Holocaust Education
Holocaust Bibliography
Categorized as middle school fiction, however many have been used in high school classrooms. An asterik has been placed before books for more mature audiences
Although these books are classified as fiction, many are based on fact.
Fiction:
Ackerman, Karen The Night Crossing
Baylis-White, Mary Sheltering Rebecca
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell The Boy Who Dared
Drucker, Malka Jacobs Rescue
Isaacs, Anne Torn Thread
Jules, Jacqueline The Grey Striped Shirt, How Grandma and Grandpa Survived the Holocaust
Livitin, Sonia Journey to America
Lowry, Lois Number the Stars
Kerr, Judith When Hitler Stole the Pink Rabbit
Matas, Carol After the War
Daniels Story
Greater Than Angels
In My Enemy's House
Lisa's War
Mazar, Norma Fox Good Night, Maman
McSwigan, Marie Snow Treasure
Morpurgo, Michael Waiting for Anya
Orgel, Doris Devil in Vienna
Orlev, Uri. The Island on Bird Street
The Man From the Other Side
Sachs, Marilyn A Pocket Full of Seeds
Schnur, Steven The Shadow Children
Spinelli, Jerry Milkweed
Van Steen Wyk, Elizabeth A Traitor Among Us
Vos, Ida Anna is Still Here
Hide and Seek
Williams, Laura E Behind the Bedroom Wall
Wolf, Joan. Someone Named Eva
Yolen, Jane Briar Rose
The Devil's Arithmetic
*Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief
Non-fiction-
Auerbacher, Inge I Am A Star - Child of the Holocaust
Ayer, Eleanor H. Parallel Journeys.
Bachrach, Susan D. Tell Them We Remember
*Beck, Gad. An Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin
Bishop, Clare Hutchet Twenty and Ten
Boas, Jacob We are Witnesses
Cretzmeyer, Stacy Your Name is Renee: Ruth's Story As a Hidden Child
The Hidden Child (Paperback)
Drucker, Olga Levy Kindertransport
Fox, Anne L. & Abraham-Podietz, Eva Ten Thousand Children
Frank, Anne. The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
Gies, Miep. Anne Frank Remembered: he Story of the Woman Who Helped Hide the Frank Family
Gold, Alison Leslie Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend
A Special Fate: Chiune Sugihara: A Hero of the Holocaust
Greenfield, Howard The Hidden Children
After the Holocaust
Hautzig, Esther The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia
Hurwitz, Johanna Anne Frank: Life in Hiding
Ippisch, Hanneke Sky: A True Story of Resistance During World War II
Jackson, Liva Bitton. I Have Live A Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust
My Bridges of Hope: Searching for Life and Love After Auschwitz
Levine, Karen. Hana's Suitcase: A True Story
Leapman, Michael Witnesses to War - Eight true-life stories of Nazi Persecution
*McClafferty, Carla Killough. In Defiance of Hitler: The Secret Mission of Varian Fry
Lobel, Anita No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War
*Nolan, Han. If I Should Die Before I Wake
Opdyke, Irene Gut. In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
Orlev, Uri. Run, Boy, Run: A Novel
Perl, Lily and Blumenthal-Lazar, Marion Four Perfect Pebbles
Pettit, Jayne A Place to Hide: True Stories of Holocaust Resistance
Prager, Arthur and Emily World War II Resistance Stories
Reiss, Johanna The Upstairs Room
Rosenberg, Maxine B. Hiding to Survive: Stories of Jewish Children Rescued From the Holocaust
Seraillier, Ian Escape from Warsaw
ten Boom, Corrie. The Hiding Place
Toll, Nelly. Behind the Secret Window: A Memoir of a Hidden Childhood During World War II
Verhoever, Rian Anne Frank Beyond the Diary
Volavkova, Hana I Never Saw Another Butterfly
Warren, Andrea Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps
Wasiljewa, Tatjana Hostage to War: A True Story
We are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust
Weissmann-Klein, Gerda All But My Life
*Wiesel, Elie. Night
*Zapruder, Alexandra. Salvaged Pages
Graphic Novel:
Speigelman, Art. Maus I and II: A Survivor's Tale
Videos
A Friendship in Vienna
Dear Kitty: The Life of Anne Frank
Miracle at Midnight
Miracle at Moreaux
The Eye of the Storm
The Journey of Butterfly
Teacher Resources
Books:
Bauer, Yehuda. A History of the Holocaust
Berenbaum, Michael The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as Told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Rossel, Seymour The Holocaust - The World and the Jews 1933-1945
Totten, Samuel Teaching Holocaust Literature
Totten, Samuel and Feinberg, Stephen Teaching and Studying the Holocaust
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Teaching About the Holocaust:A Resource Book for Educators
Weber, Louis (Publisher) The Holocaust Chronicle
Internet Sites
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum