Books like Warsaw requiem by Brock Thoene

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

In 1943 Copenhagen, ten‑year‑old Annemarie Johansen helps her Jewish friend Ellen Rosen escape Nazi persecution, learning courage and resilience while navigating war‑time hardships.

A 1930s wartime tale of a blind French girl and a German boy whose lives intersect in occupied France, weaving themes of survival, friendship, and the moral choices people make amid World War II.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

In 1941 Lithuania, fifteen‑year‑old Lina and her family are deported by the Soviets to a Siberian labor camp; through art and resilience they endure brutal conditions and strive to survive the long journey ahead.

A 10‑year‑old boy named Max and his little sister live through the Nazi invasion of 1944 from a child’s perspective, illustrating survival, resistance, and the Holocaust’s impact on young Jewish families.

A true diary of Władysław Szpilman, a Jewish Polish pianist who survived the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust.

When a ten‑year‑old Sarah is seized in the 1942 Vel' d'Hiv’ roundup, her friend Julia, a journalist two decades later, discovers that the past still haunts their families and forces her to confront her own identity in post‑war France.

During World War II in Warsaw, the Zabinskis run the city’s zoo while secretly aiding the resistance to rescue Jews from the ghetto.

When Nazi forces reach Ukraine, engineer Otto Pohl encounters a group of Jews, including the distraught Ephraim, herding into an abandoned factory. Yasia, a local farmer's daughter, offers shelter to two boys, weaving a story of survival, duty, and the human capacity for courage amid terror.

Two brothers flee occupied Paris to escape the Nazis, disguising themselves as Jews to reach the free zone during World War II. Their journey of ingenuity, danger, and secrecy becomes a true story of survival and resilience.

Aron, a boy from rural Poland, resettles in the Warsaw Ghetto and, with other children, risks life to smuggle food and supplies while being hunted by Nazi forces. He eventually joins Janusz Korczak’s orphanage, facing the horrors of Treblinka.

The net of Hitler's Third Reich begins to close around the Jews in prewar Europe, and millions are trapped in his sinister web. Kristal Nacht, the Night of Broken Glass, shatters the last illusions for thousands who hoped to escape the Nazi terror. As the synagogues of Berlin burn and Jewish homes are plundered, two families face the grim reality of life in the new Germany. Anna Lindheim's sister Helen and her pastor husband Karl Ibsen are arrested for helping the Jews. The Ibsen children, Lori and Jamie, must find a way to escape their Nazi pursuers and get past the iron gates that keep them imprisoned in the Reich. Young Peter Wallich, with his mother, sister and baby brother, faces the same dilemma. How can he, a Jew, get them out of Vienna to safety? How can they reach Danzig, the one place that offers hope, the promise of freedom? And then there is Lucy, in such desperate straits herself. How can she possibly help these children? - Back cover.

A Hungarian Jewish family of talented musicians flee Nazi persecution during World War II.

A tense, sympathetic tale of Danish Jews and resistance fighters during Nazi occupation, following Julie and Niels as they navigate fear, hope, and rescue amid the peril of 1943 Copenhagen.