Before the over 650 entries of the encyclopedia itself, historians present eight essays on such topics as the contribution of European Jewry to modern culture, Nazi ideology and its roots, on being a Jew in the Holocaust, and the Allies and the Holocaust. The entries cover people, places, camps, and organisations in general. Among the more miscellaneous topics are American Jewry and the Holocaust, Holocaust denial, films on the Holocaust, the Holocaust in music, Nazi propaganda, youth movements, and museums and memorials. Many photographs are included.