holocaust survivors

Rita Lurie was five years old when she was forced to hide from the Nazis in a cramped, dark attic with fourteen members of her family. She watched her younger brother and her mother die before her eyes, but she survived. Decades later Rita's daughter, Leslie, began probing the traumatic events of her mother's childhood to discover how Rita's pain has affected not only Leslie's life and outlook but that of her own daughter, Mikaela, as well.

Chil Rajchman survived the Holocaust working as a "barber" and "dentist" and provides the only survivor's record of Treblinka. Originally written in Yiddish in 1945 only to bear witness, his story confirms that sometimes the bravest and most painful act of all is to remember.

Presents the experiences of people who survived the Holocaust, telling how their lives have changed as a result.

More than 100 Auschwitz survivors and Nazi personnel contributed to this book and the inner workings of the camp are presented in unprecedented detail.

Contains profiles of 166 people who fought against German aggression and struggled to save Jews during World War II; each article includes a description of the subject's life and accomplishments, quotations, definitions, and a time line.

Contains the journal of Ruth Altbeker Cyprys detailing her experiences in Poland during World War II from her life in the Warsaw ghetto to her escape off of a death train with her daughter to their struggle to hide from the Germans in occupied Poland.

Thirty individuals saved by Oskar Schindler tell of their personal experiences during World War II and what their lives are like today as survivors of the Holocaust.

Bronia helped her family survive during the occupation of Poland by smuggling goods to trade for food. Then Bronia and her sisters were deported to Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp and with courage and the help of strangers Bronia became one of the youngest survivors.

Relates how the author was torn from her happy home and sent to Birkenau by the Nazis, describing how she worked long hours and fought for survival before being set free at the end of the war and beginning a new life in America.