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Fiction

Baddiel, David.  Secret Purposes.   2005.

With the threat of Nazism looming over their lives, Isaac and Lulu Fabian leave their beloved home in East Prussia and journey to Cambridge, England. However, the freedom they sought was not forthcoming and they "like the countless other Jewish refugees in the UK, find themselves victims of a new type of persecution."

Belliveau, G.K.  Go Down to Silence.   2001.

A fictionalized account of a Holocaust survivor who, at age 71, is dying of cancer and tries to come to grips with his past.

Blum, Jenna.   Those Who Save Us.  2005.

Trudy is a professor of German studies in Minnesota who is studying the role of women in Nazi Germany, but she cannot get her own mother, Anna, to shed any light on her life in Germany during the Holocaust.

Browne, Marshall.   The Eye of the Abyss.  2003.

Franz Schmidt, a German bank auditor, and basic decent human being, is caught up in the pre-World War ll madness in Germany when the Nazi party becomes a major client at the bank where Schmidt works.

Feldman, Ellen.  The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank.   2005.

Anne Frank and Peter van Pels had an adolescent romance while they were in hiding. They both perished in the Holocaust, but this book is a fictional account of what Peter's life might have been like had he survived.

Hersey, John.  The Wall.    1950.

This compelling novel, based on historical fact, tells the story of the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto.

Keneally, Thomas.   Schindler's List.    1982.

The fictionalized account of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman, who saved the lives of over 1,000 Jews who worked in his factory.

Land, Jon.   Keepers of the Gate.   2001.

Although on opposite sides of the political fence, Palestinian detective Ben Kamal and Israeli detective Danielle Barnea work together to discover the connection between the murders of Holocaust survivors and the deaths of high school students in Israel and the West Bank.

Lavigne, Michael.   Not Me: A Novel.    2005.

When Michael Rosenheim goes to visit his father in a nursing home, his whole life is turned upside down after his father gives him an old set of journals to read. These journals change Michael's perception of his father's past life in Germany and he determines to uncover the truth, painful though it may be.

Raeff, Anne.  Clara Mondschein's Melancholia.    2002.

Could Clara's melancholia be traced back to her birth in a concentration camp? Clara's mother Ruth, and her daughter, Deborah, as narrators, try to explain Clara's actions. In telling Clara's story, we learn more about Deborah and Ruth who become the main protagonists.

Wood, Leanda.  There Are No Children Here.   2005.

When Hitler invaded Poland in 1939, Ayala finds her wonderful life suddenly taken away from her as she is forced to move to the Warsaw ghetto. How will she find the strength to endure her ordeal in order to become a survivor?

Non-Fiction

Berenbaum, Michael.   The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as Told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.    2006.   940.5318 BER.

ThIs book presents an updated look at archival material in the D. C. Holocaust Museum. It was written by the former Museum project director.

Frank, Anne.   The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition.   1995.   940.5318 FRA.

Probably the most famous personal account of the life of a person in hiding during World War II, this new translation restores 30% of Anne's diary that had been eliminated from earlier editions by her father.

Gilbert, Martin.  Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction.    2006.    940.5318 GIL.

Historian Martin Gilbert has compiled a history of November 9, 1938 -- the "night of broken glass." This was a night of horror for German and Austrian Jews as their homes, shops, and synagogues were wantonly destroyed.

Good, Michael.   Search for Major Plagge: The Nazi Who Saved Jews.    2005.   940.5318 GOO.

This German army officer saved the lives of 250 Jews in Lithuania. One of the people saved was the author's mother, so he undertook a quest to find out as much as he could about this unique man.

Lauer, Betty.  Hiding in Plain Sight: The Incredible True Story of a German-Jewish Teenager's Struggle .   2004.    B Lauer.

While waiting for visas to get to America, Betty, her mother and sister were rounded up and sent to Nazi-occupied Poland. For six horrifying years they defied the odds by practicing "survival dexterity."

Ligocka, Roma.  The Girl in the Red Coat: A Memoir.    2002.   940.5318 LIG.

The author, Roman Polanski's cousin, is "the woman whose life inspired the character of the red-clad child in 'Schindler's List.'"

Nicholas, Lynn H.  Cruel World: The Children of Europe in the Nazi Web.  2005.    940.53 NIC.

To lose your childhood, many of your family members, as well as your whole way of life, cannot even be fathomed. The author "makes us aware how children across Europe were caught up in the Nazi's cruelty and became victims."

Ogilvie, Sarah A.  Refuge Denied: The St. Louis Passengers and the Holocaust.    2006.    940.5318 OGL.

The ship, "St. Louis," carried 900 German-Jewish refugees who were trying to flee Nazi Germany. They were turned away by Cuba and the United States, and had to return to Europe to face their uncertain fate.

Rees, Laurence.  Auschwitz: A New History.    2005.   940.5318 REE.

This book offers an in-depth, updated look at the most infamous Nazi death camp.

Schimmel, Betty.   To See You Again: A True Story of Love in a Time Of War.    1999.    940.5318 SCH.

Betty and her boyfriend Richie had a wonderful future planned. But the war intervened and they went their separate ways. Betty had been told that Richie was dead, but that was not the case. It was almost thirty years before they met up again with each other.

Sherrow, Victoria.   The Righteous Gentiles.    1998.    940.5318 SHE.

Throughout Europe there were courageous non-Jews who recognized the Nazi horror and bravely "tried to save Jews from persecution and extermination by the Nazis."

Szpilman, Wladyslaw.   The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939 - 1945.   1999.    940.5318 SZP.

Szpilman, a Jewish concert pianist in Warsaw, lost his whole family in a concentration camp. He alone survived the Holocaust, and this survival was made even more remarkable by the fact that his life was ultimately saved by a German officer.

Zweig, Ronald W.   The Gold Train: The Destruction of the Jews and the Looting of Hungary.    2002.    940.5318 ZWE.

This book tells the story of the Hungarian train filled with an estimated $50 - $120 million in treasures that were stolen from Hungarian Jews during World War II.

Feature Films - DVDs

Amen.   2003.

Divided We Fall .    2001.

Europa, Europa.    2003.

The Pianist.    2003.

Schindler's List.    2004.

Voyages.   2005.

Non-Fiction - DVDs

Auschwitz:Inside the Nazi State.   2005.    940.5318 AUS.

The Last Days.   1999.    940.5318 LAS.

Paper Clips.    2006.   940.5318 PAP.

Shanghai Ghetto.    2005.   940.5318 SHA.

The Short Life of Anne Frank.   2005.   940.5318 SHO.

Compiled by Bonnie Zeitlin April, 2003. Revised January, 2007.

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First published on the Web: 2/1/2005
Last updated: 1/16/2008, 4:48 PM