April 1945 is a month that has gone down in history. Adolf Hitler died and World War II ended in Europe. It was also when the world began to learn what happened in Nazi occupied Europe while Hitler was in power. Among many of the terrible things that the Nazi government tried to do was to kill every Jewish person (man, woman, and child) living in Europe. When all the numbers were counted, over six million Jews had been killed in addition to millions of other people. Rena Ferber was a child when the Nazis invaded her native Poland, and a young teen at the height of Hitler's power. Her large Jewish family wasn't able to escape. By the end of the war Rena and her mother were two of the few members of her family to survive. But how were she and her mother able to survive when millions of others died? That's where Oskar Schindler becomes important in Rena's life. This is a true story. While this book is aimed at 5th-8th graders it may be too intense for some readers. That doesn't mean it's not a good book. It's an excellent book and I highly recommended it to older students. I just want readers to understand that these are not horror movie monsters. These are human monsters who did terrible things to real people. To learn more about World War II and what happened to the Jewish population in Europe please visit (with guidance from an adult) https://www.ushmm.org/
In addition to the above:
- There are plenty of books in SORA (ebooks) through the school and public libraries.
- BrainPOP has many student appropiate videos on World War II, it's causes, and aftermath.
- Visit https://www.nps.gov/wwii/index.htm to learn about the World War II Memorial in Washington DC.
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