What Was the Holocaust?

A thoughtful and age-appropriate introduction to an unimaginable event--the Holocaust.

The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million people killed in Nazi death camps--six million of them Jews. Gail Herman traces the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, whose rabid anti-Semitism led first to humiliating anti-Jewish laws, then to ghettos all over Eastern Europe, and ultimately to the Final Solution. She presents just enough information for an elementary-school audience in a readable, well-researched book that covers one of the most horrible times in history.

This entry in the New York Times best-selling series contains eighty carefully chosen illustrations and sixteen pages of black and white photographs suitable for young readers.

Author: Gail Herman, Who Hq
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Published: 06/19/2018
Series: What Was?
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.20w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780451533906
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 195951 / What Was the Holocaust?

About the Author
Gail Herman has written several young biographies for children, including Who Was Jackie Robinson?