World Must Know
... ” you would probably get an answer such as, “It was the killing of Jews during World War II. ... The World Must Know written by Michael Berenbaum is the history of the Holocaust as told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Unlike the The Diary of Anne Frank which is the story of one young women’s Holocaust experience, Berenbaum’s The World Must Know, is an attempt to explore the history of the Holocaust and educate readers with text, photographs, maps, and oral histories. ... The World Must Know resembles three books in one. ... Now that you can relate to the family, you are able to bring into scope how horrible the events of the Holocaust must have been. ... The main “book”, in this three in one book is Berenbaum’s written text, which is written more like a text book than one single story, as I mentioned briefly earlier when I compared The World Must Know to The Diary of Anne Frank. ... It takes the combination of the pictures, text, and stories for the book to be successful in teaching the world about the Holocaust. ... The World Must Know is an overview of the Holocaust and it attempts to cover a lot of material in a few pages. ... Thus, Berenbaum must say what he can to cover the major points and to get as many stories included as possible. ... Michael Berenbaum’s The World Must Know may not be a very in depth look at the Holocaust, however it is a non-opinionated look at the events that took place, which is necessary to preserve the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust.