Martin Gilbert - The Routledge Atlas of the Holocaust

Map 1 THE ROUTLEDGE ATLAS OF THE HOLOCAUST THE GRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE NAZI ATTEMPT TO DESTROY THE JEWS OF EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR IS ILLUSTRATED IN THIS SERIES OF 333 DETAILED MAPS. The maps, and the text and photographs that accompany them, vividly depict the fate of the Jews between 1933 and 1945, while also setting the chronological story in the wider context of the war itself. The maps include:

• Historical background from the effects of anti-Jewish violence between 1880 and 1933 to the geography of the existing Jewish communities before the advent of the Nazis
• The beginning of the violence from the destruction of the synagogues in November 1938 to Jewish migrations and deportations, and the establishment of the concentration camps and death camps throughout German-dominated Europe
• The spread of Nazi rule the fate of the Jews throughout Europe including Germany, Austria, Poland, Greece, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Russia, Denmark, Norway, France, Holland, Belgium, Italy, and the Baltic States
• Jewish revolts and resistance; and the work of Christians in saving Jews
• The death marches, the advance of the Allies to the liberation of the camps, the fate of the survivors, and the final death toll.

This revised edition includes a new section which gives an insight into the layout and organization of some of the most significant places of the Holocaust, including Auschwitz, Treblinka and the Warsaw ghetto, which will be especially useful to those visiting the sites. Sir Martin Gilbert is one of the leading historians of his generation. An Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford of which he was a fellow for thirty years he is the official biographer of Winston Churchill and the author of eighty books, among them The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War, The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy, The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust, and Churchill and the Jews. For more information on his books visit http://www.martingilbert.com.

BOOKS BY MARTIN GILBERT The Routledge Atlas of American History The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict The Routledge Atlas of British History The Routledge Atlas of the First World War The Routledge Atlas of the Holocaust The Routledge Historical Atlas of Jerusalem The Routledge Atlas of Jewish History The Routledge Atlas of Russian History The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War The Appeasers (with Richard Gott) The European Powers, 19001945 The Roots of Appeasement Childrens Illustrated Bible Atlas Atlas of British Charities The Holocaust: Maps and Photographs The Jews of Arab Lands: Their History in Maps The Jews of Russia: Their History in Maps Sir Horace Rumbold: Portrait of a Diplomat Jerusalem: Rebirth of a City Jerusalem in the Twentieth Century Exile and Return: The Struggle for Jewish Statehood Israel: A History The Story of Israel Auschwitz and the Allies The Jews of Hope: The Plight of Soviet Jewry Today Shcharansky: Hero of Our Time The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction The Boys: Triumph over Adversity The First World War Somme: The Heroism and Horror of War The Second World War D-Day The Day the War Ended Empires in Conflict: A History of the Twentieth Century, 19001933 Descent into Barbarism: A History of the Twentieth Century, 19341951 Challenge to Civilization: A History of the Twentieth Century, 19521999 Never Again: A History of the Holocaust The Jews in the Twentieth Century: An Illustrated History Letters to Auntie Fori: The 5,000-Year History of the Jewish People and Their Faith The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust In Search of Churchill Churchill and America Churchill and the Jews The Will of the People: Churchill and Parliamentary Democracy THE CHURCHILL BIOGRAPHY Volume III: The Challenge of War, 19141916 Document Volume III (in two parts) Volume IV: World in Torment, 19171922 Document Volume IV (in three parts) Volume V: The Coming of War, 19221939 Document Volume V: The Exchequer Years, 19221929 Document Volume V: The Wilderness Years, 19291935 Document Volume V: The Coming of War, 19361939 Volume VI: Finest Hour, 19391941 Churchill War Papers I: At the Admiralty, September 1939May 1940 Churchill War Papers II: Never Surrender, MayDecember 1940 Churchill War Papers III: The Ever-Widening War, 1941 Volume VII: Road to Victory, 19411945 Volume VIII: Never Despair, 19451965 Churchill: A Photographic Portrait Churchill: A Life EDITIONS OF DOCUMENTS Britain and Germany between the Wars Plough My Own Furrow: The Life of Lord Allen of Hurtwood Servant of India: Diaries of the Viceroys Private Secretary, 19051910 Winston Churchill and Emery Reves: Correspondence 19371964 THE ROUTLEDGE ATLAS OF THE HOLOCAUST 4th Edition Martin Gilbert First published 1982 as The Atlas of the Holocaust by Michael Joseph Second edition published 1993 as The Dent Atlas of Jewish History by J.M. Dent Ltd Third edition published 2002 as The Routledge Atlas of the Holocaust by Routledge Fourth edition published 2009 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business 1982, 1993, 2002, 2009 Martin Gilbert The right of Martin Gilbert to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Typeset in Sabon by Keystroke, 28 High Street, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Gilbert, Martin, 1936 The routledge atlas of the Holocaust. 4th ed. 1. 1.

Holocaust, Jewish (19391945)Maps. 2. Holocaust, Jewish (19391945) I. Title. G1797.21.E29G58 2009 940.53180223dc22 2008043844 ISBN10: 0415484812 (hbk) ISBN10: 0415484863 (pbk) ISBN13: 9780415484817 (hbk) ISBN13: 9780415484862 (pbk) List of Maps Note: numbers in italics refer to page numbers Special symbols used in this Atlas

00,000	numbers of Jews in a particular country, town or village before the Holocaust, according to the last peace-time census
	number of Jews seeking refuge elsewhere, deported, or confined to a ghetto
	numbers killed, or deported to their deaths
	the borders of Greater Germany at the time of any particular map
	the front lines at the time of any particular map
	acts of resistance or revolt by Jewish groups or individuals

Introduction The map below shows the birthplaces, places of work, and places of execution of 17 Jews who were murdered during the war years. The text which follows on this page tells, briefly, something of their personal stories.Next page