I'm not sure I was the target audience for this book. It took me a month to parse through this book, but I have greatly enjoyed it. I am not a scientist or historian by trade, but I do teach the Holocaust in my junior high classes. This book gave me great insight into what was lost in communities outside of Poland and Germany. I appreciated the author's perspective and his insistence on not victimizing the dead a second time through our seeking to understand what happened and where.
That said, some parts of this book were a dry read for a layman such as myself. They are worth pushing through. I would have preferred a narrative of Freund's experiences with less focus on the science, but that's not the purpose of this book. Overall, a very informative read. Anyone who teaches the Holocaust at any level of depth should take a look at this book in order to broaden their perspective and see just how widespread the loss beyond the communities typically studied and mentioned. Those who are interested in how science and archaeology intersect will find this book to be an excellent study.

Thank you to NetGalley and Rowman&Littlefield Publishing for an e-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.