holocaust, 1933-1945

Trudy Swenson, haunted by her German heritage, embarks upon a deeper investigation of her past and uncovers secrets her mother has kept hidden for five decades.

Contains two thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide factual and statistical information about the Holocaust, covering major personalities, concentration and death camps, cities and countries, and significant events, and including definitions of important terms.

Discusses the growth of anti-Semitism in Germany from the sixteenth century until the Holocaust during the twentieth century. Includes topics for discussion.

The story of a teenage boy who managed to stay alive during the years of the Jewish Holocaust.

Translation of: Het denkende hart van de barak. Reveals the author's final year of of life in the transit camp Westerbork, the last stop before Auschwitz.

The war-time saga of a young woman who endured the loss of her family, her community, and her very identity during World War II.

Compares three versions of "The Diary of Anne Frank, " her original entries, the diary Anne edited while in hiding, and the edition published by her father after the war; and includes information about the Frank family, details of the 1944 raid on their hiding place, and expert reports on the authenticity of the documents.

The story of Nechama Tec, an eleven-year-old Jewish girl who posed as a member of a Polish Christian family during the Holocaust while her parents remained in hiding.

In this autobiographical novel set in Nazi-occupied France, Ren?e, a young Jewish girl, and her family flee their home in Alsace and live a precarious existence in Paris until Ren?e and her sister escape to the shelter of a Catholic women's residence in Normandy.

Describes the exhibits in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.