Reading all about it
The Bureau of Jewish Education in Phoenix has these and many other books to help young people (ages 6-14) learn about the Holocaust.
- "The Lily Cupboard - A Story of the Holocaust," by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim. After German soldiers invade her town, a Dutch girl is sent away to live with a family who is not Jewish.
- "The Grey Striped Shirt - How Grandma and Grandpa Survived the Holocaust," by Jacqueline Jules. A girl named Frannie is visiting her grandparents' home when she finds a box containing a gray striped shirt, and begins asking questions about the past.
- "Remember Not to Forget - A Memory of the Holocaust," by Norman H. Finkelstein. A book that describes the history and origins of anti-Semitism and its culmination in Hitler's Germany.
- "Hannah Szenes - A Song of Light," by Maxine Schur. A biography of a Hungarian-born resistance fighter and her battles to save Jewish lives.
- "Terrible Things - An Allegory of the Holocaust," by Eve Bunting. A story using forest animal characters to convey lessons on conditions that brought about the Holocaust.
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