personal narratives

A thirteen-year-old Dutch-Jewish girl records her impressions of the two years she and seven others spent hiding from the Nazis before they were discovered and taken to concentration camps. Presented in Spanish.

"A powerful memoir about a Holocaust survivor who was deemed hopeless--and the rehabilitation center that gave him and other teen boys the chance to learn how to live again"--Provided by the publisher.

Examines the interrogation methods and practices used against Al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan following the September 11, 2001 attack against America and reveals how they were able to elicit key intelligence information, some of the mistakes made, and abuses against prisoners.

The author presents a candid appraisal of his life as a National Guardsman serving in Iraq, and offers a realistic look at the missions and raids in which he participated.

"Ferenc Andai is one of approximately 6,000 Jewish Hungarian men conscripted to work as forced labourers in the copper mines of Bor, Serbia, between 1943 and 1944. Subject to the whims of cruel Hungarian commanders and German overseers, the men are forced to work to exhaustion while they subsist on a starvation diet. For nineteen-year-old Ferenc, the only relief from his harsh reality is his company--an artistic and literary circle of men that includes the poet Mikl?os Radn?oti."--.

An eyewitness chronicle of the Doolittle Raid on Japan in April 1942 that describes the crew's difficult escape from China afterwards and includes the War Department's official communiqu?, details on the crew one year later, and letters from the period the men were in China.

Presents the untold story of the young Jewish women who became resistance fighters against the Nazis during World War II.

A collection of personal narrative about World War II, as told to children from around the world.