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Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-with" (Auschwitz) in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence. Bruno climbs into the camp to spend more time with hi
Author: Boyne, John |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Cat with the Yellow Star, The: Coming of Age in Terezin
Ela Weissberger's life before, during, and after she and her family were forced to live in the Jewish ghetto of Terezin during WWII. Photographs reinforce Ela's memories of survival and hope.
Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Disaster of the Hindenburg, The
The author describes the last flight of the Hindenburg through the eyes of some if the passengers and crew. Included are pictures and diagrams of the great airship.
Author: Tanaka, Shelley |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story
Author's memoir of the years that shaped her childhood as her Jewish family is trapped in Nazi Germany, sent to prison camps, and escapes to the United States.
Author: Perl, Lila and Blumenthal, Marion Lazan |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | social studies
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Hitler Youth
By following a dozen German youth, the author examines the attraction and occasionally the resistance of the role of the Hitler youth movement in Nazi Germany. The author includes additional material for further exploration.
Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | language arts - reading | science
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Life and Death of Adolf Hitler, The
The book provides an insightful and well written biography of Adolf Hitler. The book gives an historical prospective of the time in which Hitler lived to add to the understanding of the biography. The book is well written and gives interesting details abo
Author: Giblin, James Cross |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Midnight Zoo, The
When their Gypsy encampment is attacked by Germans during WWII, three Romanian children flee. In an abandoned town, they find a zoo where the animals tell their stories as everyone seeks to reclaim their lives and freedom.
Author: Harnett, Sonya |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | social studies | language arts - writing
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Nazi Olympics, The
Published by the U. S. National Holocaust Museum, this history documents the manipulation of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin by Hitler and the Nazi party and presents the controversy of whether to participate or not on the part of nations and individuals. Ar
Author: Bachrach, Susan |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Rose Blanche
A young girl shares her food with those behind barbed wire in Nazi Germany. The title was the name of the German resistance movement during Hitler's regime.
Author: Innocenti, Roberto |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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V is for Victory: America Remembers WWII
This amazingly detailed book provides the reader with a capsule history of one of the most horrific wars in history. The photographs, maps, headlines, etc. add to the books impact. This is a perfect reference book. Open this book to all the drama, passion
Author: Krull, Kathleen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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