Ackerman. Night Crossing. 1994.
In 1938, having begun to feel the persecution that all Jews are experiencing, Clara and her family escape over the mountains into Switzerland.

Adler. One Yellow Daffodil. 
1995. During Hanukkah two children help a Holocaust survivor to once again embrace his religious traditions. 

Bunting. Terrible Things: An
Allegory of the Holocaust. 1989. The animals of the forest are carried away, one type after another, not realizing that if they would all stick together such terrible things might not happen.

Drucker. Jacob's Rescue. 1993. 
A man recalls the terrifying years of his childhood when a brave Polish couple hid him and other Jewish children from the Nazis. Based on a true story.

Feder. The Feather-Bed 
Journey. 1995. As she tries to repair a torn feather pillow, Grandma tells about her childhood in Poland, about the Nazi persecution of Jews, and about the origin of this special pillow. (Nichols Library only)

Hoestland. Star of Fear, Star of 
Hope. 1995. Nine-year-old Helen is confused by the disappearance of her Jewish friend during the German occupation of Paris. (Nichols Library only) 

Innocenti. Rose Blanche. 1985. 
A German girl discovers a concentration camp near her home during World War II, aids the children there, and is later killed in cross fire. 

Jules. The Grey Striped Shirt: 
How Grandma and Grandpa Survived the Holocaust. 1993.
When Frannie finds a grey striped shirt in the closet, she asks questions which lead her grandparents to tell her about their experiences of the Holocaust.

Laird. Shadow of the Wall. 1990. 
Living with his mother and two sisters in the Warsaw Ghetto, Misha finds a purpose to his life when he joins a resistance organization. 

Lakin. Don't Forget. 1994. 
While buying the ingredients for her first cake, Sarah shares secrets with the friendly neighborhood shopkeepers, who have blue numbers on their arms. (Nichols Library only)

Levitin. Journey to America. 
1987. A Jewish family fleeing Nazi Germany in 1938 endures innumerable separations before they are once again united.

Lowry. Number the Stars. 1989.
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend.

Matas. Lisa's War. 1989.
During the Nazi occupation of Denmark, Lisa and other teenage Jews become involved in an underground resistance movement and eventually must flee for their lives. Sequel is Code Name Kris.

Mazer. Good Night, Maman. 
1999. After spending years fleeing from the Nazis in war-torn Europe, twelve-year-old Karin and her older brother find a new home in a refugee camp in New York. 

McSwigan. Snow Treasure. 
1958. Twelve-year-old Peter and his friends help his uncle with a plan to protect the bank's gold bullion from the invading Nazis.

Morpurgo. Waiting for Anya. 
1991. A gripping novel about the discovery of courage by a boy, a man, and a town, set in France in World War II. It reveals the frightening conflict that became a part of life during wartime.

Napoli. Stones in Water. 1997.
After being forced to work in Germany, Roberto escapes into the Ukrainian winter and tries to make his way back home to Venice. 

Nerlove. Flowers on the Wall. 
1996. A young Jewish girl living in Warsaw struggles to survive and maintains hope by painting colorful flowers on her dingy apartment walls. (Nichols Library only)

Oberman. By the Hanukkah 
Light. 1997. When the family gathers to celebrate Hanukkah, Grandfather tells his own story of the holiday from World War II. (Nichols Library only)

Oppenheim. The Lily Cupboard. 
1992. Miriam is forced to leave her parents and hide with strangers in the country during the German occupation of Holland.

Orlev. Island on Bird Street. 
1983. During World War II, a Jewish boy is left on his own for months in the Ghetto, where he must learn all the tricks of survival under constant life-threatening conditions.

Orley. Lady with the Hat. 1995.
In 1947, seventeen-year-old Yulek, joins a group of young Jews preparing to live on a kibbutz in Israel, unaware that his aunt living in London is looking for him. 

Orley. Man from the Other Side. 
1991. Living on the outskirts of the Ghetto during World War II, fourteen-year-old Marek and his grandparents shelter a Jewish man in the days before the Jewish uprising. 

Polacco. The Butterfly. 2000.
During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom.

Radin. Escape to the Forest: 
Based on a True Story. 2000. When Germany invades Poland, nine-year-old Sarah is forced into a ghetto. Her only hope is a fighter who rescues Jews from the Nazis. (Nichols Library only)

Roth-Hano. Touch Wood. 1988. 
In this autobiographical novel set in Nazi-occupied France, Renee and her family flee their home in Alsace until Renee and her sisters escape to the shelter of a convent.

Sachs. A Pocket Full of Seeds. 
1994. During World War II in occupied France, a young Jewish girl returns from an overnight visit with a friend to find her family has disappeared. (Nichols Library only)

Schnur. The Shadow Children. 
1994. While spending the summer on his grandfather's farm in France, eleven-year-old Etienne encounters the ghosts of Jewish children who suffered a dreadful fate under the Nazis.

Semel. Flying Lessons. 1995. 
Living in Israel where her father grows oranges, a motherless girl befriends a sensitive shoemaker from whom she hopes to learn how to fly. 

Schmidt. Mara's Stories: 
Glimmers in the Darkness. 2001.Each evening, in one of the barracks of a Nazi death camp, a woman shares stories that push back the darkness, cold, and fear, bringing hope to the women and children who listen. (Nichols Library only)

Treseder. Hear O' Israel: A Story 
of the Warsaw Ghetto. 1990.
A Jewish boy describes life in the ghetto and his family's ultimate transference to and decimation in the camp of Treblinka. (Nichols Library only) 

Vos. Anna is Still Here. 1993. 
Thirteen-year-old Anna, who was a "hidden child" in Nazi-occupied Holland during World War II, gradually learns to deal with the realities of being a survivor. 

Vos. Dancing on the Bridge of 
Avignon. 1995. Relates the experiences of a young Jewish girl and her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

Vos. Hide and Seek. 1991.
A young Jewish girl tells of her experiences during the Nazi occupation, her years in hiding, and the aftershock when the war finally ends.

Vos. The Key is Lost. 2000.
When the Germans occupy Holland in 1940 and begin to persecute the Jews there, twelve-year-old Eva and her family assume false names and move from one hiding place to another.

Waldman. Never-ending
Greenness. 1997. When his family comes to live in Israel after the end of World War II, a young boy begins planting and caring for trees, a practice that spreads across the whole country. (Nichols Library only)

Wild. Let the Celebrations 
Begin. 1991. A child living in a concentration camp makes toys with the women to give to the other children at the party they are going to have when the soldiers arrive to liberate the camp. (Nichols Library only)

Williams. Behind the Bedroom 
Wall. 1996. Thirteen-year-old Korinna must decide whether to report her parents to her Hitler youth group when she discovers that they are hiding Jews in a secret space behind her bedroom wall.

Yolen. The Devil's Arithmetic. 
1990. Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland.