Holocaust Literature Circle

Kit contains six copies of each book.
LOCATION: St. Gabriel

KACER, KATHY CLARA’S WAR

Clara's family has been living a very happy life when the Nazis invade. They are soon sent to Terezin, a walled town in Czechoslovakia. Despite the hardships, Clara finds wonderful new friends. An announcement that auditions are being held for a children's opera, "Brundibar," has the musical Clara eager for a part. However, when she learns that her special friend, Jacob, is involved in a dangerous escape plan, Clara has some new challenges to face.

RL 5.7 GRL W

LOWERY, LOIS NUMBER THE STARS

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It's now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are " relocated, " Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen's life

RL 5.1 GRL U

MATAS, CAROL DANIEL’S STORY

As Daniel and his family are transported by train from their comfortable home in Frankfurt, Germany to the filthy and overcrowded ghetto in Lodz, Poland, Daniel looks at old family photos and wonders what went wrong. It is 1941 and Daniel is a Jewish teenager. This account of the Holocaust, as seen through his eyes, takes the reader from pre-war harassment and hardship in Frankfurt to the abhorrent living conditions of the Lodz ghetto, to the atrocities of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, and finally to liberation at war's end.

RL 6.3 GRL Z

PROPP, VERA W.

WHEN THE SOLDIERS WERE GONE

Eight-year-old Henk is happy living on a farm in Holland with his mama and papa until his natural parents come to reclaim him after the war. It is then that Henk discovers that he is Jewish and his real parents made the difficult decision to hide him with a Christian family for the duration of the war.

RL 3.6

WISEMAN, EVA MY CANARY YELLOW STAR

Young Marta’s life in Budapest has been shattered by the war. First, her school closes. Jews are prohibited from attending classes. Then her father is arrested and sent to work digging ditches on the eastern front. The family’s apartment is confiscated, and Marta, her brother, and her mother must share cramped space with her aunt and cousin. Food, warm clothing, and any kind of personal freedom have all but vanished.Jewish life becomes more and more confined as the old people, women, and children are forced into the ghetto. From there, the next step is the waiting cattle cars and the concentration camps. But Marta’s family is lucky. They are numbered among those who could be saved by the efforts of Swedish diplomat, Raoul Wallenberg.