Holocaust remembrance book for young readers

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The brushmaker's daughter

2020
"It is 1939 in Berlin, Germany, and twelve-year-old Lillian and her Papa are on the run from Nazi soldiers. Because they are Jewish, they are in danger of being arrested and put in prison. Lillian's father is blind and it seems no one is willing to help them--until they meet Otto Weidt. Mr. Weidt runs a factory that makes brushes for the Nazi army, and his secret is that he employs blind Jewish workers. Lillian soon learns that Otto Weidt is determined to keep her, Papa, and all the Jewish workers safe. But will he be able to?"--Back cover.

The brushmaker's daughter

"Set in Berlin, Germany in 1939, a Jewish girl and her blind father try to avoid arrest by the Nazis with the help of a real-life upstander, German businessman Otto Weidt. Inspired by the real-life hero Otto Weidt - a German who risked his life to protect Jews from the Nazis"--Provided bypublisher.

Clara's war

After young Clara and her family are sent by the Nazis to the Czechoslovakian ghetto of Terezin, she copes by looking forward to auditions for a children's opera, "Brundibar"--but plans change when she learns her friend Jacob is plotting an escape.

The righteous smuggler

Hendrik, a Dutch fisherman, smuggles Jews out of German-occupied Holland during World War II.

The night spies

Presents a fact-based story in which Gabi and her young cousin Max, hiding in a hayloft to avoid detection by the Nazis during World War II, begin taking late-night excursions into the nearby woods and come across information that leads to their involvement with the anti-Nazi partisan soldiers.
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The ship to nowhere

on board the Exodus
2016
"Second World War is over, and eleven-year-old Rachel and her family are determined to find a country where they can build a new life. They have decided to leave Europe on board the Exodus, a ship smuggling 4,500 Jewish refugees to their biblical homeland, know as Palestine"--Back cover.

The choice

2015
"Thirteen-year-old Hendrik and his family have hidden their true identity as Jews and are living as Catholics in Budapest during WWII. One day, in a burst of loyalty, Hendrik reveals that his name is in fact Jakob and he is Jewish. It is a choice with drastic consequences. It not only puts his whole family in danger but it also severs ties with his best friend Ivan. Throughout the horrific months that follow, it is Jakob's passion for revenge against Ivan that fuels his will to survive. However, unknown to Jakob, Ivan had made a choice of his own on that fateful day--a choice that changes everything"--Back cover.

Shanghai escape

2013
In 1938 Lily Toufar, a young Jewish girl, escapes to Shanghai to escape the Nazi party and finds a new set of challenges.

The secret of Gabi's dresser

1999
The story of a young Jewish girl named Gabi, whose Czechoslovakian town suffers at the hands of the Nazis during the Second World War, and her unusual hiding place.

Clara's war

2001
After young Clara and her family are sent by the Nazis to the Czechoslovakian ghetto of Terezin, she copes by looking forward to auditions for a children's opera, "Brundibar"--but plans change when she learns her friend Jacob is plotting an escape.

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