jewish children in the holocaust

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
a
Alias: 
jewish children in the holocaust

Somewhere there is still a sun

Michael "Misha" Gruenbaum's carefree childhood in Prague comes crashing to an end when the Nazis invade. The Gruenbaums are sent to the Jewish Ghetto in Prague, then Misha, his mother, and his sister are sent to the Terezin concentration camp. In this memoir, Misha relates what life was like in Terezin, how he formed brotherly bonds with the other Jewish boys, and how he is finally freed with the help of a carefully sewn Teddy bear.

After the Holocaust the bells still ring

A portrait of a mother and child who miraculously survive two concentration camps, then, after the war, battle demons of the past including societal rejection, disbelief, and invalidation as they struggle to reenter the world of the living. It is the story of the child who decides, upon growing up, that the only career that makes sense for him in light of these years of horror is to become a rabbi.

Children of the Holocaust

2016
From 1938 to 1945, the Nazi regime hunted down, imprisoned, and killed millions of European Jews but was especially aggressive toward Jewish children.

Paper hearts

2015
"Amid the brutality of Auschwitz during the Holocaust, a forbidden gift helps two teenage girls find hope, friendship, and the will to live in this novel in verse that's based on a true story."--Publisher.

The book of Aron

2015
After the Nazis take his parents away, Aron is rescued by Janusz Korczak, the head of an orphanage, who tries to help Aron escape before he is sent to Treblinka.

Mister doctor

Janusz Korczak & the orphans of the Warsaw Ghetto
2015
A story about Doctor Janusz Korczak who showed respect and kindness to Jewish children who were orphans and forced to live in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Life in a jar

the Irena Sendler Project
2011
Tells story of Irena Sendler who organized the rescue of 2,500 Jewish children during World War II, and the teenagers who started the investigation into Irena's heroism.

Anne Frank

the biography
Presents a biography of Anne Frank utilizing sources beyond her famous diary--even five missing pages from it only discovered in the 1990s. Included are letters sent to American family members by Otto, Anne's father, as well as clues to the identity of those German citizens who betrayed the location of the Franks to the Nazis.

The magician of Auschwitz

2014
Tells the story of Werner Reich as a young boy when he met a magician while in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Ana Frank

2007
A graphic novel depiction of the life of Anne Frank, describing her years of hiding from the Nazis, her death in a concentration camp, and the survival of her diary.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - jewish children in the holocaust