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• Out of Hiding

  a Holocaust Survivor's Journey to America

  Gruener, Ruth,

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  Ruth Gruener spent the Holocaust in hiding. Although they were thrilled to have survived, they had little opportunities in war-torn Europe. This biography shares the story of the family's immigration to America. Not only does this book share the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Boy From Buchenwald

  the True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

  Waisman, Robert, 1931-

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  The author tells his own story as a young man that was part of a group of 427 young boys moved from the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Weimar, Germany to a rehabilitation center in France. The book focuses on his experiences in France following…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Journey to America

  Escaping the Holocaust to Freedom

  Levitin, Sonia, 1934-

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  This historical fiction title tells a story of young Lisa, her sisters, and their mother escaping Nazi Germany to Switzerland and on to America to meet their father.

• Hidden on the High Wire

  Kacer, Kathy, 1954-

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  In this fictional story, Irene has grown up traveling through Germany with her family's circus, thrilling crowds with her performances on the high wire. Her Jewish family is Jewish and their work becomes more and more dangerous as Adlof Hitler and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Summer of Stolen Secrets

  Sternberg, Julie,

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  This story takes place today, when Catarina spends the summer with her strict Jewish Grandmother in Baton Rouge. As the summer unfolds, Cat begins to learn her Grandmother's secrets of a childhood during the Holocaust.

• Signs of Survival

  a Memoir of the Holocaust

  Hartman, Renée G.,

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  This memoir tells the story of a Jewish family in 1940 Czechoslovakia. The added challenge is that only Renee can hear - Her mother and father, and her sister, are all deaf. She must be the ears for all of them as they struggle to survive the Nazi…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When the World Was Ours

  Kessler, Liz,

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  This is a fiction tale inspired by the author's own family history. Nine year olds Elsa, Max, and Leo live in Vienna and are best friends. As Hitler begins to rise to power, Max is forbidden from playing with his Jewish friends. Elsa's family moves…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Call Across the Sea

  Kacer, Kathy, 1954-

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  Henny and her father live on their boat, the Gerda III sailing between Sweden and Denmark. When the Gestapo begins to round up all Jewish Citizens, Henny joins the resistance and helps the best way she knows how. She uses the Gerda III to help Jews…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Harboring Hope

  the True Story of How Henny Sinding Helped Denmark's Jews Escape the Nazis

  Hood, Susan, 1954-

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  The biography of Henny Sinding, only 22 at the time of the war, helped hundreds of Jewish families as he smuggled them from Nazi occupied Denmark to safety in Sweden. The story, told in free verse, is another different perspective and style of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Alias Anna

  Zhanna Arshanskaya: a Biography in Verse : a True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  Hood, Susan, 1954-

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  Another biography told in verse, this one is about Zhanna Arshanskaya, a young Ukrainian Jewish girl who survived the Holocaust and saved her sister with her phenomenal ability to play piano and using an alias, Anna.

• My Survival

  a Girl on Schindler's List : a Memoir

  Finder, Rena, 1929-

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  This is the true story of a young girl who survived the Holocaust thanks to Schindler's list. The author, Rena was 11 when her family was moved into the Polish Ghetto in Krakow. Rena worked as a slave and almost starved. She watched many friends and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hidden Hope

  How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust

  Boxer, Elisa,

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  This brand new title, the true story of how the French Resistance created and smuggled fake documents to protect Jewish people from the Nazis. This is the story of Jacqueline, a young girl who smuggled these documents inside her hollow toy while…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Must Not Forget

  Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance

  Hopkinson, Deborah,

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  This is a collection of personal stories of Jewish youth across Germany, the Netherlands, France, and Poland living under the shadow of the Third Reich. These stories "honor the courage of the victims, but calls young readers to action -- by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Brushmaker's Daughter

  Kacer, Kathy, 1954-

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  This fiction book comes with a twist. Lillian and her Papa are on the run from the Nazi Soldiers, and Lillian has to help her Papa because he is blind. They are Lucky to meet Mr. Weidt who hires blind Jewish workers to make brushes in his factory…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Shelter and the Fence

  When 982 Holocaust Refugees Found Safe Haven in America

  Finkelstein, Norman H.,

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  In New York at Fort Ontario, 982 refugees were sheltered on August 5,1944 during World War II. Most were Jewish, but not all and they spoke 19 different languages. Many felt that the offer by Franklin D. Roosevelt and the US was too little action…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Light of Days

  the Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos

  Batalion, Judith,

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  This often overlooked story of the war tells the tale of brave Jewish women in Poland, some only teens, who helped to activate Jewish youth groups against the Nazis despite the danger and tragedy it may have caused.

• Stars of the Night

  the Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport

  Stelson, Caren, 1951-

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  Nicholas Winton, a Jewish Englishman and a former banker. ultimately saved 669 Jewish children in Prague. The narrative begins in 1938 with the happy childhood memories of children until the Nazi forces approach and families begin to make…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nicky & Vera

  a Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

  Sís, Peter, 1949-

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  Another story of Nicholas Winton, told as a picture book for a bit younger readers.

• We Had to Be Brave

  Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

  Hopkinson, Deborah,

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  This book tells the story of Ruth David who was Jewish and in Germany as Hitler rose to power. She was rescued after the Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass by the Kindertransport. This was a rescue effort to move young people away from the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Missing

  the True Story of My Family in World War II

  Rosen, Michael, 1946-

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  This books records the story of the author, poet Michael Rosen, as he searched for his lost relatives who "went missing" during WWII. This book is formatted like a scrapbook full of photos, maps, documents, poetry, and prose. 6 great-aunts and 6…Read moreRead more of this annotation