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Harvest of Hate Harvest of Hate Léon Poliakov Here is a horrifying, clear-cut story of the Nazi program to exterminate the Jews, detailing the origins of the anti-Semitic movement in Germany, and outlining the various histories of the ghettos, c… OL1360068W
La Nuit La Nuit Elie Wiesel Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie… OL14856842W
Kristallnacht Kristallnacht James M. Deem "Discusses Kristallnacht, a four-day pogrom instigated by the Nazis against Germany's Jews, including stories from the victims, witnesses and perpetrators of the attack, and how it marked the beginni… OL15507956W
Ruts, yeled, ruts Ruts, yeled, ruts Uri 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. OL1580109W
His name was Raoul Wallenberg His name was Raoul Wallenberg Louise Borden An amazing and inspirational World War II story about how one man saved the lives of many. OL16461427W
The boy on the wooden box The boy on the wooden box Leon Leyson Leon Leyson describes growing up in Poland, being forced from home to ghetto to concentration camps by the Nazis, and being saved by Oskar Schindler. The text contains descriptions of violence. OL16812215W
Under the Egg Under the Egg Laura Marx Fitzgerald When Theodora Tenpenny spills a bottle of rubbing alcohol on her late grandfather’s painting, she discovers what seems to be an old Renaissance masterpiece underneath. That’s great news for Theo, who… OL17332151W
We are their voice We are their voice Kathy Kacer "Do young people find meaning in the Holocaust? This question prompted a writing project that brought heartfelt responses from students from across North America and abroad. Their voices--in the form… OL17926322W
Surviving Hitler Surviving Hitler Andrea Warren Blends the personal testimony of Holocaust survivor, Jack Mandelbaum, with the history of his time, documented by photos from the archives of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. What was the secret t… OL1813150W
The cats in Krasinski Square The cats in Krasinski Square Karen Hesse 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. OL1847152W
Voices from the Holocaust Voices from the Holocaust Rothchild, Sylvia Contains primary source material. OL19666451W
The envoy The envoy Alex Kershaw The epic and heroic story of how Raoul Wallenberg out-dueled Adolph Eichmann and saved more than 100,000 Jews in Budapest from the Nazi death camps. OL19940991W
Mischling Mischling Affinity Konar It's 1944 when the twin sisters arrive at Auschwitz with their mother and grandfather. In their benighted new world, Pearl and Stasha Zagorski take refuge in their identical natures, comforting thems… OL20033358W
Shoah Shoah Claude Lanzmann Shoah is not an easy film to talk about. There is a magic in this film that defies explanation. After the war we read masses of accounts of the ghettos and the extermination camps, and we were devast… OL2229095W
Grace in the Wilderness Grace in the Wilderness Aranka Siegal A young girl's emotional struggle to come to terms with both her past spent in the camps during WW2 and leaving loved ones behind in Sweden to start a new life in America. OL3958410W
The Mozart question The Mozart question Michael Morpurgo,Michael Foreman,Michael Foreman When cub reporter Lesley is sent to Venice to interview a world-renowned violinist, the journalist is told she can ask Paolo Levi anything about his life and career as a musician, but on no account m… OL42719W
The war against the Jews, 1933-1945 The war against the Jews, 1933-1945 Lucy S. Dawidowicz The systematic annihilation of six million Jews during World War II is the single most horrifying event of the twentieth century. Though much has been written on this subject of overwhelming terror a… OL4278939W
Survivors Survivors Mara Bovsun,Allan Zullo Tells the stories of nine Jewish children who survived the Holocaust. OL576666W
Sisterland Sisterland Linda Newbery When Hilly's grandmother becomes ill with Alzheimer's disease, her family is turned upside down by revelations from her life during World War II. OL5827134W
The Business of Genocide The Business of Genocide Michael Thad Allen "During World War II, hundreds of thousands of prisoners were worked to death by the Nazis under a brutal system of slave labor in the concentration camps. By 1942, this vast network of slavery exten… OL6213193W
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