Today is national holocaust memorial day so I have some books I want to share with you
First up are a few graphic novels I've recently got my hands on
Yossel by Joe Kubert
This Graphic Novel tells the story of the Warsaw Ghetto and is literally the most chilling holocaust book I have read to date.
A Family Secret and The Search by Eric Heuvel
These are very short but the history in them is spot on and therefore brilliant in my opinion. They tell you the background to the holocaust in a well informed way and look at two interlinked stories about the holocaust.
Maus by Art Spiegelman
This tells the story of the author's father who survived the holocaust where all the Jews are mice and the Nazis cats. It is a huge graphic novel and probably the best one I have read so far.
Next onto some YA books which I think are brilliant
Boy in the striped Pajamas by John Boyne
I'm assuming everyone has read this by now but if not do check it out
Annexed by Sharon Dogar
If you loved the diary of Anee Frank you will love this. It is fiction but follows her story closely and tells it from the point of view of Peter, the boy who hid with Anne's family in the Annex. It is really well done and does real justice to the story.
Rose under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
This book is the story of a American pilot who ends up in a Nazi camp. I'm including it simply because it wasn't just Jewish people who suffered under Nazi rule and it is an amazing read.
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
I'm going to finish with this book because it is an example of another lesser know genocide and I think it is important to recognise that atrocities like the holocaust are not unique. It tells the story of the murder of thousands of Lithuanians under stalinist rule and is stunning.
