holocaust, 1933-1945

Discusses life in a Nazi concentration camp, including typical conditions in the camps, daily life, organization and implementation, extermination through labor, and surviving against all odds.

Presents volume four in an eight-volume series on Holocaust Biographies and examines the role that Elie Wiesel, Auschwitz survivor, played and provides information on his youth in Romania, anti-Semitism, his survival from the concentration camps, and his work after the war as an educator and speaker on behalf of human rights around the world.

Examines the causes, events, and legacies of the Holocaust which resulted in the extermination of six million Jews.

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. Includes entries previously omitted.

Chronicles the brave exploits of Jaap Penraat, a young Dutch man, who risked his life during World War II to save the lives of over 400 Jews.

Examines the persecution of the Jewish people by German leader Adolph Hitler in the mid-twentieth century, discusses his attempts to exterminate the Jews in the death camps, and looks at what happened to the Nazis responsible for the Holocaust. Includes photographs, and a selection of primary source materials.

A compilation of personal narratives of people who survived the Holocaust.

Presents an overview of the Holocaust, in simple text with illustrations and photographs, describing how Adolf Hitler killed an estimated six million Jews during World War II.

The author tells about her life after she and her parents were liberated from the Terezin concentration camp in Czechoslovakia in 1945 and emigrated to the United States.

Features seven true stories of brave boys and girls who lived through the Holocaust. Their compelling accounts are based on exclusive, personal interviews with the survivors. Using real names, dates and places, these stories are factual versions of their recollections.