Providing a look at the pain and horror of the Holocaust, an illustrated book presents the story of two Jewish children–a German girl and Czechoslovakian boy–who were victims of Nazi rule.
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Materials from Germany
The Foundling Fox
An orphan fox is fed and protected by a reluctant vixen, who finds in the end that she loves him as much as her own three kits.
The Star Of Kazan
After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany.
Christmas in the Trenches
A World War I veteran tells his grandson of his experiences in 1914, when British and German soldiers declared a truce from fighting to celebrate Christmas together.
Small Fur Is Getting Bigger
Small Fur has trouble standing up to his gruff uncle and relating to his friend Curly Fur, until an incident in the swamp convinces him of his self-reliance.
Tapestry Of Hope: Holocaust Writing For Young People
Offers poetry, drama, prose, and personal narratives addressing different aspects of the Holocaust, with topics ranging from the struggle to hide from the Nazis to life after the Holocaust. Also edited by Irene N. Watts.
After The Holocaust
Through the accounts of eight Holocaust survivors, the author of The Hidden Children examines the period of post-liberation in relation to DP camps and emigration, complete with archival photos, a further reading list, and historical sidebars.
Nightfather
A young girl and her two brothers try to come to terms with their father, who feels compelled to recount his concentration camp experiences over and over again.
Daniel Half Human: And The Good Nazi
Young Daniel Kraushaar and his friends dream of joining the Hitler Youth in 1930s Germany, but when Daniel learns his mother is Jewish his connections to the Nazis will have fateful consequences.
Pirate Curse
In a place similar to the 1706 Caribbean, two fourteen-year-old ‘polliwogs’–humans who can walk on water–rely on a mysterious figure known as the Ghost Trader and a band of pirates to help them escape from the evil that is chasing them.