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Questions I am asked about the Holocaust

2019
The author answers questions about her time as a teenager Jew in Auschwitz.

Maybe

2017
While her physician-parents are working in Africa, eleven-year-old Zelda is living with her grandfather, eighty-year-old Holocaust-survivor Felix Salinger, in Australia, when a disaster leads them both to deal with unresolved feelings about the first Zelda, Felix's childhood friend.

The escape artist

the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world
2023
Tells the incredible story of Rudolf Vrba, a brilliant, yet troubled young man who became the first Jew to break out of Auschwitz to reveal the truth of the death camp to the world.

What world is left

2022
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.

Mordechai Anielewicz

no to despair
2022
Follows the final days of Mordechai Anielewicz, leader of the Jewish Fighting Organization that led the insurrection against Nazi control in Poland during the Holocaust.

By the grace of the game

the Holocaust, a basketball legacy, and the American dream
2022
"This book details a family's unique story from escaping the Holocaust to landing in America to playing in the NBA"--Provided by publisher.

Hedy's journey

the true story of a Hungarian girl fleeing the Holocaust
Join Hedy on her journey, where she encounters good fortune and misfortune, a kind helper and cruel soldiers, a reunion and a tragedy, and discover how Hedy is both lucky and brave.

Anne Frank

out of the shadows
While her family hid during the Holocaust, Anne Frank recorded her personal reflections as well as the harrowing circumstances she faced in her diary. Read about her life before and after the start of World War II, as well as the legacy she left behind.

I have lived a thousand years

growing up in the Holocaust
An inspiring and haunting memoir of a teenager who survived the Nazi death camps of World War ll with her mother and brother.

Courage to dream

tales of hope in the Holocaust
"This . . . multifaceted tapestry is woven from Jewish folklore and cultural history. Five interlocking narratives explore one common story--the tradition of resistance and uplift"--Provided by publisher.

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