Research Catalog

Title

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum encyclopedia of camps and ghettos, 1933-1945.

Publication

Bloomington : Indiana University Press ; [Washington, D.C.] : in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, ©2009-<c2012>

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Megargee, Geoffrey P., 1959-
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Description

volumes in : illustrations, maps; 29 cm

Summary

Created by the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the monumental 7-volume encyclopaedia that the present work inaugurates will make available - in one place for the first time - detailed information about the universe of camps, sub-camps, and ghettos established and operated by the Nazis - altogether some 20,000 sites, from Norway to North Africa and from France to Russia. This volume covers three groups of camps: the early camps established in the first year of Hitler's rule, the major concentration camps with their constellations of sub-camps that operated under the control of the SS-Business Administration Main Office, and youth camps. Overview essays precede entries on individual camps and sub-camps. Each entry provides basic information about the purpose of the site; the prisoners, guards, working and living conditions; and key events in its history. Material drawn from personal testimonies helps convey the character of each site, while source citations for each entry provide a path to additional information.

Series Statement

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum encyclopedia of camps and ghettos, 1933-1945 ; v. 1

Alternative Title

Encyclopedia of camps and ghettos, 1933-1945

Subjects

• Jewish ghettos
• Concentration camps
• Jews
• Encyclopedias
• Jewish ghettos > Europe, Eastern > Encyclopedias
• World War (1939-1945)
• 1939-1945
• Europe
• World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Europe > Encyclopedias
• World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > Europe > Encyclopedias
• Europe, Eastern
• Concentration camps > Europe > Encyclopedias

Genre/Form

Encyclopedias.

Note

• General editor: Geoffrey P. Megargee.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Awards (note)

• Association of Jewish Libraries Judaica Reference Award, 2010.

Contents

• Basic contents: v. 1. Early camps, youth camps, and concentration camps and subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA) (2 v.) -- v. 2. Ghettos in German-occupied Eastern Europe (2 v.) -- v. 3. Camps and ghettos under European regimes aligned with Naxi Germany.
• v. 1, pt. A. The early National Socialist concentration camps. Introduction to the early camps -- Camps and subcamp under the SS-inspectorate of concentration camps/business administration main office. The genesis and structure of the National Socialist concentration camps ; Arbeitsdorf main camp ; Auschwitz I main camp ; Auschwitz II-Birkenau main camp ; Auschwitz III-Monowitz main camp (aka Buna) ; Auschwitz subcamp system ; Bergen-Belsen main camp ; Buchenwald main camp ; Buchenwald subcamp system ; Dachau main camp ; Dachau subcamp system ; Flossenbürg main camp ; Flossenbürg subcamp system ; Gross-Rosen main camp ; Gross-Rosen subcamp system ; Herzogenbusch main camp (aka Vught) ; Hinzert main camp ; Kauen main camp (aka Kaunas, Kovno, Kowno, also Slobadka) -- v. 1, pt. B. Krakau-Plaszow main camp ; Lublin main camp (aka Majdanek) ; Mauthausen main camp ; Mauthausen subcamp system ; Mittelbau main camp (aka Dora) ; Mittelbau subcamp system ; Natzweiler-Struthof main camp (aka Natzweiler, Struthof) ; Natzweiler subcamp system ; Gruppe "Wüste" complex ; Neuengamme main camp ; Neuengamme subcamp system ; Ravensbrück main camp ; Ravensbrück subcamp system ; Riga-Kaiserwald main camp (aka Mezăparks) ; Sachsenhausen main camp ; Sachsenhausen subcamp system ; SS-Baubrigaden and SS-Eisenbahnbaubrigaden ; Stutthof main camp ; Stutthof subcamp system ; Vaivara main camp ; Warschau main camp ; Wewelsburg main camp (aka Niederhagen) -- Youth camps. Introduction to youth camps.
• v. 2, pt. A. Incorporated eastern territories. Zichenau region (Regierungsbezirk Zichenau) ; Warthegau region (Reichsgau Wartheland) ; Eastern Upper Silesia region (Ost-Oberschlesien) -- Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (Protekrorat Böhmen und Mahren) -- General Government (Generalgouvernement). Radom region (Distrikt Radom) ; Warsaw region (Distrikt Warschau) ; Kraków region (Distrikt Krakau); Lublin region (Distrikt Lublin); Eastern Galicia region (Distrikt Galizien) -- Białystok region (Distrikt Bialystok) -- v. 2, pt. B. Reich Commissariat Ostland (Reichskommissariat Ostland) ; Estonia and Latvia regions (Generalkommissariat Estland und Generalkommissariat Lettland) ; Lithuania region (Generalkommissariat Litauen) ; Weissruthenien region (Generalkommissariat Weissruthenien) -- Reich Commissariat Ukraine (Reichskommissariat Ukraine). Volhynia and Podolia region (Generalkommissariat Wolhynien und Podolien) ; Zhytomyr region (Generalkommissariat Shitomir) ; Kiev region (Generalkommissariat Kiew) ; Nikolaev and Dnepropetrovsk regions (Generalkommissariate Nikolajew und Dnjepropetrowsk) -- Regions of the USSR under German military occupation. Eastern Belorussia region ; Eastern Ukraine and Crimea region ; Occupied Russian Territory -- German-occupied Greece.
• v. 3. Camps and Ghettos under European Regimes Aligned with Nazi Germany ; Croatia pp. 45-78 -- Finland pp. 79-88 -- France/Vichy pp. 89-239 -- Vichy Africa pp. 240-300 -- Hungary pp. 301-388 -- Italy pp. 389-478 -- Italian-Occupied Albania pp. 479-501 -- Italian-Occupied East Africa (Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia) pp. 502-504 -- Italian-Occupied Greece pp. 505-526 -- Italian-Occupied North Africa pp. 527-530 -- Italian-Occupied Southeast France pp. 531-539 -- Italian-Occupied Yugoslavia pp. 540-558 -- Norway pp. 559-568 -- Romania pp. 569-830 -- Serbia pp. 831-840 -- Slovakia pp. 841-892 -- Tunisia (French and Italian Camps) pp. 893-902 -- List of Abbreviations pp. 903-926 -- Table of Approximate Rank Equivalents pp. 927-930 -- List of Contributors pp. 931-934 -- About the Editor pp. 935-936 -- Names Index pp. 937-952 -- Places Index pp. 953-976 -- Organizations and Enterprises Index pp. 977-990

Call Number

D805.A2

ISBN

• 9780253353283
• 0253353289
• 9780253354280
• 0253354285
• 9780253354297
• 0253354293
• 9780253355997
• 0253355990
• 9780253002266
• 0253002265
• 9780253002273
• 0253002273
• 9780253023735
• 0253023734
• 9780253002020 (canceled/invalid)
• 0253002028 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2008037382

OCLC

244567181

Title

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum encyclopedia of camps and ghettos, 1933-1945.

Imprint

Bloomington : Indiana University Press ; [Washington, D.C.] : in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, ©2009-<c2012>

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum encyclopedia of camps and ghettos, 1933-1945 ; v. 1

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Awards

Association of Jewish Libraries Judaica Reference Award, 2010.

Connect to:

Volumes I and 2 - Now available online

Table of contents, v. 1

Chronological Term

1939-1945

Added Author

Megargee, Geoffrey P., 1959-

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Other Form:

Online version: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum encyclopedia of camps and ghettos, 1933-1945. Bloomington : Indiana University Press ; [Washington, D.C.] : in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, ©2009-<c2012> (OCoLC)891471078

Research Call Number

Desk-JWS D805.A2 U55 2009