Each book about the Holo­caust brings insight to us, whether writ­ten for an adult, a child, or a teenag­er. It is by turn­ing open the cov­er that we are acknowl­edg­ing that we are unit­ed in our his­tor­i­cal past — all humans. This book may bring to light an unknown fact, a pho­to may bear a strik­ing resem­blance to those kept in your own home or pro­duce a chill, as you real­ize that you have stood in that depict­ed geo­graph­i­cal space. It is part of the ​“We the Peo­ple” U.S. his­to­ry series of books that exam­ine key events shap­ing the course of the nation. Hau­gen has the­mat­i­cal­ly orga­nized an his­tor­i­cal overview for the estab­lish­ment of The Holo­caust Muse­um in Wash­ing­ton D.C. She leads the read­er through the caus­es of the Holo­caust by briefly out­lin­ing World War I and World War II, the cre­ation of the death camps and the mur­der­ous activ­i­ties of the Nazis. Her text reminds us that the pur­pose of this muse­um is to edu­cate and serve as a last­ing memo­r­i­al to those who per­ished. Hau­gen notes that there are edu­ca­tion­al and out­reach pro­grams avail­able for teach­ers through the muse­um ser­vices. The book pro­vides a glos­sary, a fact page, a list of impor­tant peo­ple and time­line. These ele­ments would be of great use in cre­at­ing a class study unit for ages 5th grade and above. Although the book serves as a won­der­ful teach­ing tool, it requires sen­si­tiv­i­ty and open com­mu­ni­ca­tion when used in a class­room environment.