Holocaust Booklist

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The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. The murders were carried out in pogroms and mass shootings; by a policy of extermination through work in concentration camps; and in gas chambers and gas vans in German extermination camps, chiefly Auschwitz, Bełżec, Chełmno, Majdanek, Sobibór, and Treblinka in occupied Poland.

Book recommendations pertaining to the Holocaust.

See Also: World War II

Book Title	Author	PubDate	Reading Age	Time Period	Time Frame	Geographic Area	Country	Topic	Genre	Format
When the World Was Ours	Kessler, Liz	2021	UMG YA	Modern Age	1936-1945	Europe	Austria	WWII Holocaust	F	N
Hidden Hope	Boxer, Elisa	2023	LE MG	Modern Age	1938-1945	Europe	France	Holocaust Jewish Resistance	F	PB
Four Perfect Pebbles	Blumenthal Lazan, Marion	1996	UMG	Modern Age	1938-1948	Europe	Germany Holland	Holocaust	NF Bio	CB
My Name is Selma	van de Perre, Selma	2022	YA A	Modern Age	1938-1945	Europe	Netherlands	Holocaust Jewish Resistance	NF	M
Out of Hiding	Gruener, Ruth	2020	MG	Modern Age	1938-2019	Europe	Poland United States	Holocaust Immigration Jewish Refugees	NF	M
Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport	Stelson, Caren	2023	LE MG	Modern Age	1938-1945	Europe	Czechoslovakia	Holocaust Kindertransport	F	PB
The Blood Years	Arnold, Elana K.	2023	YA A	Modern Age	1938-1945	Europe	Romania	Holocaust	F	N
Names in a Jar	Gold, Jennifer	2021	YA A	Modern Age	1939-1987	Europe	Poland	Holocaust WWII	F	N
We'll Soon Be Home Again	Bab Bonde, Jessica	2020	UMG YA	Modern Age	1939-1945	Europe	Various	Holocaust	F Bio	GN
Beyond Courage	Rappaport, Doreen	2014	UMG YA	Modern Age	1939-1945	Europe	Germany	Holocaust	F	B
No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War	Lobel, Anita	2008	UMG YA	Modern Age	1939-1945	Europe	Poland	Holocaust	NF Bio	CB
The Girl Who Sang	Nadel, Estelle Savos, Sammy Strout, Bethany	2024	MG UMG	Modern Age	1939-1951	Europe	Poland	Holocaust Nazi Occupation	NF	GN
Upon the Head of the Goat	Siegal, Aranka	2003	UMG	Modern Age	1939-1944	Europe	Hungary	Holocaust Hungary	NF Bio	CB
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million	Mendelsohn, Daniel	2013	A	Modern Age	1939-1945	Eastern Europe	Ukraine	Holocaust	NF	N
Esfir is Alive	Simon, Andrea	2016	UMG YA	Modern Age	1940-1945	Europe	Poland	Holocaust	F Bio	N
Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust	Shusterman, Neal	2023	UMG YA	Modern Age	1940-1945	Europe	various	Holocaust Jewish Resistance	HF	GN
28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto	Safier, David	2020	YA A	Modern Age	1940-1945	Europe	Poland	Holocaust Auschwitz Jewish Resistance	F	N
Night	Wiesel, Elie	1958	YA A	Modern Age	1940-1945	Europe	Romania	Holocaust Auschwitz	NF Bio	N
The Librarian of Auschwitz	Iturbe, Antonio	2012	YA A	Modern Age	1940-1945	Europe	Poland	Holocaust Auschwitz Jewish Resistance	F Bio	N
Briar Rose	Yolen, Jane	2016	YA A	Modern Age	1942	Europe	Poland	Holocaust	F	N
Once	Gleitzman, Morris	2013	MG UMG	Modern Age	1942	Europe	Poland	Holocaust	F	N
The Devil's Arithmetic	Yolen, Jane	1988	UMG YA	Modern Age	1942	Europe	Poland	Holocaust	F HF	CB
Then	Gleitzman, Morris	2013	MG UMG	Modern Age	1942	Europe	Poland	Holocaust	F	N
Mapping the Bones	Yolen, Jane	2018	YA A	Modern Age	1942-1945	Europe	Poland	Holocaust	F Bio	N
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl	Frank, Anne	1947	UMG YA	Modern Age	1942-1945	Europe	Netherlands	Holocaust	NF Bio	CB
Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust	Dauvillier, Loïc	2014	MG UMG	Modern Age	1942	Europe	France	Holocaust	F	GN
Stone Angel	Yolen, Jane	2015	LE	Modern Age	1942-1945	Europe	France	Holocaust	F	PB
I Will Protect You: A True Story of Twins Who Survived Auschwitz	Kor, Eva Mozes	2022	MG	Modern Age	1943-2019	Europe	Romania	Holocaust Nazi Occupation Auschwitz	NF	CB
The Redhead of Auschwitz: A True Story	Birnbaum, Nechama	2020	YA A	Modern Age	1944	Europe	Romania Germany	Holocaust Auschwitz	F	N
They Went Left	Hesse, Monica	2020	YA A	Modern Age	1945	Europe	Poland Germany	Holocaust	F	N
The Search	Heuvel, Eric	2009	YA A	Modern Age	1945	Europe	Netherlands	Holocaust	F	GN
Dawn	Wiesel, Elie	1960	YA A	Modern Age	1946-1948	Europe	Palestine	Holocaust Post WWII	NF Bio	N
Day	Wiesel, Elie	1961	YA A	Modern Age	1950	North America	United States	Holocaust Post WWII	NF Bio	N
Margot	Cantor, Jillian	2019	YA A	Modern Age	1959	North America	United States	Jewish Life Holocaust Holocaust Survivors	F	N
Now	Gleitzman, Morris	2013	MG UMG	Modern Age	2013	Australia	Australia	Holocaust Post WWII	F	N

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List of abbreviations:

Reading Age	Genre	Format
LE = lower elementary MG = middle grade (8-12 yrs.) UMG = upper-middle grade (11-14 yrs.) YA = young adult (14+) A = adult (18+)	NF - non fiction F = fiction Bio = biography HF = historical fantasy AH = alternate history OV - own voices M = mythology S = spine book	PB = picture book GN = graphic novel ER = early reader CB = chapter book B = book (NF) N = novel M = memoir