Cap­stone’s Dead­ly His­to­ry series con­sists of four books which detail dif­fi­cult and fright­en­ing times in his­to­ry: the Bubon­ic Plague, World War I, World War II, and the Holocaust.

The Hor­ror of the Holo­caust presents a clear­ly-writ­ten his­tor­i­cal back­ground of the time includ­ing the rise of Hitler, a basic descrip­tion of the era’s anti-Semit­ic atmos­phere, the Nurem­berg Laws, and Kristall­nacht. It describes the inva­sion of Poland and the forc­ing of Jews into ghet­tos and con­cen­tra­tion camps, as well as oth­er bru­tal­i­ties. It also impor­tant­ly describes attempts at resis­tance includ­ing the War­saw Ghet­to Upris­ing, the lives of sur­vivors after the war, the estab­lish­ment of the State of Israel and the ongo­ing obser­vance of Holo­caust Remem­brance Day.

Pho­tographs, charts, and dia­grams accom­pa­ny the text. Appen­dices include a time­line, glos­sary, read­ing list, a web­site for fur­ther learn­ing, a list of crit­i­cal think­ing ques­tions, and an index.

Rec­om­mend­ed for ages 9 to 12.