"Since 1953, the State of Israel has named non-Jews who risked their lives to help save Jews during the Holocaust as "Righteous Among the Nations." Known as "Righteous Gentiles," these individuals summoned the strength to put aside their own safety to oppose the Nazis"--Provided by publisher.
Explores the life and accomplishments of political activist Elie Wiesel, who came of age during the time of World War II and the Nazi occupation of Europe, and experienced concentration camp persecution himself.
Explores the trials that were held for those people that were responsible for the atrocities that occurred during World War II by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.
Describes the formation and destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto by the Nazis, covering the causes of the formation of the ghetto, daily life in the ghetto, the events that led to the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, and the aftermath of the uprising.
Explores the history of Jewish resistance during World War II, giving the background, the invasion of Poland and moving of Jews into the ghettos, the Jewish resistance in the death camps, and more.
Explores the history of the Holocaust in Germany, covering the ideology behind it, the rise of the Nazi party, the men given the task of implementing it, the extermination in the East, and the systematic extermination in the death camps.
Describes how the strong dislike of Jews that existed in Europe since social Darwinism became popular in the 1870's led eventually to Kristallnacht or "Night of broken glass" in 1938 when Jews throughout Germany and Austria were subjected to brutality and thousands of horrors in a single night.
