holocaust, 1939-1945

Contains personal narratives in which eight concentration camp survivors discuss their experiences in Germany under the Nazi regime during World War II.

Examines the events of the Holocaust within the context of World War II and Germany's economic and political history, while highlighting the main figures of the time.

Eve Sounmerai recounts her childhood as a Jewish girl growing up in Nazi Berlin, as a teenaged refugee in the United Kingdom, and later as a young adult searching for answers in postwar Germany.

Story of Tod T. Friendly, now living in a peaceful American suburb, but who once worked in the medical section of Auschwitz.

Contains source documents and illustrations that provide information about various aspects of the Holocaust, covering the situation of Jews in Germany under Hitler, the ghettos, concentration camps, the perpetrators of the Holocaust, liberation, and response. Includes critical-thinking questions.

Examines the early persecution of Jews in Germany, the rise to power of the Nazis, the concentration camps, and other historical events surrounding the Holocaust.

Provides a history of the Holocaust during World War II focusing on the destruction of European Jews, and discusses the historical importance of the Holocaust from a contemporary perspective; includes a chronology of events, biographies of major figures, and a selection of primary documents.

The author describes her experiences in wartime Poland and how she survived the Holocaust by passing herself off as an Aryan.

When Frannie finds a gray striped shirt in the closet, she asks questions which lead her grandparents to tell her about their experience of the Holocaust.