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Holocaust poetry

A collection of poems about the Holocaust by individuals from many nationalities and backgrounds whose poems were originally written in their native languages.
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Why did the Holocaust happen?

Examines the Holocaust using well-researched information supplemented by primary sources from the time period, sidebars, and timelines.
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The other half of life

a novel based on the true story of the MS St. Louis
Fifteen-year-old Thomas sets sail on a German ship bound for Cuba in 1939 along with more than nine hundred German Jews expecting to be granted safe haven on the island, but he discovers that although the passengers have landing permits, they may not be allowed to enter the country.
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Nightfather

The young daughter of a Holocaust survivor tells of the efforts she and her brothers make to try to bridge the gulf between themselves and their father that has been formed by his camp experiences.
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Experiencing the Holocaust

Profiles short stories, poems, plays, films, and works of music about the Holocaust, providing information on their authors, composers, or directors; their content; and their relationship to real events; and also includes a bibliography.
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Anne Frank

Chronicles the short life of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl who lived with her family in a secret apartment in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands for two years, died in a concentration camp, and is known the world over for the diary she wrote in hiding.
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Who was Anne Frank?

Tells the life story of Anne Frank, the Dutch Jewish girl whose diary chronicling her years in hiding from the Nazis became beloved the world over after her death, and includes a chronology and bibliography.
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Origins of the Holocaust

Describes Jewish persecution throughout the centuries and chronicles Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany.
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Maus

a survivor's tale
Memoir about Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and about his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father, his story, and with history itself. The first volume takes Spiegelman's parents to the gates of Auschwitz.
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Saving children from the Holocaust

the Kindertransport
Discusses the Kindertransport, including the people who organized the operation, how the transports worked, the children's lives who escaped on a transport, and how ten thousand children were saved from the Holocaust.
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