Dan Michman, The Emergence of Jewish Ghettos
During the Holocaust
Cambridge University Press in association with Yad Vashem
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? The Emergence of Jewish Ghettos During
the Holocaust is a linguistic-cultural study
that traces the origins and uses of the term
“ghetto” in European discourse from the 16th
century until the Nazi regime.

Examining both the actual establishment of the ghettos and thediscourse of the Nazis and their allies on the subject from 1933-1944, the study’s conclusions oppose all existing explanations and cursory examinations of the ghetto, impacting our overall understanding of the anti-Jewish policies of Nazi Germany.

 Encyclopedia of the Ghettos

? The Yad Vashem Encyclopedia of the Ghettos During the Holocaust has been named the 2011 American Libraries Association Booklist Editors’ Choice in the Reference Section.
The two-volume Encyclopedia, published by Yad Vashem in 2009, is an epic chronicle of the history and fate of some 1,100 ghettos established by the Nazis during the Holocaust, with an accompanying DVD containing original archival footage.

“This is an outstanding piece of scholarship that fills a gap in reference collections dealing with the Holocaust,” said ALA reviewer Barbara Bibel.

“There have been general works… and books about the Warsaw and Lodz ghettos, but this is the first
comprehensive source dealing with the ghettos created by the Nazis. It is an essential work for academic collections supporting history,
Jewish studies, and Holocaust studies.”