holocaust, 1933-1945

Examines the nontraditional German orphanage created by doctor and writer Janusz Korczak, and discusses his efforts to help Jewish orphans during the Holocaust.

The diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl who died in a concentration camp during World War II.

Discusses the extermination of Jews, Gypsies, and handicapped persons by the Nazi government prior to and during World War II.

Presents information on the period during the Holocaust in which Hitler and the Nazi party took power in Germany in 1933 until the beginning of World War II in September 1939. Details the persecution of Jews in Germany and Austria and the efforts of some Jews to emigrate to safety.

Chronicles the stories of the Jews in Europe during the Holocaust who found ways of fighting back against the Nazis. Discusses the Jews' resistance in the ghettos, in the camps, and in the forests.

At a time when most Americans ignored the atrocities going on in Europe in 1940, American journalist Varian Fry put himself in great danger to save strangers in a foreign land. He was instrumental in the rescue of more than 2,000 refugees, including novelist Heinrich Mann and artist Marc Chagall. He remained in France for over a year until he was forcibly evicted.

Hannah Senesh worked to save fellow Jews from her native Hungary during World War II, but was captured and executed by the Nazis at age twenty three. This collection contains her diary, poems, and letters as well as the memoir written by her mother and accounts by parachutists who accompanied her on her mission.

Dutch Jew Edith Velmans recounts her experiences during World War II, focusing on the time she spent in hiding with a Dutch family.

A young Jewish girl living with her family in the town of Lida at the beginning of World War II recalls the horrors of life under first the Russians then the Nazis, before fleeing to join Tuvia Bielski, a partisan who tried to save as many Jews as possible. Based on a true story.

The close friendship of two German boys, one of them Jewish, is destroyed when the Nazis gain power in their country.