Skip to content
Teaching the Holocaust and other Genocides

Literature and Art

Holocaust literature plays a vital role in preserving the memory of the Holocaust and educating future generations about its horrors. These stories often focus on the experiences of young people during this dark period, making the history more relatable and emotionally impactful for younger readers. Through fiction and memoir, Holocaust literature helps readers understand the human cost of hatred and the importance of empathy and resistance. 

Please refer to the “Social-Emotional Considerations to Support Students” page prior to using these resources.

Children's Voices
Overview of Art as Cultural Resistance
Overview of Children's Voices of the Holocaust
...I never saw
another butterfly
Miklos Radnoti
Primo Levi
Nelly Sachs
Tadeusz Borowski
Yala Korwin
Elie Wiesel's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
Anne Frank
Literature Guide
Maus
Literature Guide
Night
Literature Guide
Number the Stars
Literature Guide
Yellow Star
Literature Guide
The Berlin Boxing Club
Between Shades of Gray
The Book of Aron
Farewell to Manzanar
Girl in the Blue Coat
Linked
Martin & Anne
Maus
Memories of My Life in a Polish Village
Milkweed
Number the Stars
Prisoner B-3087
Projekt 1065
Refugee
Rescue
Resistance
Survivors of the Holocaust
The Book Thief
The Cage
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Wave
They Called Us Enemy
Three Sisters
Torn Thread
When the World was Ours
White Bird