MGPL Webrary® - Intolerance and the Holocaust

I n t o l e r a n c e a n d t h e H o l o c a u s t

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Books about the Holocaust
Adler, David.: Hiding from the Nazis. 1997. J 940.5318 ADL; The true story of Lore Baer who as a four-year-old Jewish child was placed with a Christian family in the Dutch farm country to avoid persecution by the Nazis.; Hilde and Eli. 1994. J 940.5318 ADL; Hilde Rosenzweig and Eli Lax were both Jewish children who were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust.; We Remember the Holocaust. 1989. J 940.53 ADL; Discusses the events of the Holocaust and includes personal accounts from survivors of their experiences of the persecution and the death camps.
Barth-Grozinger, Inge: Something Remains. 2006. J Fiction BARTH-GROZINGER; In 1933, as Hitler becomes Chancellor, twelve-year-old Erich and his family, who are Jewish, find they need to make changes in their everyday lives as hatred of the Jews grows.
Bitton-Jackson, Livia.: I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust. 1997. J 940.5318 BIT; Elli Friedmann, a 13-year-old Hungarian Jew, is deported with her family to Auschwitz. Her blonde braids and tall stature save her from instant death in the crematorium. During the following year, Elli and her mother survive terrible suffering and injustice through courage, perseverance, and ingenuity.
Boaz, Jacob.: We are Witnesses. 1995. J 940.53 BOA; Dr. Boas, who was born in the very camp that housed Anne Frank, has gathered together the diaries of five young people who recorded the passage from child to adult in the poisonous years of the Nazi terror.
Boyne, John.: Boy in the Striped Pajamas. 2006. J Fiction BOYCE; 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.
Bryant, Jennifer.: Music for the End of Time. 2005. J Fiction BRYANT; While detained in a German prison camp, a French composer is given a rare opportunity to write music again.
Cretzmeyer, Stacy.: Your Name is Renee: Ruth Kapp Hartz's Story as a Hidden Child in Nazi-0ccupied France. 1999. J 940.5 CRE; This moving, first-person account of the impact of war describes the chilling experiences of a young Jewish girl in a war-torn country, and the courage of simple, ordinary people from the French countryside who risk their lives to protect her.
Denenberg, Barry.: One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss. 2000. J Fiction DENENBERG; During the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Austria, twelve-year-old Julie escapes to America to live with her relatives in New York City.
Dillon, Ellis.: Children of Bach. 1992. J Fiction DILLON; The adolescent children of a Hungarian Jewish family, all talented musicians, return home from school one day to find that their parents and aunt have been taken away by German soldiers. This book recounts their adventures as they escape Nazi persecution during World War II, and the friendly people they meet on their way to safety in a remote Italian village.
Feder, Paula Kurzband.: The Feather-Bed Journey. 1995. J Picture Book FEDER; As she tries to repair a torn feather pillow, Grandma tells about her childhood in Poland, about the Nazi persecution of Jews during World War II, and about the origin of this special pillow.
Glatstein, Jacob: Emil and Karl. 2006. J Fiction GLATSTEIN; In Vienna, Austria, in 1940, two nine-year-old boys, one Jewish and one Aryan, are classmates and best friends when events of the Nazi occupation draw them even closer together as they fight to survive and escape together.
Gold, Alison Leslie.: A Special Fate: Chiune Sugihara, Hero of the Holocaust. 2000. J 940.53 GOL; A biography of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese consul in Lithuania, who saved the lives of thousands of Jews during World War II by issuing visas against the orders of his superiors.
Gottfried, Ted.: Children of the Slaughter: Young People of the Holocaust. 2001. J 940.5318 GOT; This book tells the story of the millions of children, including Jews and other victims of the Nazis, as well as Hitler Youth, themselves exploited by power-hungry adults, who were adversly affected by the events of WW II and the Holocaust.
Grossman, Mendel.: My Secret Camera: A Life in the Lodz Ghetto. 2000. J 940.53 SMI; Photographs taken secretly by a young Jewish man document the fear, hardship, generosity, and humanity woven through the daily life of the Jews forced to live in the Lodz ghetto during the Holocaust.
Hoestlandt, Jo.: Star of Fear, Star of Hope. 1993. J Picture Book HOESTLANDT; Nine-year-old Helen is confused by the disappearance of her Jewish friend during the German occupation of Paris.
Innocenti, Roberto.: Rose Blanche. 1985. J 940.53 INN; During World War II, a young German girl's curiosity leads her to discover something far more terrible than the day-to-day hardships and privations that she and her neighbors have experienced.
Isaacs, Anne.: Torn Thread. 2000. J Fiction ISA; In an attempt to save his daughter's life, Eva's father sends her from Poland to a labor camp in Czechoslovakia where she and her sister survive the war.
Johnston, Tony.: The Harmonica. 2004. J Picture Book JOHNSTON; Separated from his parents in Poland during World War II, a young Jewish boy enslaved in a concentration camp, keeps hope alive while playing Schubert on his harmonica whenever the camp's commandant orders him to play.
Kaplan, William.: One More Border: The True Story of One Family's Escape from War-Torn Europe. 1998. J940.53 KAP; As Hitler's troops advanced across Europe during World War II, thousands of Lithuanian Jews tried desperately to flee their country. The Kaplans -- were among the lucky few to escape, aided by Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania who smuggled 10,000 Jews out of the country to Japan.
Krinitz, Esther Nisenthal.: Memories Of Survival. 2005. J 940.5318 KRI; A stunning collection of embroidered panels tells the story of Esther Krinitz's remarkable journey of living through the Holocaust in Poland.
Littlesugar, Amy.: Willy & Max: A Holocaust Story. 2005. J Picture Book LITTLESUGAR; In Belgium during World War II, Willy becomes friends with Max and his Jewish family, and although they become separated, they remain related by a bond of friendship and a special painting.
Lobel. Anita.: No Pretty Pictures. 1998. J940.5318 LOBEL; The beloved Caldecott Honor artist recounts a tale of a vastly different kind--her own gripping memoir of childhood of imprisonment and uncommon bravery in Nazi-occupied Poland. Illustrated with 12 pages of archival photos.
Lowry, Lois.: Number the Stars. 1989. J Newbery Awards LOWRY; In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the nazis.
McCann, Michelle Roehm.: Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen. 2003. J 940.5318 MCC; A biography of the Jewish heroine, Luba Tryszynska, who saved the lives of more than fifty Jewish children in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the winter of 1944/45.
McDonough, Yona Zeldis.: The Doll with the Yellow Star. 2005. J McDonough; When France falls to Germany at the start of World War II, nine-year-old Claudine must leave her beloved parents and friends to stay with relatives in America, accompanied by her doll, Violette.
Meltzer, Milton.: Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust. 1988. J 940.531503 MEL; A recounting drawn from historic source material of the many individual acts of heroism performed by righteous gentiles who sought to thwart the extermination of the Jews during the Holocaust.
Millman, Isaac.: Hidden Child. 2005. J 940.5318 MIL; The author details his difficult experiences as a young Jewish child living in Nazi-occupied France during the 1940s.
Mochizuki, Ken: Passage to Freedom: The Chihune Sugihara Story. 1997. J 940.5318 MOC; The authorized true story of Chiune Sugihara, the "Japanese Schindler", who saved thousands of Jews during World War II. "Passage to Freedom" tells Sugihara's heroic story, highlighting his courageous humanity and the importance of a child's opinion in his father's decision.
Morris, Ann.: Grandma Esther Remembers: A Jewish-American Family Story. 2002. J 974.7 MOR; In Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York, two Jewish girls learn about their heritage from their grandmother, who was born in Lithuania, escaped during World War II, and lived for a while in Israel.
Nerlove, Miriam.: Flowers on the Wall. 1996. J Picture Book NERLOVE; Rachel, a young Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, struggles to survive with her family and maintains hope by painting colorful flowers on her dingy apartment walls.
Orlev, Uri.: The Island on Bird Street. 1983. J Fiction ORLEV; During World War II, a Jewish boy is left on his own for months in a ruined house in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he must learn all the tricks of survival under constantly life-threatening conditions.; Run, Boy, Run: A Novel. 2003. J Fiction ORLEV; Based on the true story of a nine-year-old boy who escapes the Warsaw Ghetto and must survive throughout the war in the Nazi-occupied Polish countryside.
Patz, Nancy.: Who Was the Woman Who Wore the Hat? 2003. J 940.5318 PAT; A meditation on a woman's hat once on display in the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam.
Perl, Lila & Marion Blumenthal Lazan.: Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story. 2003. J 940.53 PER; Lazan's unforgettable memoir recalls the devastaing years that shaped her childhood. Following Hitler's rise to power, the Blumenthal family were caught in the nightmare that was Nazi Germany.
Poole, Josephine.: Anne Frank. 2005. J 940.5318 POO; The life of Anne Frank, from birth until being taken from the hidden attic by the Nazis, is presented in this haunting, meticulously researched picture book. It is a compelling yet easy-to-understand "first" introduction to the Holocaust as witnessed by Anne and her family.
Rabinovici, Schoshana.: Thanks to my Mother. 1998. J940.53 RAB; After struggling to survive in Nazi-occupied Lithuania, a young Jewish girl and her mother endure much suffering in Kaiserwald, Stutthof, and Tauentzien concentration camps and on an eleven-day death march before being liberated by the Russian army.
Rosenberg, Maxine B.: Hiding to Survive: Stories of Jewish Children Rescued from the Holocaust. 1994. J 940.53 ROS; First person accounts of fourteen Holocaust survivors who as children were hidden from the Nazis by non-Jews.
Roy, Jennifer Rozines.: Yellow Star. 2006. J Fiction Roy; From 1939, when Syvia is four and a half years old, to 1945 when she has just turned ten, a Jewish girl and her family struggle to survive in Poland's Lodz ghetto during the Nazi occupation.
Rubin, Susan Goldman.: Fireflies in the Dark: The Story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the Children of Terezin. 2000. J 940.53 RUB; Covers the years during which Friedl Dicker, a Jewish woman from Czechoslovakia, taught art to children at the Terezin Concentration Camp. Includes art created by teacher and students, excerpts from diaries, and interviews with camp survivors.
Sachs, Marilyn.: Lost in America. 2005. J Sachs; Follows the experiences of Nicole, a teenaged French Jew, from 1943 to 1948, as she loses her parents and sister to the concentration camps and then leaves her native France to make a new life for herself in New York City.
Schroeder, Peter.: Six Million Paper Clips: The Making of a Children's Holocaust Memorial. 2004. 940.5318 SCH; Discover how a project, which began as a class discussion, brought a community together to create a message of unity, understanding and hope.
Sim, Dorrith M.: In My Pocket. illustrated by Gerald Fitzgerald. Harcourt Brace, 1997.; Fear and uncertainty afflict everyone on the boat on the morning in July 1939 when Jewish children sail from Holland to the safety of a new life in Scotland.
Spinelli, Jerry.: Milkweed: A Novel. 2003. J Fiction SPINELLI; In Warsaw in 1939, a boy wanders the streets and survives by stealing what food he can. He knows nothing of his background: Is he a Jew? A Gypsy? Was he ever called something other than Stopthief? Spinelli's first historical novel tells a tale of heartbreak, hope, and survival though the eyes of a young orphan.
Stitchting, Anne Frank.: Anne Frank 1929-1945. 2001. J 940.5318 ANN; In the spring of 1945, 15-year-old Anne Frank died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. In 1947, OttoFrank published his daughter's diary. This photo essay is an invaluable resource for readers of Anne's diary. It offers a portrait of the Frank family, including many never-before-published photos.
Toll, Nelly S.: Behind the Secret Window: A memoir of Hidden Childhood. 1993. J 940.53 TOL; The author recalls her experiences when she and her mother were hidden from the Nazis by a Gentile couple in Lwow, Poland, during World War II.
Vander Zee, Ruth.: Erika's Story. 2003. J 940.5318 VAN; A woman recalls how, as a baby, she was thrown from a train headed for a Nazi death camp in 1944, raised by someone who risked her own life to save her, and finally found some peace through her own family.
Warren, Andrea.: Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps. 2001. J 940.53 WAR; Living in Poland, 12-year-old Jack Mandelbaum is hardly aware that he's Jewish. But when Hitler comes to power, Jack is torn from his family as they are herded to a concentration camp, and he is forced to work for the Nazis.
Yolen, Jane: The Devil's Arithnmetic. 1988. J Fiction YOLEN; 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.



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