1930 – 1945
During World War II, many brave individuals and groups across Europe resisted Nazi occupation and oppression. Resistance took many forms, including sabotage, espionage, underground newspapers, and armed uprisings. Notable efforts included the French Resistance and efforts by and for Jewish people to evade Nazi capture. These resistance movements played a crucial role in undermining Nazi control and aiding the Allied war effort, often at great personal risk.
Picture books
Chapter books
Making Bombs for Hitler
Story of a Ukrainian girl sabotaging Nazi bombs
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Shadow on the Mountain
Story of a Norwegian boy resisting Nazi rule
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Hunger Winter: A World War II Novel
Story of a boy helping his family survive the Dutch famine after his resistance fighter father and sister disappear
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Resistance
Story of a Jewish Polish girl who joins a resistance cell
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Non-fiction books
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler
True story of former Hitler Youth members who resisted the Nazi government within Germany
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Courage & Defiance: Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in WWII Denmark
Stories of Danish resistance fighters
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Vive la France: The French Resistance During World War II
Introduction to life in Nazi-occupied France and the French resistance movement
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Women Heroes of World War II: 32 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue
Stories of 32 resistance fighters during WWII
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Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust
Powerful stories of Jewish resistance in the Nazi era
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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
Award-winning true story of the boys who sparked the Danish resistance
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