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Mary's Minute
Holocaust
Remembrance
Learn about the past by reading the
following compelling stories:
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
A Newberry Medal Winner
"A story of Denmark and the Danish people, whose Resistance was so
effective in saving their Jews." - School Library Journal
The Book Thief by
Markus Zusak
A Michael L. Printz Honor Book
"The Book Thief deserves a place on the same shelf with
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Fank and Elie Wiesel's
Night. It seem poised to become a classic." - USA TODAY
The Boy in the Striped
Pajamas by John Boyne
"Highly discussable and recommended."
- Newsletter of the Association of Jewish Libraries
Milkweed
by Jerry Spinelli
"Part survival adventure, part Holocaust
history..."
-Booklist
Internet Resources
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
www.ushmm.org
Genocide Watch
www.genocidewatch.org
University of Minnesota Center for
Holocaust & Genocide Studies Educational Resources
www.chgs.umn.edu/educational
Information provided by Random
House Children's Books
www.randomhouse.com/teachers
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