The Holocaust: A New History

by Laurence Rees

Book Overview

In June 1944, Freda Wineman and her family arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the infamous Nazi concentration and death camp. After a cursory look from an SS doctor, Freda's life was spared and her mother was sent to the gas chambers. Freda only survived because the Allies won the war -- the Nazis ultimately wanted every Jew to die. Her mother was one of millions who lost their lives because of a racist regime that believed that some human beings simply...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610398440
• ISBN13: 9781610398442
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.6"