1929-

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Looks at the life of Filipino painter Araceli Limcaco Dans.

A true account of a Jewish-German boy's survival during World War II describes how his family fled Nazi persecution throughout Europe before the capture of his parents forced him to fend for himself during the hardest times of the war.

The author shares her childhood growing up in Poland through the Holocaust, and surviving thanks to Oskar Schindler.

Follows the true story of Dita Kraus, a fourteen-year-old girl from Prague who after being sent to Auschwitz is chosen to protect the eight volumes prisoners have smuggled past the guards.

Provides a biography of Jewish Holocaust survivor Dita Kraus who became known as the Librarian of Auschwitz. Discusses her upbringing, incarceration in the Auschwitz concentration camp, and her adulthood.

Tells Peter Feigl's story of running from the Nazis with his family and finally escaping to Switzerland.