Remembering the Holocaust

Description

Of all the horrors the human race has experienced and perpetrated over many millennia, one of the darkest chapters was undoubtedly the widespread, systematic murder of six million Jews—two-thirds of Europe’s Jewish population—by Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s during what has come to be known as the Holocaust. It is nearly impossible to fathom today the hatred, terror, violence, and sheer inhumanity of these atrocities, and yet the importance of ensuring this dark history is preserved for future generations cannot be overstated. In this moving documentary volume, Holocaust survivors who later settled in Wisconsin recount not only the horrors they witnessed but also the resilience and perseverance of the Jewish people. With words and photographs, they describe the richness of pre-war Jewish life in Europe; the advent of prescriptive laws, arrests, and deportation; the unspeakable horrors of the Nazi camps; and ultimately the liberation and postwar experiences of the survivors.