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Nao­mi Kramer

Nao­mi Kramer is a retired read­ing con­sul­tant teacher who devel­oped cur­ricu­lum for using lit­er­a­ture to edu­cate chil­dren and adults in the his­to­ry of the Holo­caust. She is a docent and edu­ca­tor at the Holo­caust Memo­r­i­al and Tol­er­ance Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter of Nas­sau County.
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Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler: A True Love Sto­ry Rediscovered
Trudy Kanter
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Chil­dren’s
Mau­rice Sendak
Charlotte Guillain
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The Nazi Séance: The Strange Sto­ry of The Jew­ish Psy­chic in Hitler’s Circle
Arthur J. Magida
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The Emper­or of Lies
Steve Sem-Sandberg; Sarah Death, trans.
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A Mind of Winter
Shira Nayman
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The Boy Who Dared
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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East of Time
Jacob G. Rosenberg
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Chil­dren’s
Rutka’s Note­book: A Voice from the Holocaust
Rutka Laskier
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Fic­tion
Sobi­bor
Michael Lev; Barnett Zumoff, trans.
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Ellie’s Shab­bat Surprise
Beverly Mach Geller; S. Kim Glassman, illus.
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The Sto­ry of Hanukkah
David A. Adler; Jill Weber, illus.
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Chanukah Lights
Michael J. Rosen; Robert Sabuda, illus.
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Nancy K. Miller
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Diane Ack­er­man
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The Diary of Petr Ginz 1941 – 1943
Chava Pressburger, ed; Elena Lappin, trans.; Jonathan Safran Foer, intro.

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