The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as Told in United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

From Library Journal To mark the occasion of the April 1993 opening of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington， D.C.， Berenbaum， museum project director， has written a lucid， sweeping， but not superficial historical overview of the Holocaust. Replacing a typical museum catalog， which ordinarily lauds its museum's artifacts， this book uses them to tell the awful story to which the institution is dedicated. Utilizing the museum's photographs， oral histories， and other documents， Berenbaum synthesizes an enormous quantity of material， organizing it coherently to show the gradual evolution of the war against the Jews from the perspectives of the victims， perpetrators， and bystanders， while dealing with the fundamental themes of the Jewish experience. Visually evocative and unsettling， the book， supplemented with a useful bibliography， is an excellent choice for those who are not well acquainted with the subject or who need a concise synopsis; it will inspire readers to visit the museum and will enhance the experience of those who do.- Benny Kraut， Univ. of CincinnatiCopyright 1993 Reed Business Information， Inc.