Tiverton Middle School: The Holocaust

-- Complements the Holocaust curriculum. -- Well-researched books perfect for report writers and young researchers.

Commissioned by the Holocaust Museum, this book describes the horror of the Holocaust experience through the eyes of a young Jewish boy.

Anne Frank's diary is an enduring symbol of the tragedy of the Holocaust, and for millions of readers around the world it is also an introduction to a very real girl who becomes a close friend. In recent years exciting new material has come to light that fills in many of the gaps in the familiar version of Anne's diary.Using this wealth of new information, Mirjam Pressler, an expert on the life and writings of Anne Frank and editor of the definitive edition of the diary, depicts a much more complicated girl than readers have previously known--a questioning teenager, a comedian, a flirt, an ambitious writer, and a loving but sometimes rebellious daughter. On these pages the other residents of the secret annex have a fuller life as well, and careful vignettes provide insights that Anne's writings could not. Altogether, Anne Frank: A Hidden Life offers a clearheaded, insightful look at Anne Frank's world that will give readers a new understanding of the girl behind one of the best-loved books of all time.

nbsp;A 2014 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist They became America's first black paratroopers. Why was their story never told? Sibert Medalist Tanya Lee Stone reveals the history of the Triple Nickles during World War II. World War II is raging, and thousands of American soldiers are fighting overseas against the injustices brought on by Hitler. Back on the home front, the injustice of discrimination against African Americans plays out as much on Main Street as in the military. Enlisted black men are segregated from white soldiers and regularly relegated to service duties. At Fort Benning, Georgia, First Sergeant Walter Morris's men serve as guards at The Parachute School, while the white soldiers prepare to be paratroopers. Morris knows that for his men to be treated like soldiers, they have to train and act like them, but would the military elite and politicians recognize the potential of these men as well as their passion for serving their country? Tanya Lee Stone examines the role of African Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who fought in a little-known attack on the American West by the Japanese. The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, in the words of Morris, "proved that the color of a man had nothing to do with his ability." From Courage Has No Color What did it take to be a paratrooper in World War II? Specialized training, extreme physical fitness, courage, and -- until the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion (the Triple Nickles) was formed -- white skin. It is 1943. Americans are overseas fighting World War II to help keep the world safe from Adolf Hitler's tyranny, safe from injustice, safe from discrimination. Yet right here at home, people with white skin have rights that people with black skin do not. What is courage? What is strength? Perhaps it is being ready to fight for your nation even when your nation isn't ready to fight for you.

Tales of unbelievable bravery abound from the Holocaust. Government leaders and regular citizens throughout Europe resisted Nazi tyranny, often at personal cost, to help Jews and other victims. They sheltered and hid refugees and runaways; they refused to obey oppressive and deadly Nazi policies; they helped in any way they could. This book outlines the individuals and groups that took action when it would have been much easier and safer to do nothing. It also answers the question, Why didn't the victims fight back? The truth is...they did.