Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Hidden teens, hidden lives Hidden teens, hidden lives Linda Jacobs Altman "Explores the lives of children and teens who went into hiding during the Holocaust; looks at various places used as hiding spots, such as barns and attics, and different ways to hide, like assuming … OL14865566W
Children of the World War II home front Children of the World War II home front Sylvia Whitman Explores the experiences of children living in the United States during World War II, including writing V-mail to soldiers, participating in air raid drills, planting Victory Gardens, buying stamps f… OL15215576W
Echoes of World War II Echoes of World War II Trish Marx Presents the stories of six people from different parts of the world whose childhoods were shaped by their experiences during World War II. OL15277314W
Children during the Holocaust Children during the Holocaust Patricia Heberer **Hard-hitting nonfiction and biographical study of the experiences of Jewish children from all walks of life. A deeply moving and insightful look into their experiences, struggles, displacement and … OL16212033W
Don't Forget To Write Don't Forget To Write Pam Hobbs In June 1940, 10-year-old Pam Hobbs and her sister Iris took the long journey from their council home in Leigh-on-Sea to faraway rural Derbyshire. Living away from Mum and Dad for two long years, Pam… OL19644072W
Courageous teen resisters Courageous teen resisters Ann Byers "Examines the stories of children and teen resisters in Europe during the Holocaust, including resistance groups, unarmed resistance, armed resistance in the ghettos and camps, and partisan units"--P… OL1978646W
Lost youth of the ghettos Lost youth of the ghettos Ann Byers "Examines the lives of Jewish children and teens in the ghettos during the Holocaust, including the formation of the ghettos, the miserable conditions, hard labor, and the deportations to camps"--Pro… OL1978659W
Youth destroyed--the concentration camps Youth destroyed--the concentration camps Ann Byers "Discusses the experiences of children and teens in concentration camps during the Holocaust, including the first camps in Germany, the forced labor camps, the six death camps, and the aftermath"--Pr… OL1978665W
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
Hitler's forgotten children Hitler's forgotten children Ingrid von Oelhafen "Created by Heinrich Himmler, the Lebensborn program abducted as many as half a million children from across Europe. Through a process called Germanization, they were to become the next generation of… OL20023278W
Nowhere's child Nowhere's child Kari Rosvall Up until the age of 64, much of Kari Rosvall's early life was shrouded in mystery. Then, one day, a letter arrived through the post ... In it was a small black-and-white photograph of Kari as a young… OL20874245W
Material Cultures of Childhood in Second World War Britain Material Cultures of Childhood in Second World War Britain Gabriel Moshenska Modern warfare is a unique cultural phenomenon. While many conflicts in history have produced dramatic shifts in human behaviour, the industrialized nature of modern war possesses a material and ps… OL20927963W
Teddy Bears and Doodle-Bugs Teddy Bears and Doodle-Bugs Jacqueline Hollings A London child's view of World War Two. For Jacqueline Hollings and her younger sister and brother growing up in Colindale, a part of Hendon, the war brought changes and hardships they could never ha… OL21026754W
Young voices Young voices Lyn Smith "During the Second World War, British children were spared the humiliation and fear of enemy occupation. None the less, they endured six years of increasing deprivation, uprootings, and long separati… OL24310074W
Eleanor's Story Eleanor's Story Eleanor Ramrath Garner ELEANOR'S STORY is the dramatic autobiography of Eleanor Ramrath Garner's youth, growing up as an Americanan enemy alienin Berlin during World War II. This story of everyday life under the Hitler reg… OL62413W