Quick Introduction: Erika was just a baby when her family was being transported to a death camp. Her mother then made the brave decision to throw her wrapped baby from the train in the

hopes that someone would save her life.

Author:Ruth Vander ZeePublished: 2003Pages: 24Grade Level:1-3/3-6Type:Biography

Quick Introduction: This story is set in a small French town that is being occupied by the Nazis. Monique, a young French girl, becomes friends with a Jewish girl, Sevrine, who has been hiding in the basement with help from Monique’s mother until

someone discovers their secret.

Author:Patricia PolaccoPublished:

2000Pages: 48Grade Level:1-5Type:Non-Fiction

Quick Introduction: “Benno was the neighborhood’s favorite

cat.During the week, he napped in a sunny corner of Mitzi Stein’s

dress shop, and begged scraps from Moshe the butcher. But one

night the Nazis came to Berlin. Windows were shattered, books were

burned, and Benno’s Jewish friends disappeared. Life would never

be the same.” –Barnes and Noble.com

Author:Meg WiviottPublished:

2010Pages: 48Grade Level:2-5Type:Fiction

Quick Information: This is another presentation of Anne Frank’s life, her diary, and the impact she has

had on history and literature. This book is provided for a younger audience.

Author:Gene BrownPublished: 1991Pages: 64Grade Level:3-5Type:Biography

Author:Jacqueline VanMaarsenPublished: 2005Pages: 163Grade Level:3-5 (also for 5-9)Type:Non-Fiction

Quick Information: Written by Jacqueline Van Maarsen, this book is the real life story of Jacqueline’s childhood with her

friend, Anne Frank. She shares her memories leading up to the time when Anne is taken away from her secret annex along with

several personal black and white photos.

Author:Eve BuntingPublished: 1989Pages: 32Grade Level:3-6Type:Holocaust fiction

Quick Introduction: Presented as an allegory, the Holocaust is easily introduced to younger students with

the example of animals being taken away from the forest, one by one, by the “terrible things.”

Author:

Laura E.

Williams

Published: 1996Pages: 169Grade Level:4-8Type:Holocaust literature

Quick Introduction: Korinna Rehme, a 13 year old member of Jungmadel, a Nazi youth group, is shocked to find that her parents have

been helping Jews escape just behind her bedroom wall. She is then left with the decision to turn her parents into the Gestapo or support

them in their courageous endeavor to save several Jewish lives.

Author:Laurie FriedmanPublished: 2008Pages: 32Grade Level:4-8Type:Holocaust fiction/ non-fiction

Quick Introduction: Herman, a young worker at a concentration camp, is growing weary and tired with endless

hours of work and nothing to eat but soup and bread. His world then changes when an “angel girl” shows up across

from the barbed wire fence.

Author:D. Dina FriedmanPublished: 2006Pages: 195Grade Level:6-8Type:Holocaust fiction

Quick Introduction: This story follows a young 13 year old girl from Belorussia named Halina Rudowski who fled from

her village to Poland, to later than be captured and sent to a ghetto. She then experiences things she never thought she

would.

Author:Hana VolavkovaPublished: 1993Pages: 106Grade Level:6-8Type:Non-Fiction

Quick Introduction: “15,000 children under the age of 15 passed through the Terezin Concentration Camp. Fewer than

100 survived.” A collection of poems and pictures have been put together from several of those children who suffered through

the Holocaust.– Barnes and Noble.com

Author:John BoynePublished: 2006Pages: 224Grade Level:7-12Type:Holocaust fiction

Quick Introduction: Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer and Schmuel, a young Jewish boy meet one another across a barbed

wire fence. In the worst circumstances, an unlikely friendship brings them together. Watch the movie; its incredible!

Herman, M. (Director). (2008). The Boy in the

Striped Pajamas. United Kingdom: BBC Films.

Author:Livia Bitton-JacksonPublished: 1997Pages: 234Grade Level:7-12Type:Non-fiction/ Narrative

Quick Introduction: This is the true story of a 13 year old girl from Hungary who was taken with her family to Auschwitz, a

Nazi death camp. From her life in Hungary to the ride to Auschwitz, this story is one of great sorrow but there is so much

heart and strength, it is truly hard to put down.

Author:Rutka Laskier(1929-1943)Published: 2008Pages: 89Grade Level:7-12Type:

Holocaust Diary

Quick Introduction- “Rutka Laskier, a 14 year old Jewish girl in the town of Bedzin in Poland, died in Auschwitz in 1943.” Her diary represents the emotions of every young teenage girl with

the challenges of being a Jewish girl during World War II– Barnes and Noble.com

Author:Brendan JanuaryPublished: 2007Pages: 144Grade Level:9-12Type:History/ Non-Fiction

Quick Introduction: Many should know that genocide is worldwide, that the Holocaust is not the only tragedy to have occurred in human history. This

book covers the genocide of the “Armenians of the Ottoman Empire, European Jews, Cambodians, Tutsis of Rwanda, Muslims of Bosnia, and the

tribes of Darfur.”—Barnes and Noble.com

Author:Edith Hahn BeerPublished: 2000Pages: 336Grade Level:9-12Type:Holocaust non-fiction

Quick Introduction: This is the inspiring story of a Jewish woman who in spite of her heritage married a Nazi officer

that vowed to keep her secret safe despite being a member of the Nazi party. Very different from other experiences, she presents how she hid her identity from the rest of the world.

Author:Elie WieselPublished: 1960Pages: 109Grade Level:9-12Type:Holocaust Autobiography

Quick Introduction: Elie Wiesel write his experiences of survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. He “describes his

experiences in Nazi concentration camps, watching family and friends die, and how they led them to believe that God is dead.” Night is definitely a timeless classic.—Barnes and Noble.com