Chronicles the life of Anne Frank, discussing her childhood in Germany, years hiding from Nazi troops during World War II, the journal entries that made her famous, and other related topics.
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.
A color-illustrated biography of Anne Frank that covers her early childhood, her years in hiding, her death in the Bergen-Belsen camp, and the ways she has been remembered since her diary was published.
how one woman helped save 2,500 children during the Holocaust
Roy, Jennifer
Describes how Irena Sendler saved 2,500 children during the Holocaust by sneaking them out of the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland and hiding lists of their real names and new identities in jars that she buried in the ground.
Relates the story of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker who helped rescue nearly 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.
Recounts the stories of men and women who risked their lives to rescue Jews during the Holocaust and explores what others can learn through their stories about courage, determination, and compassion.