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Middle School Nonfiction: WWII Soviet Union/Eastern Europe

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

Between Shades of Gray

REFERENCE/INFORMATIVE

The Gulag (Chicago Public Library)

Letters, Memoirs, and Journals

Letters from the Gulag*

Letter to the Editor- Foti, Silvia. "No More Lies. My Grandfather Was a Nazi." The New York Times, 28 Jan 2021. eLibrary, https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/2483418209?accountid=313.

Letter to the Editor follow-up"A Dark Past: The Killing of Lithuania's Jews." New York Times, 29 Jan 2021. eLibrary, https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/2482462961?accountid=313. (As stated in the title, this letter is a response to the article above.)

Interview

Archaeologists Discover Tunnel Dug By Jews To Escape Nazis In Lithuania. NPR 2016. eLibrary, https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/1800565262?accountid=313.

Interview with Ruta Sepetys https://rutasepetys.com/about/

News Articles

Gulag Survivor George Z. Bien Dies at 76 (Obituary)

Rickus, Audrius. Baseless claims of ‘denazification’ have underscored Russian aggression since World War II. eLibrary, 09 Mar 2022, https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/2637478624?accountid=313.

"Two German soldiers come to grips with their past." Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2005, p. 10. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A132215914/MSIC?u=pl2024&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=eb503a9d. Accessed 4 Jan. 2023.

Video

Author Ruta Sepetys talks about the true history behind Between Shades of Gray (Lecture/Interview)

Ruta Sepetys discusses her new novel, SALT TO THE SEA (Lecture/Interview)

Joseph Stalin (The History Channel) (Video Documentary)

The Truth about Stalin's Prison Camps (Primary Source Interview) (Link to article here.)

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