The Holocaust: The Basics is a concise introduction to the study of this seismic event in mid twentieth-century human history. The book takes an original approach as both a narrative and thematic introduction to the topic and provides a core foundation for readers embarking upon their own study. It examines a range of perspectives and subjects surrounding the Holocaust including: the perpetrators of the Holocaust the victims resistance to the Holocaust liberation legacies and survivors' memories of the Holocaust. Suppported by a chronology glossary questions for discussion and boxed case studies that focus the reader's thoughts and develop their appreciation of the subjects considered more broadly The Holocaust: The Basics is the ideal introduction to this controversial and widely debated topic for both students and the more general reader.|The Holocaust: The Basics | History