"we shall overcome" ya and mg books about resisting oppression during the holocaust
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“We Shall Overcome”
YA and MG books about resisting oppression during The Holocaust
“We Shall Overcome”
We shall overcome, we shall overcome,We shall overcome someday;
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe, We shall overcome someday.
Full lyrics
Between Shades of Gray
15-year old Lina is taken from her home and
transported north to Siberia, where she is
forced to work in Stalin’s work camp.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Berlin, 1942Bruno’s father has just gotten
a promotion. The family moves far away, where there is no one to play with. Bruno makes a new friend, on the other side of a long fence.
Number the StarsCopenhagen, 1943
Ten-year old Annemarie’s family takes in Annemarie’s best friend Ellen. Pretending Ellen is one of their family,
they are protecting Ellen from the Jewish relocation in
Denmark in 1943.
The Book ThiefGermany, WWII
Liesel is a foster girl and thief living near Munich. When she learns to read, she finds she
really likes stealing books. She shares the stolen books with a
Jewish man hidden in her basement.
The Diary of a Young Girl
Actual diary of a Jewish girl whose family hid for two years
behind a secret wall in an Amsterdam office building.
Code Name VerityWritten confession of a female
British pilot shot down and captured by Nazis in WWII.
MausGraphic novel about the
author’s father’s experience living in Poland during WWII.
Depicts Nazis as cats and Jews as mice.
Salt to the SeaBased on the true story of
largest maritime disaster in history, the tragedy of the
Wilhelm Gustloff.
Courage Has No ColorWWII, United States
True story of America’s first black paratroopers
and the racial discrimination they
faced. Narrative nonfiction.
Hitler’s CanaryDenmark, 1940
Story of a 12-year old boy whose family helps smuggle
Jews across the water to safety in neutral Sweden.
Many of the characters are based on the author’s family members; the main character Bamse is based on her father.