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The Literary Imagination and the Holocaust: General Encyclopedias/Guides

General Encyclopedias/Guides

The Encyclopedia of the Holocaust.
New York : Macmillan, 1990
Main Ref D804.3 E53 1990

Illustrated, with select bibliographies for most entries; covers the background, history, and impact of the Holocaust.

Enzyklopädie des Holocaust : die Verfolgung und Ermordung der europäischen Juden
Berlin : Argon, 1993
Main Ref D804.3 E5313 1993

German language edition of The Encyclopedia of the Holocaust.

The Holocaust encyclopedia / Walter Laqueur, editor ; Judith Tydor Baumel, associate editor.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001
Main Ref D804.25 .H66 2001

An analytical encyclopedia to be consulted for its fine thematic articles, written by leading experts, and for its inclusion of hundreds of documentary evidence, such as photographs, maps, and the like.

Niewyk, Donald L. and Francis Nicosia
The Columbia guide to the Holocaust
New York : Columbia University Press, c2000.
Main Lib D804.3 .N54 2000

Excellent starting point for beginning researchers. Portable guide, includes detailed, but readable chronology, as well as a probing section entitled "Problems and Interpretations" which provdes an overview of Holocaust historiography.