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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Schindler's list Schindler's list Thomas Keneally Winner of the Booker Prize Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction Schindler's List is a remarkable work of fiction based on the true story of German industrialist and war profitee… OL103688W
Schindler's ark Schindler's ark Thomas Keneally "Keneally wrote the Booker Prize-winning novel in 1982, inspired by the efforts of Poldek Pfefferberg, a Holocaust survivor. In 1980 Pfefferberg met Keneally in his shop, and learning that he was a n… OL10619574W
Hiding from the Nazis Hiding from the Nazis David A. Adler 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. OL121554W
The holocaust The holocaust Donald L. Niewyk This volume brings together some ... important and stimulating contributions to our understanding of Nazi genocide. These readings have been selected for the purpose of acquainting students with a va… OL15443150W
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
Into the inferno Into the inferno Yoel Palgi,Phyllis Palgi "In the spring of 1944, a group of thirty-two young Palestinian Jews parachuted into Nazi-held Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Their goal was to encourage Jewish resistance where possible and to orga… OL17950345W
50 children 50 children Steven Pressman Based on the acclaimed HBO documentary, the astonishing true story of how one American couple, Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus, transported fifty Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Austria to America in 19… OL19975945W
The Lily Cupboard The Lily Cupboard Shulamith Levey Oppenheim Miriam, a young Jewish girl, is forced to leave her parents and hide with strangers in the country during the German occupation of Holland. OL2024351W
Defiance Defiance Nechama Tec The prevailing image of European Jews during the Holocaust years is one of helpless victims under a death sentence, unable to fight consignment to the ghettos, to the camps, and to the gas chambers. … OL2066467W
Lest innocent blood be shed Lest innocent blood be shed Philip Paul Hallie Tells of the struggle of a Protestant village in Nazi-controlled France to save Jews from persecution. Despite the obvious risks and the many sacrifices, the people of Le Chambon succeeded in hiding … OL2629264W
In defiance of Hitler In defiance of Hitler Carla Killough McClafferty At a time when most Americans ignored the atrocities going on in Europe in 1940, American journalist Varian Fry put himself in great danger to save strangers in a foreign land. He was instrumental in… OL2917935W
In my pocket In my pocket Dorrith M. Sim A seven-year-old Jewish girl from Germany suffers fear and uncertainty in July 1939 while traveling by train and boat to the safety of a new life in Scotland. OL2986985W
Raoul Wallenberg Raoul Wallenberg Jamie Daniel Traces the life of the diplomat who saved Hungarian Jews during World War II and mysteriously disappeared after the Russians occupied Budapest. OL3942320W
Holocaust rescuers Holocaust rescuers Darryl Lyman Discusses the efforts of ten individuals who did what they could to save Jews from the Nazis, including Anna Borkowska, Varian Fry, Irene Gut Opdyke, Mustafa Hardaga, Jorgen Kieler, Oskar Schindler, … OL450736W
The Righteous The Righteous Martin Gilbert "Having chronicled the horrors of Nazi-dominated Europe in major works on the Holocaust and the Second World War, the distinguished historian Sir Martin Gilbert now turns his attention to the subject… OL582143W
The secret ship The secret ship Ruth Aliav The author relates the tremendous obstacles involved in the rescue of European Jews who were being secretly and illegally transported to Palestine on the ship "Hilda" to escape destruction by the Naz… OL6900810W
In My Hands In My Hands Irene Opdyke IRENE GUT WAS just 17 in 1939, when the Germans and Russians devoured her native Poland. Just a girl, really. But a girl who saw evil and chose to defy it."No matter how many Holocaust stories one ha… OL8211653W
Voices of the Holocaust Edition 1. (Holocaust Reference Library) Voices of the Holocaust Edition 1. (Holocaust Reference Library) Lorie Jenkins McElroy Voices of the Holocaust presents 34 excerpted documents, including selections from Adolf Hitler's memoir, Mein Kampf, transcripts from the Nuremberg court proceedings, diary entries by Anne Frank and… OL8572787W