Boy who followed his father into Auschwitz : a true story retold for young readers by Dronfield, Jeremy 

BTSB Prebound(Quill Tree Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 290858 Available

Dewey: 940.53/CAges: 8-12   


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Subjects: Kleinmann, Fritz,|d1923- Kleinmann, Gustav,|d1891-1976 Auschwitz (Poland: Concentration camp) Father-son relationship Holocaust survivors - Biography Jews - Biography

Summary: Retells the Kleinmanns' true story through the heroic journeys of Fritz and Kurt, capturing their tale of survival fueled by bravery, love, loyalty, and hope.

I will protect you : a true story of twins who survived Auschwitz by Kor, Eva Mozes 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2022)

BTSB #: P09201 Available

Dewey: 940.53/CAges: 8-12   


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Subjects: Kor, Eva Mozes Zeiger, Miriam Mozes,|d1935-1993 Auschwitz (Poland: Concentration camp) Holocaust survivors - Biography Jews - Persecutions - Romania - Port Holocaust, 1939-1945 - Romania - Salaj - Personal narratives Human experimentation in medicine Port (Romania) - Biography

Summary: A memoir of a young girl's childhood in wartime Romania, unlikely survival as a "Mengele twin" subjected to cruel Nazi medical experiments in Auschwitz, and postwar journey to forgiveness.

Rebel in Auschwitz : the true story of the resistance hero who fought the Nazis from inside the camp by Fairweather, Jack 

Paperback(Scholastic Focus, 2023)

BTSB #: 321021 Temp OS

Dewey: 940.53/BAges: 14-18   


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Subjects: Pilecki, Witold,|d1901-1948 Poland.|bPolskie Sily Zbrojne.|bArmia Krajowa - Officers - Biography Auschwitz (Poland: Concentration camp) Concentration camps - Poland World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - Poland - Biography World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities

Summary: Witold Pilecki, a Polish underground operative, sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi officers, and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and mass murder. But as he pieced together the horrifying Nazi plans to exterminate Europe's Jews, Pilecki realized he would have to risk his men, his life, and his family to warn the West.

Rena's promise : a story of sisters in Auschwitz by Gelissen, Rena Kornreich 

Paperback(Beacon Press, 2015)

BTSB #: 373965 Available

Dewey: 940.53/CAges: 12-16   


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Subjects: Gelissen, Rena Kornreich,|d1920-2006 Auschwitz (Poland: Concentration camp) Holocaust, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives Sisters - Biography

Summary: In March 1942, Rena Kornreich and 997 other young women were rounded up and forced onto the first Jewish transport of women to Auschwitz. Soon after, Rena was reunited with her sister Danka at the camp, beginning a story of love and courage that would last three years and forty-one days.

Survivors club : the true story of a very young prisoner of Auschwitz by Bornstein, Michael 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2017)

BTSB #: P03712 Available

Dewey: 940.53/BAges: 10-14   


Genres:

Subjects: Bornstein, Michael,|d1940- Auschwitz (Poland: Concentration camp) Jews - Poland - Zarki - Biography Jewish children in the Holocaust - Poland - Zarki - Biography Holocaust, 1939-1945 - Poland - Zarki - Personal narratives Zarki (Poland) - Biography

Summary: The incredible true story of Michael Bornstein--who at age 4 was one of the youngest children to be liberated from Auschwitz--and of his family.