Written and fact-checked by top scholars. Recounts the long, complex, anguishing story of the most terrible crime of the 20th century. Nearly 2,000 extraordinary photographs, many never before published. More than 2,000 captions and sidebars on the most significant Holocaust-related topics. The most thorough, detailed timeline about the Holocaust ever published. In-depth essays covering each year of the Holocaust, 1933 through 1946. An extensive prologue (1500 BCE to 1932) and epilogue (1947 to today) that discusses the buildup to and aftermath of the Holocaust.