The Camp System (The Holocaust)

The Camp System (The Holocaust)

From BooklistReviewed with Jane Shuter's Resistance to the Nazis.Gr. 7-12. These two detailed titles in the Holocaust series offer stark contrast. The Camp System is a bloody, brutal account of the carefully planned concentration camp network where millions suffered and died. Resistance brings together many brief inspiring accounts of ordinary people, Jews and gentiles, who fought back and risked their lives to save others. Both books combine a good historical overview with moving personal accounts and end with a look at a particular event--the processing of arrivals in Auschwitz in the camp system, and the Warsaw ghetto uprising in Resistance. The series design is accessible for browsing or for close reading, with lots of photos and boxed screens. The one intrusive feature is the overuse of bold type for words used in the extensive glossary: words such as Jew, Nazi, race, and concentration camp are in bold every time they appear. Included are sources for direct quotes, maps, a detailed time line, anda list of museums and Web sites. There's also a Web site with information about the horrifying facts and the lies told by Holocaust deniers. Hazel RochmanCopyright