holocaust, 1939-1945

A memoir by Roma Ligocka focusing on her childhood, surviving World War II, encountering postwar anti-Semitism and communist repression, and struggling for artistic freedom.

Lilli Frankfurter, a half-Jewish girl living in Germany, is thrust into the midst of danger when Hitler rises to power and Jews are forced to endure discrimination, violence, and much worse.

When the Nazis invade Czechoslovakia in 1941, twelve-year-old Michael and his family are deported from Prague to the Terezin concentration camp, where his mother's will and ingenuity keep them from being transported to Auschwitz and certain death, based on a true story.

Adam and Thomas, two nine-year-old Jewish boys who survive World War II, take refuge in the forest where they learn to forage and survive, soon meeting and helping other fugitives fleeing for their lives.

Michael "Misha" Gruenbaum's carefree childhood in Prague comes crashing to an end when the Nazis invade. The Gruenbaums are sent to the Jewish Ghetto in Prague, then Misha, his mother, and his sister are sent to the Terezin concentration camp. In this memoir, Misha relates what life was like in Terezin, how he formed brotherly bonds with the other Jewish boys, and how he is finally freed with the help of a carefully sewn Teddy bear.

A nine-year-old Jewish girl, helped by Irena Sendler and the Zegota organization, is smuggled out of the Warsaw ghetto, given a new identity, and sent to live in the countryside for the duration of the World War II.

"An allegorical tale about Nazi occupied Poland in which a town's residents are forced to turn over their musical instruments. A young student rescues the hurdy-gurdy of her teacher, who has presumably befallen a terrible fate, and later, a young boy finds the instrument and intends to pass it--and the importance of remembering--on to his future grandchildren"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses the life of Holocaust survivor, Hilde Jacobsthal.

After the Nazis take his parents away, Aron is rescued by Janusz Korczak, the head of an orphanage, who tries to help Aron escape before he is sent to Treblinka.

Examines the true stories of a variety of Jews and Noble Gentiles in World War II who helped the Jewish resistance in Nazi Europe through sabotage, rescue, and guerilla warfare operations done clandestinely.