Encyclopedia of the Holocaust is a comprehensive, authoritative and reliable one-volume reference text on this most horrific episode of modern history. It features eight essays on the history of the Holocaust and its antecedents, coverage of such topics as the history of European Jewry, Jewish contributions to European culture, and the rise of antisemitism and Nazism; followed by more than 650 entries on significant aspects of the Holocaust, including people, cities and countries, camps, resistance movements, political actions, and outcomes; American Jewry and the Holocaust; Holocaust denial; films on the Holocaust; the Holocaust in Music; Nazi propaganda, youth movements; Holocaust museums and memorials; and more.

With more than 300 black-and-white photographs from the Yad Vashem Archives.

Winner of Best Specialist Reference Work of the Year Award – Reference Reviews UK.