The Holocaust and World War II Almanac provides an exhaustive historical and interpretive view of this pivotal period in American history in this three volume set. In volumes 1 and 2, chapters provide information on the various aspects of the Holocaust and World War II, including the events leading up to the war as well as recent developments regarding reparations to war and Holocaust victims. Specific topics include:

• Jewish life in Germany before the Holocaust
  
• The rise of the Nazi Party
  
• Major battles and turning points in the conflict
  
• The defeat of Japan
  
• Concentration and death camps
  
• Life on the home front
  
• Bringing Nazi war criminals to justice
  
• Spies and scientists
  
• Nazi art, entertainment, and propaganda
  
• The worldwide political, social, and economic changes wrought by the conflict
  

Throughout these chapters are over 50 primary sources, including selections from Hitlers Mein Kampf, Winston Churchills Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat speech, views of the war told through the words and pictures of American cartoonist Bill Mauldin, a selection of Ernie Pyles dispatches, and letters from wives to their husbands on the front. Each selection is accompanied by introductory material, a discussion of key elements of the source, a report on the aftermath, and further reading.
Volume 3 presents over 100 biographical profiles ranging from 1, 500 to 3, 000 words on famous, 01