This book traces the origins, development and devastating consequences of the Holocaust, revealing how genocide unfolded across Europe.
This atlas is an essential visual guide to understanding the Holocaust – its scale, its location, its impact and its enduring significance.

The Holocaust is one of the darkest chapters in human history. Between 1941 and 1945, the Nazi regime murdered around six million Jews and at least five million non-Jews. More than one million children were among the victims. At Auschwitz alone, one million lives were lost.
The Holocaust Atlas tells this story through 40 full-colour maps, alongside archival photographs and artworks from IWM’s collection. This book traces the origins, development and devastating consequences of the Holocaust, revealing how genocide unfolded across Europe.
This atlas is an essential visual guide to understanding the Holocaust – its scale, its location, its impact and its enduring significance.