; Arnold Kramer, editor of photographs

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  • "Opened in April 1993, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., summons all who enter its portals to rise to an important and extraordinary challenge: to remember and immortalize the 6 million Jews and millions of other Nazi victims of World War II - Gypsies, Poles, homosexuals, the handicapped, Jehovah's Witnesses, political and religious dissidents, Soviet prisoners of war - who were murdered in the most horrifying event of our time: the Holocaust. The World Must Know depicts the evolution of the Holocaust comprehensively, as it is presented in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - the living memorial to the victims of the Holocaust that tells a story the world must know in the most moving and powerful visual and verbal way." "Drawing on the museum's artifacts and its extensive eyewitness testimony collection, the second largest in the world, and including over 200 photographic images from the museum's collections, The World Must Know details the four major historical participants: the perpetrator, the bystander, the rescuer, and, above all, the victim. The World Must Know journeys back to a time when Jewish culture thrived in Europe, to family Shabbat dinners and joyous Passover celebrations where the lighting of the candles was done before unshuttered windows, and proceeds to that point when the most unspeakable evil in history began, and then bears witness to the most horrifying shattering of innocent lives."
  • "Starting with the rise of nazism, The World Must Know reveals the human stories of the Holocaust, documenting the range of psychological extremes from the evil of the Nazi doctors who staffed the death camps and determined "who shall live and who shall die," to the nobility of ordinary citizens, like those in the village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, who risked their own lives by offering their homes as havens to refugee Jews, to the horror of entire families as they received sudden orders to pack up only what they could carry, leave their homes, and report to a train station for "resettlement in the East," a euphemism for deportation to Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor, and other death or concentration camps. The powerful and evocative images in The World Must Know tell the stories of hope and death - the grim reality of the ghettos, the mass murders of the mobile killing units, the concentration camps, and the death camps, as well as the brave and heart-wrenching stories of resistance and rescue, through which we see the human necessity for - and the ultimate power of - personal choice." "More than a catalogue of the museum's exhibit, The World Must Know is a study and exploration of the Holocaust that fulfills the commandment from those who perished, which seared the souls of those who survived: Remember. Do not let the world forget. This is a significant contribution to our understanding of the history of the Holocaust that will not only memorialize the past by educating the generations that follow but also transform the future by sensitizing those who will shape it. That is the challenge to, and the responsibility of, all survivors everywhere."--Jacket
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xv, 240 pages
Contents
  • Introduction
  • The Nazi assault
  • The Holocaust
  • The last chapter
  • Afterword
Isbn
9780316091350
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Label
The world must know : the history of the Holocaust as told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Title
The world must know
Title remainder
the history of the Holocaust as told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Statement of responsibility
Michael Berenbaum ; Arnold Kramer, editor of photographs
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Contributor
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Language
eng
Summary
  • "Opened in April 1993, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., summons all who enter its portals to rise to an important and extraordinary challenge: to remember and immortalize the 6 million Jews and millions of other Nazi victims of World War II - Gypsies, Poles, homosexuals, the handicapped, Jehovah's Witnesses, political and religious dissidents, Soviet prisoners of war - who were murdered in the most horrifying event of our time: the Holocaust. The World Must Know depicts the evolution of the Holocaust comprehensively, as it is presented in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - the living memorial to the victims of the Holocaust that tells a story the world must know in the most moving and powerful visual and verbal way." "Drawing on the museum's artifacts and its extensive eyewitness testimony collection, the second largest in the world, and including over 200 photographic images from the museum's collections, The World Must Know details the four major historical participants: the perpetrator, the bystander, the rescuer, and, above all, the victim. The World Must Know journeys back to a time when Jewish culture thrived in Europe, to family Shabbat dinners and joyous Passover celebrations where the lighting of the candles was done before unshuttered windows, and proceeds to that point when the most unspeakable evil in history began, and then bears witness to the most horrifying shattering of innocent lives."
  • "Starting with the rise of nazism, The World Must Know reveals the human stories of the Holocaust, documenting the range of psychological extremes from the evil of the Nazi doctors who staffed the death camps and determined "who shall live and who shall die," to the nobility of ordinary citizens, like those in the village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, who risked their own lives by offering their homes as havens to refugee Jews, to the horror of entire families as they received sudden orders to pack up only what they could carry, leave their homes, and report to a train station for "resettlement in the East," a euphemism for deportation to Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor, and other death or concentration camps. The powerful and evocative images in The World Must Know tell the stories of hope and death - the grim reality of the ghettos, the mass murders of the mobile killing units, the concentration camps, and the death camps, as well as the brave and heart-wrenching stories of resistance and rescue, through which we see the human necessity for - and the ultimate power of - personal choice." "More than a catalogue of the museum's exhibit, The World Must Know is a study and exploration of the Holocaust that fulfills the commandment from those who perished, which seared the souls of those who survived: Remember. Do not let the world forget. This is a significant contribution to our understanding of the history of the Holocaust that will not only memorialize the past by educating the generations that follow but also transform the future by sensitizing those who will shape it. That is the challenge to, and the responsibility of, all survivors everywhere."--Jacket
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DLC
Dewey number
940.53/18/074753
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
D804.3
LC item number
.B464 1993
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • catalogs
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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1945-
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  • Berenbaum, Michael
  • Mazal Holocaust Collection
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  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Label
The world must know : the history of the Holocaust as told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Michael Berenbaum ; Arnold Kramer, editor of photographs
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-232) and index
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volume
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Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- The Nazi assault -- The Holocaust -- The last chapter -- Afterword
Control code
ocm26633403
Dimensions
29 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xv, 240 pages
Isbn
9780316091350
Lccn
92032813
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780316091350
  • (OCoLC)26633403
Label
The world must know : the history of the Holocaust as told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Michael Berenbaum ; Arnold Kramer, editor of photographs
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-232) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- The Nazi assault -- The Holocaust -- The last chapter -- Afterword
Control code
ocm26633403
Dimensions
29 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xv, 240 pages
Isbn
9780316091350
Lccn
92032813
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780316091350
  • (OCoLC)26633403

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