holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)

Anneke Van Raalte and her family are taken by the Nazis to a concentration camp in 1942, and Anneke's father, who is a cartoonist, is coerced into helping a propaganda campaign falsely depicting the camp as an idyllic place for Jews; as time passes, Anneke struggles with her loyalty to her family and her sense of right and wrong.

Laura, a young girl preparing for her Bat Mitzvah, is given the diary of Sara Gittler, who was imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II; but as Laura researches Sara's life in order to honor her at the ceremony, she discovers secrets that will ultimately change her life.

A young journalist goes to Venice, Italy, to interview a famous violinist, who tells the story of his parents' incarceration by the Nazis, and explains why they can no longer listen to the music of Mozart.

Describes what it was like for Jews who lived or died during the events of the Holocaust.

Provides descriptions of twenty-one key events in the history of the Holocaust, beginning with the publication of "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" in 1903 and continuing through the trial of author David Irving in 2000 on charges of denying the Holocaust. Includes time lines and photographs.

Herman Rosenblat, sent to a Nazi work camp at the age of sixteen, had encounters with a local girl who brought him apples every day through the fence, and years after being released from the camp Herman meets a familiar looking older girl named Roma.

Features primary source material from speeches, letters, and diaries, as well as first-hand experiences of those who witnessed or were victims of the Holocaust of World War Two, and describes the roots of the Holocaust, the death camps, resistance groups, and the end of the war.

A comprehensive guide to the stage adaptation of the award-winning book "Hana's Suitcase" that contains the script of the play and the full text of the original story, which recounts the experiences of Hana Brady, a young girl whose life was turned upside down by the Nazi invasion of her small Czech town.