holocaust, 1933-1945

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.

An anthology of twenty-three diaries written during the Holocaust by children, some of whom were later murdered by the Nazis.

Presents the story of how Si Kaddour Benghabret, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, and other Muslims, gave Jews shelter and worked in the resistance to help them escape Nazi persecution during the German occupation of Paris.

Separated from his parents in Poland during World War II, a young Jewish boy enslaved in a concentration camp keeps hope alive while playing Schubert on his harmonica whenever the camp's commandant orders him to play.

This is the true story of a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania in 1940 who used his powers to help Jews escape the Holocaust.

Describes the time Anne Frank and her family spent in hiding in their Amsterdam attic home during the Nazi occupation of Holland.

Illustrated biography of Anne Frank and her world both before and during the Holocaust.

Text and black and white photographs describe the experiences of those Jewish children who were forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust and survived to tell about it.

In 1938 Berlin, Germany, a cat sees Rosenstrasse change from a peaceful neighborhood of Jews and Gentiles to an unfriendly place where, one November night, men in brown +hirts destroy Jewish-owned businesses and arrest or kill Jewish people. Includes facts about Kristallnacht and a list of related books and web resources.

Eva Mozes Kor details the experiences she shared with her twin sister Miriam when they were sent to Auschwitz as children and were forced to endure medical experiments and other horrors under the care of Josef Mengele.