This month's New and Changed Entries provide many new numbers and captions related to the Holocaust. Could you please provide some background on them?

Yes. We have created a detailed expansion under 940.5318 Holocaust to accommodate the growing literature on this topic. A general outline of the new development follows; please see the link above for the complete expansion.

940.5318	Holocaust
940.53181	General topics of Holocaust
940.53183	Resistance movements and rescue operations
940.53184	Specific events
940.53185	Ghettos and extermination camps maintained by Axis Powers
940.53186	Commemorations and memorials
940.53187	Welfare services to Holocaust victims [formerly also 362.87]

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Last revised: 13 January 2004