warsaw ghetto uprising, 1943

Two Jewish sisters, escapees of the infamous Warsaw ghetto, devise a plan to thwart an attempt by the Gestapo to intercept food bound for starving people behind the dark Wall.

Examines the persecution of the Jewish people by German leader Adolph Hitler in the mid-twentieth century, discusses his attempts to exterminate the Jews in the death camps, and looks at what happened to the Nazis responsible for the Holocaust. Includes photographs, and a selection of primary source materials.

Examines the life of Mordechai Anielewicz, an activist in Poland's Jewish community who organized and led the Warsaw ghetto uprising against the Nazis during World War II as commander of the Jewish Combat Organization.

Flea market vendors Liz Cantrell and Cia Kushnir become involved in the search for a woman who disappeared from her Kiev home during the German occupation, when her husband, who has been looking for her since 1941, finds a locket he gave her as a gift in a box of jewelry.

Presents a graphic novel that tells the story of a fifteen year old boy and his family living in the ghetto's of Warsaw, Poland during the Nazi occupation of World War II.

An account of the twenty-eight day battle in 1943 between the poorly armed Jews of the Warsaw ghetto and the Nazi forces equipped with artillery, tanks, flamethrowers and airplanes.

Examines the Warsaw ghetto uprising, including the roots of the resistance in the Warsaw ghetto, stories from the participants in the uprising, how the battle ended, and how the small group of fighters became heroes during the Holocaust.

The author describes the Holocaust and explains how he tries to tell the story of that catastrophic slaughter of Jews through his art.