Presents a short history of the period between 1933 to the outbreak of World War Two in 1939, and describes the persecution of the Jews, the efforts of many to emigrate to other countries, and why the majority of the Jewish people were powerless against the Nazi regime.
A photo-illustrated look at the ways Jews and non-Jews resisted the Nazis during the Holocaust, covering Jews who went into hiding or hid in plain sight, uprisings in and escapes from the ghettos and camps, and the efforts of partisan groups.
"When Odette's father becomes a Nazi prisoner-of-war and the Paris police begin arresting Jews, her mother sends Odette to hide in the Catholic French countryside where she must keep many secrets to survive"--Provided by publisher.
Details real-life survival stories from individuals who experienced the Holocaust, and provides a brief overview of how the Nazis persecuted Jewish people, homosexuals, mentally disabled, and others.
Thirteen-year-old Halina Rudowski narrowly escapes the Polish ghetto and flees to the forest, where she is taken in by an encampment of Jews trying to survive World War II.
five diaries of teenagers who died in the Holocaust
Boas, Jacob
Presents excerpts from the diaries of five Jewish teenagers who were part of the millions of men, women, and children who died under Hitler's Nazi regime during World War II.
A color-illustrated biography of Anne Frank that covers her early childhood, her years in hiding, her death in the Bergen-Belsen camp, and the ways she has been remembered since her diary was published.
The journal of a Jewish girl in her early teens describes both the joys and the torments of daily life, as well as typical adolescent thoughts, throughout the two years spent in hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation of Holland.
