The author was only six years old when the Nazis invaded Poland. She and her mother go into hiding with the help of some Gentiles, but their hiding place happens to be next door to the Gestapo headquarters.
Rescuers Defying the Nazis actually includes three short texts: "In the Ghettos," "Rescuers," and "Hidden Children" replete with photo documentation.
Jacob Todd, a British soldier wounded in World War II, falls in love with Geertrui, a Dutch teenager who hides him from his pursuers in 1944.
As a measure of safety, 13-year-old Lisette Beaucaire is sent away from her home in Nazi-occupied Paris to live with an aunt in the country.
Alicia was only 13 years old when she began saving Jewish lives in war-ravaged Poland. In this nonfiction account of the Holocaust, Alicia recalls how she stood on her brother's grave and vowed she would tell his story.
Livia Bitton-Jackson a.ka. Elli Friedmann, was only 13 years old when the Nazis invaded Hungary.
Rachek always begs her Grandmother Oma to tell the story of Oma's two lives: the one before American and the one after. The first part recounts her marriage prior to World War I and then her family's move from Poland to Germany to seek safety.
As a youth, Kertesz spent one year in Auschwitz and so develops this novel about a 14-year-old Hungarian boy's ability to see beauty even in a horrific concentration camp.
Little did Gerda know that her father's insistence that she wear her hiking boots one hot, summer day would be her salvation from death.
This ALA Best Book for Young Adults is the true, heart-wrenching, and unforgettable story of the author's experiences at Auschwitz during the Holocaust.