Tag: Holocaust
Hedy’s Journey: The True Story of a Hungarian Girl Fleeing the Holocaust (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books)
It is 1941. Hedy and her family are Jewish, and the Nazi party is rising. Hedy’s family is no longer safe in their home in Hungary. They decide to
Survivors of the Holocaust: True Stories of Six Extraordinary Children
An Amazon Best Book of the Month! “Perhaps there is no simple, easy way to educate children about the Holocaust. Yet [this] new extraordinary work in the form of
They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland before the Holocaust
Intimate, humorous, and refreshingly candid, this extraordinary work is a remarkable record―in both words and images―of Jewish life in a Polish town before World War II as seen through
A History of the Holocaust (Single Title Social Studies)
An updated and revised book reviews the history of the Jewish people and the development of anti-Semitism, describes the horrors of the Holocaust, and examines the role of Holocaust
Four Perfect Pebbles: A True Story of the Holocaust
The twentieth-anniversary edition of Marion Blumenthal Lazan’s acclaimed Holocaust memoir features new material by the author, a reading group guide, a map, and additional photographs. “The writing is direct,
Jars of Hope: How One Woman Helped Save 2,500 Children During the Holocaust (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books)
Amid the horrors of World War II, Irena Sendler was an unlikely and unsung hero. While many people lived in fear of the Nazis, Irena defied them, even though
Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust
In this gentle, poetic young graphic novel, Dounia, a grandmother, tells her granddaughter the story even her son has never heard: how, as a young Jewish girl in Paris,
Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust
Gripping and inspiring, these true stories of bravery, terror, and hope chronicle nine different children’s experiences during the Holocaust. These are the true-life accounts of nine Jewish boys and