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Middle School Nonfiction: WWII in Germany

Nonfiction articles on the Holocaust, World War II Europe and World War II in the U.S.

WWII In Germany

Encyclopedia
Letters, Memoirs, and Journals

Behind Every Name, a Story (The United States Holocaust Museum) 

Interview

"A Veteran's Journey From Hitler Youth To U.S. Army." All Things Considered, 11 Nov. 2010. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A241921802/MSIC?u=pl2024&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=15a1edf3. Accessed 8 June 2022.

Magazine Article

Zebrowski, Marianne. "Knowledge Up in FLAMES." Faces: People, Places, and Cultures, vol. 16, no. 7, Mar. 2000, p. 26. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A62346995/MSIC?u=pl2024&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=aed1897c. Accessed 8 June 2022.

Quotes and Poems

MARTIN NIEMÖLLER: "FIRST THEY CAME FOR..."

Elie Wiesel, ‘Never Shall I Forget

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Video Documentary

German Soldier Remembers WW2 | Memoirs Of WWII #15 (Interview/Memoir)

The Secret Student Resistance to Hitler - Iseult Gillespie- TedEd (Narrative)

How one person saved over 2,000 children from the Nazis - Iseult Gillespie- TedEd (Narrative)

Inside Nazi Germany (United States Holocaust Museum) (Documentary)

The Book Thief

Wood, Benjamin. "Demark's efforts to rescue her Jewish citizens are a shining example of one nation's courage." World War II, vol. 17, no. 1, 05 2002, pp. 70. ProQuest; eLibrary, https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/222337425?accountid=313. (Informative/Reference)

Marquand, Robert. "A Protestant town's 'conspiracy of good' in Vichy France." The Christian Science Monitor, 05/14 2008, pp. 1. ProQuest; eLibrary, https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/405556632?accountid=313. (Magazine)

German American Bund (Informative/Reference)

Forbidden Books in Germany to Blaze (Newspaper/Primary Source)

Morrison, Nick. "'Why I loved the Fuhrer '." Northern Echo, 05/25 2005, pp. 10. ProQuest; eLibrary, https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/329095744?accountid=313. (News Article)

Neuhaus, Tom. "NO NAZI PARTY: YOUTH REBELS OF THE THIRD REICH." History Today, vol. 55, no. 11, 11 2005, pp. 52-57. ProQuest; eLibrary, https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/202817799?accountid=313. (Magazine Article)

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Salt to the Sea

 

"More Died On This WWII Ship Than On The Titanic And Lusitania Combined." Morning Edition, 17 Feb. 2016. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A444368091/MSIC?u=pl2024&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=4b4ad574. Accessed 18 Jan. 2024.. (Interview/Radio Broadcast)

Diaz, Shelley M. "Beauty amid the wreckage: Ruta Sepetys on unearthing an untold story of World War II in Salt to the Sea." School Library Journal, vol. 62, no. 3, Mar. 2016, p. 28. Gale In Context: Middle School,https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A444914863/MSIC?u=pl2024&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=e89fe592. Accessed 10 Jan. 2024.(Interview)

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Prisoner B-3087

GRAPHIC NONFICTION eBooks

Titles: Death Camp Uprising, Tunneling to Freedom, Behind Enemy Lines, Outrunning the Nazis

ARTICLES

"G2: Memories of the Holocaust: Harry Spiro: 'When someone fell, you felt lucky you were next to him. The dead always had something useful'." The Guardian, 27 Jan 2010, pp. 9. eLibrary, https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/244206199?accountid=313. (Memoir)

Eberhart, Christopher J. "Survivor: 'I fought the Angel of Death'." The Journal News, 10 Dec 2018. eLibrary, https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/2153550105?accountid=313. (Interview)

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Soldier X

Tucker, Neely. "The Nazi War Atlas of Operation Barbarossa." Library of Congress Blog, ProQuest; eLibrary, 12/19 2019, https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/2328306288?accountid=313. (Informative/Reference)

"WHAT IF…." History Revealed, Sept. 2023, p. 16. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A770407622/UHIC?u=pl2024&sid=bookmark-UHIC&xid=a7e6c5be. Accessed 21 Dec. 2023. (Informative/Magazine Article)

"FROM THE JAWS OF DEFEAT." BBC History Magazine, Feb. 2022, p. 41. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A734711982/UHIC?u=pl2024&sid=bookmark-UHIC&xid=a5958168. Accessed 21 Dec. 2023. (Informative/Magazine Article)

Operation Barbarossa: Hitler's Invasion of The Soviet and Battle of Moscow - Animation (Video/Interactive Map)

 

 

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