holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)

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holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)

The assignment

"Standing in opposition to a class assignment to debate Hitler's Final Solution, seniors Cade and Logan become embroiled in turmoil involving their teacher, principal, Commissioner of Education, white supremacists, and their entire community"--Provided by publisher.

Genocide & the Holocaust

Provides a two volume set that explores the role that genocide has played in history, from the 1428 BCE to today.

They went left

2021
"Zofia, a teenage Holocaust survivor, travels across post-war Europe as she searches for her younger brother and seeks to rebuild her shattered life"--Provided by publisher.

The light of days

the untold story of women resistance fighters in Hitler's ghettos
2020
Documents the essential World War II contributions of Jewish-Polish female resistance fighters, sharing the stories of courageous women who risked their lives to work against the Nazis as fighters, intelligence agents and saboteurs.

The life of Anne Frank

2020
"Explores the events leading up to World War II, what life was like in the secret Annex, as well as Anne's thoughts, hopes and dreams for a better future"--Back cover.

Diario

2017
A thirteen-year-old Dutch-Jewish girl records her impressions of the two years she and seven others spent hiding from the Nazis before they were discovered and taken to concentration camps. Presented in Spanish.

Under the Iron Bridge

a Holocaust remembrance book for young readers
2021
"Its 1938 in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Paul is feeling pressured to join the Hitler Youth. The last thing he wants to do is march around with a bunch of bullies, supporting the Gestapo and abusing the city's Jews, but even Paul's parents think he should go along with his classmates in order to keep himself safe. Just when hes starting to despair, Paul meets the Edelweiss Pirates, a group of teenage boys and girls who are working to undermine the growing power of the Nazis. When he joins the rebel organization, he finds out just how hair-raising and dangerous it is to sabotage the Third Reich and rescue Jews wherever they can. But choices have consequences, and during the terrifying violence of Kristallnacht, Paul must step out of the shadows and make a life-changing decision. Inspired by the true story of the Edelweiss Pirates, a group that declared Eternal War on the Hitler Youth"--Provided by publisher.

The diary of a young girl

the definitive edition
An adolescent Jewish girl chronicles her experiences over the years she and several others hid from the Nazis in a secret apartment before being discovered and sent to concentration camps. Includes entries previously omitted.

To the edge of sorrow

a novel
Seventeen-year-old Edmund describes his ragtag band of Jewish partisans who hide in the Ukrainian forest during World War II and sabotage the Nazi war effort without sacrificing their morality. As they rescue Jews from the countryside, they draw strength from the community around them. When the Red Army advances and the Germans retreat, they attempt to stop a train heading for a concentration camp, with bittersweet results.

They went left

Eighteen-year-old Zofia Lederman, a Holocaust survivor, travels across post-war Europe as she searches for her younger brother, Abek, and seeks to rebuild her shattered life.

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