4. Author:
Ruth Vander Zee
Published: 2003
Pages: 24
Grade Level:
1-3/3-6
Type:
Biography
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.

5. Author:
Patricia Polacco
Published:
2000
Pages: 48
Grade Level:
1-5
Type:
Non-Fiction
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.

6. Author:
Meg Wiviott
Published:
2010
Pages: 48
Grade Level:
2-5
Type:
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

7. Author:
Gene Brown
Published:
1991
Pages: 64
Grade Level:
3-5
Type:
Biography
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.

8. Author:
Jacqueline Van
Maarsen
Published: 2005
Pages: 163
Grade 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.

9. Author:
Eve Bunting
Published:
1989
Pages: 32
Grade Level:
3-6
Type:
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.”

11. Author:
Laura E.
Williams
Published:
1996
Pages: 169
Grade Level:
4-8
Type:
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.

12. Author:
Laurie
Friedman
Published:
2008
Pages: 32
Grade
Level:
4-8
Type:
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.

13. Author:
D. Dina
Friedman
Published:
2006
Pages: 195
Grade Level:
6-8
Type:
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.

14. Author:
Hana
Volavkova
Published:
1993
Pages: 106
Grade
Level:
6-8
Type:
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

15. Author:
John Boyne
Published:
2006
Pages: 224
Grade
Level:
7-12
Type:
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!

16. Herman, M. (Director). (2008). The Boy in the
Striped Pajamas. United Kingdom: BBC Films.

18. Author:
Livia Bitton-
Jackson
Published:
1997
Pages: 234
Grade Level:
7-12
Type:
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.

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

20. Author:
Brendan January
Published:
2007
Pages: 144
Grade Level:
9-12
Type:
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

21. Author:
Edith Hahn
Beer
Published:
2000
Pages: 336
Grade Level:
9-12
Type:
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.

22. Author:
Elie Wiesel
Published:
1960
Pages: 109
Grade Level:
9-12
Type:
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