Holocaust Bibliography

~Manny Young

Altman, Linda Jacobs. Adolf Hitler: evil mastermind of the Holocaust. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 2005. Print. (ISBN-10: 0766025330)

Ayer, Eleanor H., Helen Waterford, and Alfons Heck. Parallel journeys . New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 2000. Print. (ISBN-10: 0689832362)

            From Publishers Weekly: Ayer juxtaposes the stories of two WWII youths, one a German             Jew and the other a Hitler Youth, excerpted from their published memoirs. 

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth:  growing up in Hitler's shadow. New York: Scholastic Nonfiction, 2005. Print. (ISBN-10: 0439353793)

            From Booklist: Gr. 7-10. What was it like to be a teenager in Germany under Hitler?         Bartoletti draws on oral histories, diaries, letters, and her own extensive interviews with            Holocaust survivors, Hitler Youth, resisters, and bystanders to tell the history from the viewpoints of people who were there. Hazel Rochman. 

Boas, Jacob. We are witnesses:  five diaries of teenagers who died in the Holocaust. New York: Square Fish/Henry Holt and Co., 2009. Print. (ISBN-10: 9780312535674 )

            From Publishers Weekly: Born in 1943 in the Westerbork concentration camp in Holland,             Boas here brilliantly unfolds the history of the Holocaust through poignant excerpts from      five teenagers' wartime diaries, enhanced with skillful commentary. 

Faber, David, Anna Vaisman, and James D. Kitchen. Because of Romek:  a Holocaust survivor's memoir. 2nd ed. La Mesa, CA: Faber Press, 2005. Print. (ISBN-10: 9780976876304)

            This is the riveting, true story of a young boy's survival in the face of Nazi atrocities.       

 

Fishkin, Rebecca Love. Heroes of the Holocaust  . Mankato, Minn.: Compass Point Books, 2011. Print. (ISBN-10: 0756544432)

            Heroes of the Holocaust tells the stories of those who defied and resisted the Nazis. Some            helped one person or a family, some saved dozens, and others organized efforts that    helped thousands. Their combined courage helped stop Hitler from wiping out the entire           European Jewish population.

Hillman, Laura. I will plant you a lilac tree:  A memoir of a Schindler's list survivor. New York: Simon Pulse, 2008. Print. (ISBN-10: 9781416953661)

            From Booklist: Hannelore, 16, bravely volunteers to be deported with her mother and two            younger brothers to Poland. Of course, they are soon separated, and during the next three   years Hannelore is moved through eight concentration camps. Hazel Rochman. 

Lee, Carol Ann. Anne Frank and the children of the Holocaust. NEW YORK: PUFFIN BOOKS, 20082006. Print. (ISBN-10: 9780142410691)

McClafferty, Carla Killough. In defiance of Hitler: the secret mission of Varian Fry. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008. Print. (ISBN-10: 0374382042)

            From Booklist: Rescue stories bring hope to the Holocaust darkness, and this stirring         account of a young New York City journalist who secretly helped more than 2,000       refugees escape Nazi-occupied France blends exciting adventure with the grim history.       Grades 7-12. --Hazel Rochman. 

Opdyke, Irene Gut, and Jennifer Armstrong. In my hands:  memories of a Holocaust rescuer. New York: Laurel-Leaf Books, 20041999. Print. (ISBN-10: 9780553494112)

Schloss, Eva, Barbara Powers, and Sophie Yaron. The promise:  the true story of a family in the holocaust. London: Penguin , 2006. Print. (ISBN-10: 9780141320816)