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The following list contains works of both non-fiction and fiction. It is separated into two sections: General WWII and the Holocaust. Those sections are further divided into Elementary, Middle, and High School levels. This list is by no means complete, but will get you started on your journey of discovery about WWII and the Holocaust.
General WWII: Elementary School
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General WWII: Elementary School
Adler, David A., and Rose Eichenbaum. The Number on My Grandfather's Arm. New York, N.Y.: UAHC Press, 1987. Printed numbers on her grandfather's arm prompt a young girl to ask questions about how they got there. Fiction, Grades 3-4.
Ambrose, Stephen E. The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001. A history of the major events of World War II, includes personal accounts from soldiers in the field. Nonfiction, Grades 2-3.
Borden, Louise, and Niki Daly. The Greatest Skating Race: A World War II Story from the Netherlands. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2004. A Dutch boy dreams of being a famous skater during the time of World War II in the Netherlands. Fiction, Grades 3-4.
Borden, Louise, and Allan Drummond. The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. The story of how the popular children's authors' childhoods and early life together and their amazing escape from World War II-torn Europe on bicycles. Nonfiction, Grades 3-4.
Bruchac, Joseph. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two. New York: Speak, 2006. Two Native American men are recruited by the Marines to be code talkers during World War II. Grades 1-2.
Bunting, Eve, and Chris K. Soentpiet. So Far from the Sea. New York: Clarion Books, 1998. A Japanese American child leaves behind a special symbol at a grave Manzanar War Relocation Center. Fiction, Grades 2-3.
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki, and James D. Houston. Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment. New York: Bantam Books, 1974. A Japanese American describes her ordeal inside an internment camp during World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 3-4.
Mochizuki, Ken, and Dom Lee. Baseball Saved Us. New York: Lee & Low, 1993. Baseball becomes a pastime for a young Japanese American boy imprisoned in an internment camp during World War II. Fiction, Grades 1-2.
Park, Linda Sue. When My Name Was Keoko. New York: Dell Yearling, 2004. A Korean brother and sister fear oppression by Japan which threatens to take Korea over during World War II. Fcition, Grades 7-9.
Polacco, Patricia. A Christmas Tapestry. New York: Philomel Books, 2002. A Christmas tapestry reunites an elderly couple who were separated during World War II. Fiction, Grades 2-3.
Raven, Margot Theis. Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2002. The true account of an American pilot and a German girl who drop candy filled parachutes to the children of West Berlin during World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Say, Allen. Grandfather's Journey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. The story of a Japanese American’s journey to America and the experience of being from two countries in a time of war. Fiction, Grades 1-2.
Tripp, Valerie, and C. F. Payne. Meet Molly: An American Girl. The American girl’s collection. Madison, Wis: Pleasant Co, 1986. Molly experiences a world of change as her life changes dramatically while her father is away fighting World War II. Fiction, Grades 3-4.
Tripp, Valerie, and C. F. Payne. Molly's Surprise: A Christmas Story. The American girls collection. Madison, Wis: Pleasant Co, 1986. Molly's father finds a way to make the family Christmas very special while he is away during World War II. Fiction, Grades 3-4.
Woodson, Jacqueline, and Earl B. Lewis. Coming on Home Soon. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2004. The story of a young girl who is forced to stay with her grandmother while her mother looks for work in Chicago during World War II. Fiction, Grades 1-2.
Zindel, Paul. The Gadget. New York: Dell Laurel-Leaf, 2001. The novel, set in 1945, revolves around a thirteen-year-old boy who works with his father on a secret mission to end World War II. Fiction, Grades 2-3.
General WWII: Middle School
Adams, Simon. World War II. DK Eyewitness Books. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2000. A colorful and complete book that details general World War II history for children and adolescents. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Adler, David A., and Karen Ritz. Child of the Warsaw Ghetto. New York: Holiday House, 1995. Details events of the Holocaust through the eyes of young Froim Baum who survived the Dachau death camp. Nonfiction, Grades 3-4.
Adler, David A., and Karen Ritz. Hilde and Eli, Children of the Holocaust. New York: Holiday House, 1994. A story of two Jewish children who die in a Nazi death camp. Nonfiction, Grade 4-6.
Allen, Thomas B. Remember Pearl Harbor: American and Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2001. Stories from survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Amis, Nancy. The Orphans of Normandy: A True Story of World War II Told Through Drawings by Children. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2003. The story of how young orphans and their teachers escaped Normandy during the invasion. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Bell, Ted. Nick of Time. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2008. Young Nick McIver uses a time machine to change the course of events in two time periods, the Napoleonic Wars and World War II. Fiction, Grades 4-6.
Bell-Rehwoldt, Sheri. Great World War II Projects: You Can Build Yourself. White River Junction, VT: Nomad Press, 2006. Ideas for creative projects for students related to events of World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Buckey, Sarah Masters, and Jean-Paul Tibbles. The Light in the Cellar: A Molly Mystery. Middleton, WI: Pleasant, 2007. Set against the backdrop of World War II, Molly is a volunteer on the home front but discovers a mystery involving the theft of rationed food supplies for sale on the black market. Fiction, Grades 4-6.
Cormier, Robert. Heroes: A Novel. New York: Dell Laurel-Leaf an imprint of Random House Children's Books, 2000. Francais Cassavant comes back to his home town with a disfiguring wound to his face after fighting in World War II. Fiction, Grades 4-6.
Dahl, Roald. Going Solo. New York, N.Y.: Puffin Books, 1999. The author’s true account of being a fighter pilot in World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Greene, Bette. Summer of My German Soldier. London: Penguin, 1999. A Jewish girl living in Arkansas during World War II befriends German POW soldiers in America. Fiction, Grades 4-6.
Hautzig, Esther Rudomin. The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1968. A young Polish girl is arrested as a political enemy of Russia and exiled to Siberia during World War II. Grades, 7-9.
Hughes, Dean. Soldier Boys. New York, NY: Simon Pulse, 2003. Two soldier’s paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge. Fiction, Grades 7-9.
Myers, Walter Dean. The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War II Soldier. My name is America. New York: Scholastic, 1999. A soldier from Virginia records his experiences during the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Fiction, Grades 4-6.
Nathan, Amy. Yankee Doodle Gals: Women Pilots of World War II. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2001. Chronicles the experiences of Women Service Airforce Pilots who fought discrimination in order to become pilots in World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Nelson, Peter. Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis. New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, 2002. Examines the events surrounding the U.S.S. Indianapolis at the end of World War II, the navy cover-up and unfair court martial of the ship's captain, and how the record was set straight fifty-five years later. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Oppenheim, Joanne. Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference. New York: Scholastic, 2006. The true story of a librarian at a Japanese American internment camp during World War II worked to demonstrate the injustice of their imprisonment. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Parker, Robert B. Edenville Owls. New York: Sleuth Philomel, 2007. A young boy in Massachusetts following World War II tries to cope with the changes in his world. . Fiction, Grades 7-9.
Peck, Richard. On the Wings of Heroes. New York: Dial Books, 2007. An Illinois boy tells about the home front during the years of World War II and awaits the chance to see his hero brother again. Fiction, Grades 4-6.
Salisbury, Graham. Eyes of the Emperor. New York: Laurel-Leaf Books, 2007. On the orders of United States Army, Japanese American men must train K-9 units to hunt Asians during World War II. Fiction, Grades 7-9.
Streatfeild, Noel. Theater Shoes. New York: Random House, 1994. Three orphans live with their grandmother during World War II in England and discover their talent for theater. Fiction, Grades 4-6.
Tanaka, Shelley, and David Craig. Attack on Pearl Harbor: The True Story of the Day America Entered World War II. New York: Hyperion Books For Children, 2001. The memoirs of the survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Taylor, Theodore. The Cay. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1969. The experiences of a young white boy and an African man as they are stranded on an island when the freighter they are traveling on is torpedoed by a German submarine. Fiction, Grades 7-9.
Watkins, Yoko Kawashima. So Far from the Bamboo Grove / By Yoko Kawashima Watkins. New York: Beech Tree Books, 1994. The story of eleven-year-old Yoko who escapes to Japan from Korea following World War II. Fiction, Grades 4-6.
General WWII: High School
Ambrose, Stephen E. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. The chronicles of the men who parachuted into France early D-Day morning, Holland during the Arnhem campaign, and captured Hitler's Bavarian outpost. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Brinkley, Douglas. The Boys of Pointe Du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion. New York: W. Morrow, 2005. Covers the activities on D-Day by the U.S. Army 2nd Rangers and how they fought to defend themselves for two days against Nazi counterattacks. Discusses other historical events related to World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Atkinson, Rick. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944. New York: Henry Holt, 2007. Events surrounding the liberation of Europe during World War II with emphasis on Allied campaigns in Sicily and Italy. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Bradley, James, and Ron Powers. Flags of Our Fathers. New York: Bantam Books, 2006. The battles that took place and the events preceding the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Brokaw, Tom. The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections. New York: Random House, 1999. A collection of letters in response to Tom Brokaw’s previous novel entitled, "The Greatest Generation.” Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Cooke, Alistair. The American Home Front, 1941-1942. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006. A chronicle of the events following the bombing of Pearl Harbor up to the bombing of Hiroshma. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Ibbotson, Eva. The Morning Gift. New York: Speak, 2007. Young Ruth Berger enters into a marriage of convenience with her father's young colleague during World War II, but faces a dilemma when her true feelings surface.
King, Larry. Love Stories of World War II. New York: Crown, 2001. Real accounts of the lives and stories of thirty-three couples who met and fell in love during World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Knowles, John. A Separate Peace. New York: Bantam Books, 1975. A novel about a young man who returns to his former boarding school during World War II. Fiction, Grades 10-12.
Kurson, Robert. Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II. New York: Random House, 2004. Gives an account of the underwater discovery by two American divers of a German U-boat and their research into the identity of the submarine and its crew. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Miller, Donald L. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War against Nazi Germany. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. A compelling account of American Air Force troops and their heroism in the skies. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Norman, Elizabeth M. We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese. New York: Pocket Books, 2000. A story of amazing courage by American military nurses in POW camps in Japan during World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Pearson, Judith. The Wolves at the Door: The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy. Guilford, Conn: Lyons Press, 2005. Examines the live of a female American spy during World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Persico, Joseph E. Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR and World War II Espionage. New York: Random House, 2001. An examination of FDR's role in the "secret war" during World War II shows the President to have been an instigator of many covert operations against the Nazis, the Japanese, and the Soviet Union. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Razzell, Mary. Snow Apples. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2006. Sheila is a young woman growing up during the time following World War II when women were suppressed. Fiction, Grades 10-12.
Sides, Hampton. Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission. New York: Doubleday, 2001. Details the risky mission involving U.S. Army Sixth Ranger Battalion during the rescue of the 513 American and British POWs in a Japanese-run camp near Cabanatuan. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Stanton, Doug. In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors. New York: H. Holt, 2001. The events that took place when the U.S.S. Indianapolis was sunk in the South Pacific during final days of World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Thomas, Evan. Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign, 1941-1945. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. The true story of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944 is told through the eyes of both American commanders and Japanese admirals. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Ward, Geoffrey C., Ken Burns, and Lynn Novick. The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945. New York: A.A. Knopf, 2007. A companion volume to the popular PBSD series that examines the American experience during World War II on the battlefield and the home front. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Winters, Richard D., and Cole C. Kingseed. Beyond Band of Brothers. New York: Berkley Caliber, 2006. A true memoir of actual World War II combat involving the role of the "Band of Brothers" during the D-Day invasion. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Holocaust: Elementary School
Ackerman, Karen, and Elizabeth Sayles. The Night Crossing. New York: Knopf, 1994. When the Nazi occupation of Austria spells danger for Clara and her Jewish family, the entire family escapes to the mountains of Switzerland. Fiction, Grades 3-4.
Adler, David A., and Karen Ritz. A Picture Book of Anne Frank. New York: Holiday House, 1993. Uses full color illustrations to document the life of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl whose famous diary chronicles the years she and her family hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic. Nonfiction, Grades 1-2.
Adler, David A., and Bill Farnsworth. A Hero and the Holocaust: The Story of Janusz Korczak and His Children. New York: Holiday House, 2002. A Polish doctor, author, founder of orphanages, and promoter of children's rights loses his life trying to protect his orphans from the Nazis. Nonfiction, Grades 3-4.
Adler, David A., and Karen Ritz. Hiding from the Nazis. New York: Holiday House, 1997. When the Nazis invade the Netherlands during World War II, a four-year-old Jewish child finds her childhood haunted by fear and uncertainty, in a moving account of the Holocaust based on the real-life experiences of Lore Baer. Fiction, Grades 2-3.
Bachrach, Susan D. Tell Them We Remember: The Story of the Holocaust. Boston: Little, Brown, 1994. A pictorial history of the Holocaust. Nonfiction, Grades 3-4.
Bryant, Jennifer, and Beth Peck. Music for the End of Time. Grand Rapids, Mich: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2005. The story of French composer Olivier Messiaen was able to overcome the desolation of a World War II prison camp through the power of music. Nonfiction, Grades 3-4.
Bunting, Eve, and Wendy Popp. One Candle. New York : Joanna Cotler Books, 2002. A Hanukkah tale detailing one family’s remembrance of the past through the lighting of one candle as a symbol of their Grandmother's struggles during the Holocaust. Fiction, Grades 1-2.
Bunting, Eve, and Stephen Gammell. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1989. Forest animals learn to unite after the Terrible Things start taking one type of animal away after another. Fiction, Grades 1-2.
Friedman, Laurie B., and Ofrah Amit. Angel Girl. Minneapolis [Minn.]: Carolrhoda Books, 2008. The story of a Holocaust survivor, who was kept from starvation through the efforts of a young girl who secretly threw an apple to him every day through the fence surrounding the concentration camp. Fiction, Grades 2-3.
Hesse, Karen, and Wendy Watson. The Cats in Krasinski Square. New York: Scholastic Press, 2004. Having escaped Warsaw ghetto, two Jewish sisters devise a plan to defeat an attempt by the Gestapo to intercept food bound for starving people behind the dark Wall. Fiction, Grades 3-4.
Hoestlandt, Jo, Mark Polizzotti, and Johanna Kang. Star of Fear, Star of Hope. New York: Walker, 1995. Helen, a young French girl, is confused by the disappearance of her Jewish friend during the German occupation of Paris. Fiction, Grades 3-4.
Johnston, Tony, and Ron Mazellan. The Harmonica. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2004. A young Jewish boy enslaved in a concentration camp keeps hope alive while playing Schubert on his harmonica. Fiction, Grades 1-2.
Krinitz, Esther Nisenthal, and Bernice Steinhardt. Memories of Survival. New York: Hyperion, 2005. A collection of embroidered panels describing the author’s account of surviving the Holocaust in Poland. Nonfiction, Grades 2-3.
Levine, Karen. Hana's Suitcase: A True Story. Morton Grove, Ill: Albert Whitman, 2003. A curator at a Japanese Holocaust center learns about her life of a Czech girl named Hana after discover her suitcase filled with information about her life and death in the Holocaust. Nonfiction, Grades 3-4.
Littlesugar, Amy, and William Low. Willy and Max: A Holocaust Story. New York, N.Y.: Philomel Books, 2006. In Belgium during World War II, two boys become separated but remain bonded by friendship and a special painting. Fiction, Grades 1-2.
McCann, Michelle Roehm, and Ann E. Marshall. Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen. Berkeley, Calif: Tricycle Press, 2003. A biography of the Jewish heroine, Luba Tryszynska, who rescued and saved the lives 52 Dutch babies who had been left to die at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Nonfiction, Grades, 3-4.
McDonough, Yona Zeldis, and Kimberly Bulcken Root. The Doll with the Yellow Star. New York: H. Holt, 2005. Nine-year-old Claudine must leave her beloved parents and friends to stay with relatives in America, accompanied by her doll, Violette. Fiction, Grades 3-4.
Mochizuki, Ken, and Dom Lee. Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story. New York: Lee & Low Books, 1997. A portrait of a Japanese diplomat who risked his and his families lives by using his governmental powers to assist thousands of Jews escape the Holocaust. Nonfiction, Grades 2-3.
Morpurgo, Michael, and Michael Foreman. The Mozart Question. London: Walker Books, 2007. An interview with a famous violinist tells the story of his parents' incarceration by the Nazis, and explains why they can no longer listen to the music of Mozart. Fiction, Grades 3-4.
Nerlove, Miriam. Flowers on the Wall. New York: M.K. McElderry Books, 1996. A young Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied Warsaw maintains hope by painting colorful flowers on her dingy apartment walls. Fiction, Grades 1-2.
Oppenheim, Shulamith Levey, and Ronald Himler. The Lily Cupboard. New York: HarperCollins, 1992. A young Jewish girl, is forced to leave her parents and hide with strangers in the country during the German occupation of Holland. Fiction, Grades 2-3.
Polacco, Patricia. The Butterfly. New York: Philomel Books, 2000. Based on a true story, this picture book tells of a little girl growing up in France during World War II who becomes aware that her family is hiding a Jewish family in the cellar. Fiction, Grades 3-4.
Ralph, Brenda Lewis. Anne Frank. Dorling Kindersley readers. New York: Dorling Kindersley Pub, 2001. A book for young learners that details the life of Anne Frank. Fiction, Grades 2-3.
Rappaport, Doreen, and Emily Arnold McCully. The Secret Seder. New York: Hyperion Books For Children, 2005. During the Nazi occupation of France, a boy and his father slip out of their village and into the mountains, where they join a group of fellow Jews at a humble seder table. Fiction, Grades 2-3.
Rubin, Susan Goldman. Fireflies in the Dark: The Story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the Children of Terezin. New York: Holiday House, 2000. Tells the story of a Jewish woman from Czechoslovakia who taught art to children at the Terezin Concentration Camp. The book includes art created by teacher and students, excerpts from diaries, and interviews with camp survivors. Nonfiction, Grades 2-3.
Rubin, Susan Goldman, and Bill Farnsworth. The Flag with Fifty-Six Stars: A Gift from the Survivors of Mauthausen. New York: Holiday House, 2005. An inspiring story about the prisoners of Mauthausen concentration camp who made a U.S. flag as a token of gratitude for their liberators and a symbol of freedom. Nonfiction, Grades 3-4.
Russo, Marisabina. Always Remember Me: How One Family Survived World War II. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005. While looking through family albums, Rachel learns about the Holocaust and how it affected her grandmother, mother, and aunts. Nonfiction, Grades 1-2.
Schroeder, Peter W., and Dagmar Schroeder-Hildebrand. Six Million Paper Clips: The Making of a Children's Holocaust Memorial. Minneapolis: Kar-Ben Publishing, 2004. Details the efforts of students to create a Holocaust memorial based on a collection of millions of paper clips intended to represent all of the victims exterminated by the Nazis. Nonfiction, Grades 3-4.
Talbott, Hudson. Forging Freedom: A True Story of Heroism During the Holocaust. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000. Chronicles the elaborate exploits of Jaap Penraat, a young Dutch man, who risked his life during World War II to save the lives of over 400 Jews. Nonfiction, Grades 3-4.
Volavková, Hana. I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezín Concentration Camp, 1942-1944. New York: Schocken Books, 1993. A collection of children's poems and art reflecting their surroundings in Terezín Concentration Camp. Nonfiction, Grades, 2-4.
Holocaust: Middle School
Adler, David A. We Remember the Holocaust. New York: H. Holt, 1989. The book covers many events of the Holocaust, including personal accounts from survivors and stories of their experiences in death camps. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Ayer, Eleanor H., Helen Waterford, and Alfons Heck. Parallel Journeys. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1995. A female survivor of Auschwitz concentration camp meets a former female member of the Hitler Youth movement. They recount their war experiences and describe how they met forty years later. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow. New York: Scholastic. Nonfiction, 2005. Details the methods used on German Hitler Youth to overcome resistance and gain power over them. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Brooks, Philip. Viewing the Holocaust Today. Chicago, Ill: Heinemann Library, 2003. An examination into the various movies, music, writings, and museums that represent the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Cheng, Andrea. Marika. Asheville, N.C.: Front Street, 2002. Unaware of her Jewish heritage, Hungarian born Marika is raised as a Christian but learns how dangerous it is to be of Jewish heritage and living in Hungary during World War II. Fiction, Grade 7-9.
Chotjewitz, David, and Doris Orgel. Daniel Half Human: And the Good Nazi. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2004. Unaware that his mother is half Jewish, young Daniel Kraushaar dreams of joining the Hitler Youth in 1930s Germany. Fiction, Grades 7-9.
Dabba Smith, Frank, and Mendel Grossman. My Secret Camera: Life in the Lodz Ghetto. London: Frances Lincoln Children's, 2008. Secret photos taken by a young Jewish man document the fear, hardship, generosity, and humanity endured daily in life of the Jews forced to live in the Lodz ghetto during the Holocaust. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Friedman, D. Dina. Escaping into the Night. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2006. After losing her mother during the evacuation of the Polish ghettos during World War II, Halina finds a way to flee to the safety of an encampment of Jews. Fiction, Grades 7-9.
Garner, Eleanor Ramrath. Eleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's Germany. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree, 1999. Author account of her experiences with the Gestapo during World War II and her trip across the Atlantic escaping to freedom. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Gottfried, Ted, and Stephen Alcorn. Deniers of the Holocaust: Who They Are, What They Do, Why They Do It. Brookfield, Conn: Twenty-First Century Books, 2001. Documents the individuals and their stories that believe the Holocaust did took place. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Gottfried, Ted, and Stephen Alcorn. Displaced Persons: The Liberation and Abuse of Holocaust Survivors. Brookfield, Conn: Twenty-First Century Books, 2001. Accounts of the struggles Jewish refugees following World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Gottfried, Ted. Martyrs to Madness: The Victims of the Holocaust. Brookfield, Conn: Twenty-First Century Books, 2000. Examines the rise of Nazis power in Germany and the actions taken on Jews, Gypsies, Catholics, and others. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Gottfried, Ted, and Stephen Alcorn. Nazi Germany: The Face of Tyranny. Brookfield, Conn: Twenty-First Century Books, 2000. An accounting of the Nazis' rise to power in Germany and their efforts to conquer all of Europe. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Gottfried, Ted, and Melanie Reim. The Great Fatherland War. Brookfield, Conn: Twenty-first Century Books, 2003. Historical accounts from the battlefield of World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Gottfried, Ted, and Melanie Reim. The Stalinist Empire. Brookfield, Conn: Twenty-First Century Books, 2002. A detailed account of the years of Joseph Stalin's iron-fisted reign in the Soviet Union. Nonfiction, Grades, 7-9.
Grant, R. G. The Holocaust. New perspectives. Hove, East Sussex: Wayland Publishers, 1997. An examination of the early life and persecution of Jews in Germany, the rise of Nazi power, and other historical events surrounding the Holocaust. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Hesse, Karen. Letters from Rifka. New York: H. Holt, 1992. The story of a young Jewish girl’s battle to gain passage to America and reunite with her family. Fiction, Grades 4-6.
Hillman, Laura. I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005. A gripping account of a young Polish girl who was sent to a series of concentration camps and survived the war after being placed on Schindler's List, finally marrying a fellow survivor. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Horton, Casey. The Jews. We came to North America. New York, NY: Crabtree Pub, 2000. Describes how Jews from around the world fled persecution in their homelands and came to North America. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Jackson, Livia Bitton. I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust. New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1997. The memoir of a 13-year-old Hungarian girl who recounts her experiences of the Holocaust. The book covers Jewish round-ups, torture, forced-labor, shootings, and liberation from the viewpoint of a teenage girl struggling to survive. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Jeffrey, Laura S. Simon Wiesenthal: Tracking Down Nazi Criminals. People to know. Springfield, NJ, USA: Enslow, 1997. A real life Nazi-hunter, including the stories of how he caught and brought Nazi war criminals to justice. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Kerr, Judith. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. New York: Putnam & Grosset Group, 1997. A Jewish girl escapes wither family from Berlin just before Hilter takes power. Fiction, Grades 4-6.
Leitner, Isabella, and Judy Pedersen. The Big Lie: A True Story. New York: Scholastic Inc, 1992. A biographical account of the author’s experiences as a survivor of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz during World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Levine, Ellen. Darkness Over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews. New York: Holiday House, 2000. The true story of Denmark citizens who risked their lives to protect and rescue their Jewish neighbors from the Nazis during World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Lobel, Anita. No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1998. A Polish Jew during World War II gives her account of the war and her years after spent in Sweden. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1989. Set in Nazi-occupied Denmark in 1943, this 1990 Newbery winner tells of a 10-year-old girl who undertakes a dangerous mission to save her best friend. Fiction, Grades 5-8.
Matas, Carol. After the War. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1996. After being released from Buchenwald at the end of World War II, a young girl risks her life to lead a group of refugees across Europe to Palestine. Fiction, Grades 7-9.
Matas, Carol. Daniel's Story. New York: Scholastic, 1993. Daniel is fictional character based on millions of Jewish children of the Holocaust, who describes his family’s experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. Fiction, Grades 4-6.
Morpurgo, Michael. Waiting for Anya. New York, N.Y.: Viking, 1991. A young boy gains the support of a French town and a German soldier to help Jewish children escape during World War II. Fiction, Grades 7-9.
Nicholson, Dorinda Makanaonalani, and Larry Nicholson. Pearl Harbor Warriors: The Bugler, the Pilot, the Friendship. Kansas City, MO.: Woodson House Pub, 2001. Chronicles the story of two World War II veterans whose lives intersected in war at Pearl Harbor and again fifty years later. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Orlev, Uri. The Island on Bird Street. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. Alone in a ruined house during World War II, a young Jewish boy must learn to survive under constantly life-threatening conditions. Fiction, Grades, 7-9.
Reiss, Johanna. The Upstairs Room. New York: Crowell, 1972. A Newbery Honor book that gives a fictionalized account of the author’s two and a half years spent hiding in the upstairs bedroom of a farmhouse during World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Rogasky, Barbara. Smoke and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust. New York: Holiday House, 1988. Discusses the tragic fate of the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust is set against a chronicle of the roots of Nazi anti-Semitism, Hitler's rise to power, World War II, and the Nazi program of extermination. Nonfiction, Grade 4-6.
Rubin, Susan Goldman, and Ela Weissberger. The Cat with the Yellow Star: Coming of Age in Terezin. New York: Holiday House, 2006. The chronicles of the author during her experiences in the Terezin concentration camp. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Shapiro, Stephen, David Craig, and Tina Forrester. Ultra Hush-Hush: Espionage and Special Missions. Outwitting the enemy : stories from the Second World War. Toronto: Annick Press, 2003. Interesting tales about spy schemes used by various countries in an attempt to trick the enemy and win the wars. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Shuter, Jane. Aftermath of the Holocaust. Chicago, Ill: Heinemann Library, 2003. An examination into the after affects on the survivors of the Holocaust and their Nazi captors after World War II ended. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Shuter, Jane. Auschwitz. Visiting the past. Chicago, Ill: Heinemann Library, 2001. Chronicles the daily life of a victim of the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Shuter, Jane. Life and Death in Hitler's Europe. Chicago, Ill: Heinemann Library, 2003. Details of what life was like in Europe for both Jews and Gentiles while Hitler was in power. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Shuter, Jane. Prelude to the Holocaust. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003. A historical account of the events leading up to the rise of Nazi power in Germany and the beginning of the Holocaust persecution. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Shuter, Jane. Resistance to the Nazis. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003. A gripping account of brave individuals who fought against the Nazi’s during World War II. Nonfiction, Grades, 4-6.
Shuter, Jane. Survivors of the Holocaust. Chicago, Ill: Heinemann Library, 2003. The stories of real individuals who survived the Holocaust and how they did it. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Sawyer, Kem Knapp. Anne Frank. DK biography. New York: DK Pub, 2004. Examines the life of Anne Frank and her diary, which became world famous. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Sender, Ruth Minsky. The Cage. New York: Macmillan, 1986. One teenager recounts the horrors and suffering of her family in a Polish ghetto and eventually in a Nazi concentration camp. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Van Stockum, Hilda. The Borrowed House. Bathgate, ND: Bethlehem Books, 2000. A young female member of the Hitler Youth comes to realize that the war cause personal tragedy for some. Fiction, Grades 7-9.
Vander Zee, Ruth, Marian Sneider, and Bill Farnsworth. Eli Remembers. Grand Rapids, Mich: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2007. Eli learns how the solemn lighting of seven candles at Rosh Hashanah represents his family's connection to the Holocaust in Lithuania. Fiction, Grades 4-6.
Warren, Andrea. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2001. The personal testimony of a young boy’s experiences during the Holocaust at Blechhammer, a Nazi concentration camp. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Whiting, Jim. The Story of the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Monumental milestones. Hockessin, Del: Mitchell Lane Publishers, 2006. Chronicles the events leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and how it caused the United States into World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Williams, Brian. Life As a Combat Soldier. World at war-- World War II. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2006. A true account of one man’s experiences during the war. Nonfiction, Grades, 4-6.
Williams, Brian. The Blitz on Britain. World at war-- World War II. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2006. A gripping account of how European countries survived attacks by the Luftwaffe, Germany's powerful air force, during World War II. Nonfiction, grades 4-6.
Willoughby, Susan. Art, Music, and Writings from the Holocaust. Chicago, Ill: Heinemann Library, 2003. Examines the various forms of art, music, and literature created during the Holocaust. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Willoughby, Susan. The Holocaust. 20th-century perspectives. Chicago, Ill: Heinemann Library, 2001. An overview of the Holocaust, the Jewish plight, and the rise of Nazi Germany. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.
Yeatts, Tabatha. The Holocaust Survivors. The Holocaust remembered series. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1998. The historical account of Holocaust survivors, the trials of Nazi leaders at Nuremberg, the establishment of the state of Israel, and the search for justice. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.
Yolen, Jane. The Devil's Arithmetic. New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Puffin Books, 1990. In a strange turn of events, Hannah learns to understand the traditions of her Jewish heritage when time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland. Fiction, Grades 7-9.
Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. A young girl trying to make sense of the trials of Nazi Germany discovers the beauty of literature after stealing books and telling stories to comfort others, including a Jewish man hiding in the basement. Fiction, Grades 7-9.
Holocaust: High School
Frank, Anne. The Diary of a Young Girl / Anne Frank ; Translated from the Dutch by B.M. Mooyaart-Doubleday ; with an Introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt ; and a New Preface by George Stevens. New York: Pocket Books, 1975. The diary of a young Jewish girl who spends her teenage years in hiding from the Germans during the Holocaust. Nonfiction, Grade 10-12.
Gies, Miep, and Alison Leslie Gold. Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988. The story of Miep Gies, the woman who hid Anne Frank and her family during the Second World War. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Klempner, Mark. The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage. Cleveland, Ohio: Pilgrim Press, 2006. Interviews with Dutch citizens that risks their life to save Jewish children during the Holocaust. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Opdyke, Irene Gut, and Jennifer Armstrong. In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer. New York: Knopf, 1999. The true account of young girl who fought against the Hitler movement hiding and saving Jews from persecution. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Orlev, Uri, and Hillel Halkin. The Lady with the Hat. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. Seventeen-year-old Yulek, is the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust. Unaware that his aunt in London is looking for him, he joins a group of young Jews preparing to live in Israel. Fiction, Grades, 10-12.
Rosenberg, Maxine B. Hiding to Survive: Stories of Jewish Children Rescued from the Holocaust. New York: Clarion Books, 1994. True accounts of fourteen Holocaust survivors who as children were hidden from the Nazis by non-Jews. Nonfiction, Grade 10-12.
Rossel, Seymour, and David A. Altshuler. The Holocaust: The World and the Jews, 1933-1945. West Orange, N.J.: Behrman House, 1992. Covers anti-Semitism in Europe, the treatment of Jews during the Holocaust, and the aftermath when the Nazi war criminals were brought to trial. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Wiesel, Elie, and Marion Wiesel. Night. New York: Hill and Wang, 2006. The narrative of a boy who lived through Auschwitz and Buchenwald provides a short and terrible indictment of modern humanity. Nonfiction, Grades 10-12.
Online Resources: General WWII Sites
Center for Asian American Media Website
Located at: http://www.asianamericanmedia.org/jainternment/
Explore the World War II Internment of Japanese Americans through online video clips, text and photos.
The Densho Website
Located at: http://www.densho.org/
The mission of Densho’s website is to preserve the oral history of interned Japanese Americans during WWII.
Library of Congress: Women Come to the Front
Located at: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0001.html
A collection of primary source materials in honor of female journalists, photographers, and broadcasters of WWII.
Life Magazine
Located at: http://books.google.com/books?id=N0EEAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s#all_issues_anchor
Google Books is now offering access to complete issues of LIFE Magazine from 1936-1972.
The National Archives: Powers of Persuasion
Located at: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html
Access to primary source propaganda posters from the WWII era.
Wing Across America Website
Located at: http://www.wingsacrossamerica.us/
Created to honor the women pilots of WWII.
Spartacus Educational: Women and the Second World War
Located at: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWwomen.htm
A collection of biographies of American and allied women who played integral roles during WWII.
Women in WWII Website
Located at: http://www.womeninwwii.com/
A website dedicated to the women who fought in World War II on the home front and overseas.
WWII For Kids Website
Located at: http://wwii4kids.com/index.cfm?id=2386&fuseaction=browse&pageid=37
A resource for students learning about the causes of World War II.
World War II History Info
Located at: http://worldwar2history.info
A website devoted to all things WWII including the European and Pacific Theater during WWII.
Online Resources: Holocaust Sites
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Website
Located at: http://www.ushmm.org
A prominent authority on the Holocaust, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a living memorial to the Holocaust and stimulates leaders and citizens to confront hatred, prevent genocide, promote human dignity, and strengthen democracy. The museum’s website is a comprehensive array of World War Ii and Holocaust resources designed to aid the teaching of the many lessons the Holocaust provides. The education resources page contains online resources including an encyclopedia, exhibitions, maps, chronology and historical summaries, photos of artifacts, online teacher workshops, and numerous others resources of interest to teachers, students, and researchers.
Association of Holocaust Organizations Website
Located at: http://www.ahoinfo.org/site/pp.asp?c=8dJBKPNxFpG&b=310274
Established in 1985, The Association of Holocaust Organizations serves as a network of organizations and individuals for the advancement of Holocaust programming, awareness, education and research. The Members directory is available online and lists organizations and resources by state. It is also published annually and distributed, free of charge, to all organizations and individuals who can make use of the information which it contains.
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Poland Website
Located at: http://www.auschwitz.org.pl/html/eng/start/
The word Auschwitz has become a symbol of terror, genocide, and the Holocaust. It was established by the Nazis in 1940, in the suburbs of Oswiecim, a Polish city that was annexed to the Third Reich by the Nazis. The museum’s website provides historical articles, photos, and documents that would be of interest to educators and students of the Holocaust.
Florida Holocaust Museum Website
Located at: http://www.flholocaustmuseum.org
The Florida Holocaust Museum hosts both in-house and traveling exhibits. Recent exhibits have included Anne Frank in the World, A Day in the Warsaw Ghetto, and Denmark's Response to the Holocaust. The Museum produces study guides and offers teacher-training programs. Holocaust survivors are available to speak in classrooms and use of the on-site research facilities is encouraged. The Museum also hosts programs featuring outstanding authors and scholars of the Holocaust. Another on-going project is the video interviewing of Holocaust survivors, liberators, and rescuers. These tapes are archived at the Museum and at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
Holocaust Museum Houston Website
Located at: http://www.hmh.org/
The Holocaust Museum Houston focuses on the stories of Holocaust survivors living in the Houston metropolitan area. It hosts the permanent exhibit, “Bearing Witness: A Community Remembers” and the main exhibit ends with the moving short films, “Voices” and “Voices II,” which alternate daily in the 100-seat theater. Other displays of interest at the museum include a 1942 World War II Holocaust Railcar and a Danish Rescue Boat. The education center contains two classroom areas and The Boniuk Library and Resource Center. Holocaust Museum Houston is a member of the Houston Museum District.
Simon Wiesenthal Center Website
Located at: http://www.wiesenthal.com
As an international Jewish human rights organization, The Simon Wiesenthal Center focuses on education and activism by confronting anti-Semitism, hate and terrorism, promoting human rights and dignity, and teaching the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations. The center features a collection of over 100 short biographies and photos called "Children of the Holocaust," as well as, 50 topical bibliographies related to the Holocaust, assorted fact sheets, and current news items that may be of interest to those teaching or learning about the Holocaust.
The Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo Website
Located at: http://www.holocaustcenterbuff.com/
The Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo is a major resource of Holocaust materials with over 500 books and over 100 oral testimonies related to the Holocaust. The center is committed to heightening public awareness, knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust. This is achieved through documentation and personal testimony of local holocaust survivors, through the education of future generations with in-school visits and presentations, and through a wide-range of in-service workshops, along with the distribution and loan of educational materials for teachers.
The Anne Frank Center Website
Located at: http://www.annefrank.com/
Founded in 1977, this non-profit organization is dedicated to promoting the lessons learned from the diaries and spirit of Anne Frank. The Anne Frank Center delivers a universal message of tolerance by developing and disseminating a variety of educational programs, including exhibitions, workshops, and special events. Since its initial publication in 1947, Anne Frank's diary has become one of the most powerful memoirs of the and often the introduction to the history of Holocaust.
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