We Remember the Holocaust

David A. Adler, son of a Jewish woman who escaped to America (via many other nations) just as the war started, began this book as a way to make the Holocaust more real for his children.  The end product is a book full of information and pictures, a creation meant to be an introduction.

I enjoyed this book as the people Adler interviewed were children or teens at the time of the war.  The stories the tell, from their perspective as young people, will make that time a bit easier to understand for my students.  Within each of the nine chapters there are personal anecdotes, stories and pictures, giving this time period the humanity it deserves.  The stories are graphic, but not overly disturbing, making this book appropriate for intermediate students as well as older students.

Students will have a well-rounded introduction to the events leading up to and after the Holocaust after reading this book that will, hopefully, lead them to want to read and learn more.