rescue

Contains Lois Lowry's novel "Number the Stars" in which ten-year-old Annemarie, during the German occupation of Denmark in 1943, learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis; and includes seven related readings, including poems, autobiographies, and a biography.

Their mission: to organize the escape of thousands of men, women, and children before WWII closed all borders and Europe's Jews faced Hitler's "Final Solution" - annihilation.

Contains personal narratives and color portraits of forty-nine men and women who risked everything to save Jews marked for death during the Holocaust, providing a picture of their lives before, during, and after the war, and discussing the reasons why they took their heroic actions.

A brief biography of American Varian Fry who, during World War II in France, helped over two thousand Jewish refugees escape from the Nazis.

Tells the story of Oskar Schindler, a German Catholic industrialist who, as a munitions manufacturer, saved more than 1,100 Jews from extermination during WWII.

Catholic war profiteer Oskar Schindler risks his life and his fortune to save over one thousand Jews from extermination during World War II by employing them in his crockery factory.

Chronicles the experiences the residents of the French town Le Chambon had during World War II when they saved thousands of Jewish children and adults from Nazi officers.

In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.