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Holocaust Literature
The following materials are available for check out in the Library Media Center.
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The Auschwitz Album : A Book based Upon an Album Discovered by a Concentration Camp Survivor, Lili Meier. 943.086 Aus
Contains black and white photographs of the Jews at Auschwitz. An introduction explains how the photographs survived, were found, and came to be published.
Bachrach, Susan D. Tell Them We Remember: The Story of the Holocaust. 940.53 Bac
Presents the story of the Holocaust and shows how it affected the lives of innocent people throughout Europe, using artifacts, photographs, maps, and taped oral and video histories from the collections of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
Bernbaum, Israel. My Brother's Keeper: The Holocaust through the Eyes of an Artist. 759.13 Ber
The author describes the Holocaust and explains how he tries to tell the story of that catastrophic slaughter of Jews through his art.
Buergenthal, Thomas. A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy. 940.53 Bue
Thomas Buergenthal, a judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, shares his memories of what it was like to be a child in the Holocaust and to survive the concentration camps, and discusses his experiences after being liberated from Sachsenhausen, his miraculous reunion with his mother after three years apart, and his emigration to the U.S. in 1951.
Frank, Anne. The Diary of a Young Girl: the Definitive Edition. 940.53 Fra
A thirteen-year-old Dutch-Jewish girl records her impressions of the two years she and seven others spent hiding from the Nazis before they were discovered and taken to concentration camps.
Gotfryd, Bernard. Anton, the Dove Fancier and Other Tales of the Holocaust. 940.53 Got
Gotfryd recounts his Holocaust experiences before, during, and after World War II.
Hersh, Gizelle. "Gizelle, Save the Children!" 940.53 Her
The story of how a 16-year-old girl and her three younger sisters fought to stay together and survive the Holocaust.
The Holocaust. 940.53 Hol Evansville, Ill. : Nestext, c2000.
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.
The Holocaust Chronicle. REF 940.53 Hol
Written and fact-checked by top scholars, this book recounts the long, complex, anguishing story of the Holocaust. Includes 2,000 photographs.
Kramer, Clara. Clara's War: One Girl's Story of Survival. 940.53 Kra
Presents the diary of Clara Kramer, a Polish-Jewish teenager whose family was taken in during World War II by the Becks, an ethnically German family from their town, who sheltered the Kramers, as well as two other Jewish families, in a bunker dug out of the basement for twenty months.
Lawton, Clive. Auschwitz. 940.53 Law
A description of what happened at Auschwitz, a concentration camp in Poland used during World War II by the Nazis to gather and murder many people, mostly Jews.
The Lost Generation: Children in the Holocaust. 940.53 Los
Presents memoirs and documents by survivors, witnesses, and historians of the Holocaust, recording in particular the horrendous burdens inflicted on the children.
Müller, Melissa. Anne Frank: The Biography. 921 Frank
Chronicles the life of Anne Frank and discusses her childhood, the time she spent hidden in the annex, who betrayed the people living in the annex, the experiences she and her family had in the concentration camps, and other related topics.
Spiegelman, Art. Maus: A Survivor's Tale. 940.5318 Spi
A memoir about Vladek Spiegleman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and about his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father, his story, and with history itself. Cartoon format portrays Jews as mice and Nazis as cats.
Also try: Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale and Here My Troubles Began.
Tapestry of Hope: Holocaust Writing for Young People. 810.8 Tap
An anthology of first person accounts and published writings which reveal the heartbreak, courage, and hope that defined the Holocaust.
Wiesel, Elie. Night. 940.53 Wie
Presents a true account of the author's experiences as a Jewish boy in a Nazi concentration camp.
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Aaron, Chester. Gideon: A Novel. FIC Aar
After losing family and friends, Gideon must bury religion and identity in order to survive the Warsaw ghetto and Treblinka concentration camp during World War II.
Bat-Ami, Miriam. Two Suns in the Sky. Fic Bat
An American Catholic girl meets and falls in love with a Jewish refugee from Yugoslovia at the end of World War II.
Bennett, Cherie. Anne Frank and Me. Fic Ben
After suffering a concussion while on a class trip to a Holocaust exhibit, Nicole finds herself living the life of a Jewish teenager in Paris during the Nazi occupation.
Boyne, John. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable. Fic Boy
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
Dogar, Sharon. Annexed. Fic Dog
A fictional account of life with Anne Frank hidden in the secret annex from Peter's point of view, following as he becomes closer with Anne, begins to question his own religion, and is forced to suppress his own desires to join the fight.
Hersey, John. The Wall. Fic Her
A monumental epic about the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II, their courage, their warmth and love, and their unconquerable spirit of defiance in the face of death.
Keneally, Thomas. Schindler's List. Fic Ken
The true story of a man who took incredible risks and spent his considerable fortune to build a factory camp to protect Jews during World War II.
Wiesel, Elie, 1928-. Day. Fic Wie
A Holocaust survivor who cannot seem to forge ahead with his life, steps off a curb into the path of a taxi in Times Square, and hovers between life and death while reliving the horror and tragedy of his past.
Wiesel, Elie. The Gates of the Forest. Fic Wie
Depicts the a young man's passage from childhood to maturity through the overwhelming Jewish Holocaust.
Yolen, Jane. Briar Rose. Fic Yol
The tale of Sleeping Beauty and the dark tale of the Holocaust twined together in a story of darkness and redemption.
Yolen, Jane. The Devil's Arithmetic. Fic Yol
Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland where she experiences the horror of a concentration camp, and learns why she—and we--need to remember the past.
Created by Mr. Andrusyk October 19, 2010.
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