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1) Irena's war
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: Based on the gripping true story of an unlikely Polish resistance fighter who helped save thousands of Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto during World War II, James D. Shipman's Irena's War is a heart-pounding novel of courage in action, helmed by an extraordinary and unforgettable protagonist. (Original), 384pp.
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
c2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Hiding Edith tells the true story of Edith Schwalb, a young Jewish girl sent to live in a safe house after the Nazi invasion of France. Edith's story is remarkable not only for her own bravery, but for the bravery of those that helped her: An entire village, including its mayor and citizenry, heroically conspired to conceal the presence of hundreds of Jewish children who lived in the safe house. The children all went to the local school, roamed the...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"The real-life puzzle of what happened to the generation of Jewish children who survived the Holocaust in hiding, Edgar Award-winning mystery novelist R.D. Rosen tells this silent, forgotten generation's story through the lives of three girls hidden in three different countries--among the less than 10 percent of Jewish children in Europe to survive World War II--who went on to lead remarkable lives in New York City"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2012], ©2008
Language
English
Description
Traces the author's harrowing fourteen-month existence as a Jewish-Polish survivor who found refuge in the sewers of Lvov and was helped by Leopold Socha, who risked his life to bring food and supplies to her family.
Author
Publisher
HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A fairytale-like novel set during the height of World War II finds a childless, impoverished woodcutter's wife risking her safety to take in and protect a Jewish baby, a twin abandoned under desperate circumstances.
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A true story about two brave sisters whose promise to "always, stay together" helped them survive Auschwitz. The night that Rachel and Toby's parents are taken away by the Nazis, they give their young daughters three gold coins with the instructions to "use these wisely to help save your lives." They also ask the girls to promise that they will always stay together. This compelling true story follows the sisters as they confront the daily horrors...
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
During World War II many Jewish children were sent out of occupied countries in search of safety. Chabannes, France housed about 400 such refugees in a local chateau used as a school. This documentary presents the accounts of some of the students, teachers and townspeople of the efforts to protect the children in 1942 when the war came to Chabannes.
Series
Collector's Edition volume 17, no. 9 (May 12, 2017)
Publisher
Life Books, an imprint of Time Inc. Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Series
Criterion collection volume 330
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2006
Language
Français
Description
A semi-autobiographical film based on the director's experiences as a schoolboy during the German occupation of France in World War II.
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Based on many oral histories taken from child survivors of the Holocaust, the author focuses on the experiences of young Jewish children from their earliest encounters with anti-Semitism to their enslavement in labor camps.
17) Anne Frank
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Learn about Anne Frank's life in hiding during World War II and how her remarkable diary went on to become one of the most influential books about the Holocaust"--Publisher's description.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Eva Mozes Kor and her twin Miriam were ten years old when they were subjected to the medical experiments of the Auschwitz Angel of Death, Dr. Josef Mengele. The story of their fight for survival, recovery, and forgiveness are told again and updated here in this new edition with interesting details and important context in a new afterword. Eva turned her triumph over pain and suffering into a life-long work for peace, human rights, and Holocaust education....
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"1938, Italy. Six-year-old Lia loves to build sandcastles at the beach and her biggest problem is her shyness and quiet, birdlike voice--until prime minister Mussolini joins forces with Hitler in World War II, and everything changes. Now there are laws saying Jewish children can't go to school, Jews can't work, or go on vacation. It's difficult for Lia to understand why this is happening to her family. When her father loses his job, they must give...
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
November 1940. A circus parade walks through the streets of Warsaw, waving a flag and singing. They are 160 Jewish children, forced by the Nazis to leave their beloved orphanage. It's a sad occasion, but led by Doctor Korczak, their inspirational director, the children are defiantly joyful.
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