The+Holocaust+(Lora+Sorenson)+Non-Fiction+Books+and+Websites

A very popular course at the high school, as well is a popular topic in history, is the Holocaust. I have compiled these resources to accompany this topic. I will share this list with our Social Studies department as well as use it to recommend books to students interested in this topic or taking, or planning to take, the Holocaust course to build and extend their knowledge on the topic. When selecting books I looked for stories from differing view point to appeal to the array of students who may be using these resources. I have selected books to include stories from perspective of teenage girls and boys, those living in the concentration camps, those living outside and helping the Jewish, those working as Nazi, those who didn’t make it out of the camps and those who did. .
 * The Holocaust (Lora Sorenson) **

Boas, J. (1995). //We are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust//. New York, NY: Henry Holt. This is a compilation of five journal discovered after the Holocaust. The journals are written by Jewish teenagers, one of which was Anne Frank. From the perspective of these five individuals we see what their lives were like living during the Holocaust. Lexile: 970L
 * Books **

Boom, C. T., Sherrill, J. L., & Sherrill, E. (1971). //The Hiding Place//. Washington Depot, CT: Chosen Books. Corrie ten Boom and her family become leaders in the Dutch Underground. She shares the story of how her family hid Jewish people in their home and aided them in their escape from the Nazi’s. Lexile: 900L

Buergenthal, T. (2009). //A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy//. New York, NY: Little, Brown. Thomas Buergenthal tells of his life after being sent to Auschwitz at the age of 10. He is separated first from his mother and then his father. Through wit and luck Thomas survives. About two years after liberation he is amazingly reunited with this mother. He arrives in the US in 1951 and eventually becomes a judge. Lexile: Unknown

Golde, H. (2002). //Ragdolls//. Appleton, WI: Golde Pub. This is the story of an eleven year old boy and his survival through the holocaust. Lexile: Unknown

Jackson, L. B. (1997). //I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust//. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. This is the harrowing account of Livia Bitton-Jackson, a 13 year old Jewish girl living in Hungary when the Nazi’s invade. She survived Auschwitz and Dachau and makes it back home with her mother and brother. Lexile: 720L

Keneally, T. (1982). //Schindler's List//. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster. Recreates the story of Oskar Schindler and how he outwitted the SS and risked his life to help save Jews in Poland. Lexile: 1150L

Lagnado, L., & Dekel, S. C. (1991). //Children of the Flames: Dr. Josef Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz//. New York, NY: Morrow. Providing an alternating view between narratives from some of the 160 surviving twins out of 3000 that were being experimented on by Dr. Mengele, “The Angel of Death,” and the chronology of his life. Lexile: Unknown

Leyson, L., Harran, M. J., & Leyson, E. B. (2013). //The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible... on Schindler's List//. New York: Antheneum Books for Young Readers. A memoir of Leon Leyson the youngest person to have survived the Holocaust with the help of Oskar Schindler. We follow him into the ghetto and then to the work facilities of Schindler, to liberation and to the United States with his parents where he eventually becomes a teacher. It is not until his later years that he shares his experiences. Lexile: 1000L

Rosenblat, H. (2008). //Angel at the Fence//. New York, NY: Berkley Books. Herman Rosenblat was separated from his family and forced into the Schlieben Labor Camp in Germany. He survives with the help of young Jewish girl, living as a Christian outside the camp, brings him food and hope. Years later, while living in New York they miraculously meet again through a blind date. Lexile: Unknown

Sender, R. M. (1986). //The Cage//. New York, NY: Macmillan. Riva and her brother live in the Lodz ghetto before being separated from her family when deported to Auschwitz and then onto the work camps at Mittelsteine and Grafenort. Riva is determined to survive for her Mama and her brothers and the millions of other victims. Lexile: 500L


 * Websites **

[] This site is the “Holocaust Teacher Resources Center”. I t contains information on what the Holocaust is, resources, why the Holocaust should be taught, teacher plans, and additional links.

[] This is the “Holocaust Lit for Young Adults” site. It includes information on the history of the Holocaust, recommended books in non-fiction, teen memoirs and fiction. It is also has a category specifically for Anne Frank.

[] Provides brief overviews and links for: facts, pictures, glossary, a timeline, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Why We Should Remember, The Camps, Ghetto’s, Victims, Persecution, Resistance, Nazi’s, and Museums & Memorials.

[] This is the site for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. It include information on the museum and well as resources for academics and research, educators, and professionals and student leaders.

[] Provides stories of Holocaust survivors as well as photos and an audio gallery.

[] This is the Jewish Virtual Library Holocaust Wing. It provides basic history of the Holocaust, Biographies, and links for Persecution including the camps, forced labor, medical experiments, and the Nuremberg Laws. It also has sections for World Reactions to the Holocaust, The Nazi’s and the Aftermath.

[] The site of The Holocaust History Project which provides a free archive of photo’s, documents, video’s, audio recording and essays about the Holocaust.

[] This is “A People’s History of the Holocaust & Genocide. It provides photos and art, stories, books and information/links on children survivors.

[] Provides information, photos and stories about people who went through the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Auchwitz-Birkenau is where the largest numbers of Jews were killed during the Holocaust.