personal narratives

Chronicles the author's experiences as an American soldier who fought in World War II, which began with his training in Company F of the 4th Infantry Division, and details his first-hand account of combat in northern France and Belgium.

A teenage girl recounts the suffering and persecution of her family under the Nazis, in a Polish ghetto, during deportation, and in a concentration camp.

Tells the story of Ruth Kapp, a young Jewish girl in Nazi-occupied France in 1941, who, after being separated from her family, lived out the war hidden in a Catholic convent until being reunited with her parents in the final months of the conflict.

Wiesel recounts his Holocaust experiences in a concentration camp when he was 15, focusing on the year he spent in the camp where he witnessed the deaths of several friends and family members.

Contains behind-the-scenes stories of how journalists covered the terrorist attacks of September, 11, 2001, exploring how journalists overcame logistical and emotional challenges to report the events.

Forty-one people who were at or near the World Trade Center or the Pentagon the morning of September 11, 2001--or who narrowly escaped boarding the planes involved or arriving at work on time--tell their stories of survival.

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. Includes entries previously omitted.

Collection of paintings and text illustrating the author's experiences in a Nazi concentration camp, including quotations from gravestones in a memorial Holocaust cemetery in Budapest.

Tells the true story of a dog named Lava, who was rescued from an abandoned house in Fallujah, Iraq, cared for by the Marines who found him, and eventually permitted to come to the United States.