rescue

"Offers readers a first-hand look at the stories of teens who managed to escape the Nazi regime, surviving only through a combination of gut instinct and luck. Readers will also see parallels between the plight of those fleeing Germany and the refugees from Syria and other countries facing similar crises today and will discover the complex reasons some people simply didn't leave before it was too late"--Provided by publisher.

Leon Leyson describes growing up in Poland, being forced from home to ghetto to concentration camps by the Nazis, and being saved by Oskar Schindler.

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

Contains an account about Jan and Antonina Zabinski, Polish Christians and zookeepers, who were responsible for saving over three hundred people from Nazi racism during World War II. They worked out a plan to conceal Resistance activists and refugee Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto by hiding them in animal cages and bringing animals into their house.

Tells the story of Irena Sendler, a courageous Polish woman who saved 2,500 Jewish children in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.

"The story of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker who helped rescue nearly 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of Magda and Andr?e Trocm?e, who led the efforts in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, to hide over three thousand Jewish children and adults who were fleeing the Nazis during World War II.

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.

"Tells Irena Sendler's story of saving 2,500 children during the Holocaust"--Provided by publisher.