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Circulating Materials
Subject: World War II, 1939-1945 - United States
The New Grolier encyclopedia of World War II - Call number 940.54/New v.1…
World War II: A Student Companion - Call number 940.53/One
The Making of the Atom Bomb - Call number 940.54/ She(YA)
Includes discussions on various topics connected to the production of the atom bomb, including the development of nuclear energy, work on atomic weapons at the Los Alamos and other sites, and the decision to use the first atomic bomb during WWII.
World War II: The War in Europe - Call number 940.53/ V129w(YA)
Discusses the notable events of WWII that took place in Europe, from the ominous chain of events leading up to Germany's invasion of Poland to the death of Hitler.
Subject: Hitler and Nazis
Hitler and the Nazis - Call number 940.5318/ Lac(YA)
Discusses Adolf Hitler, his rise to power, the Nazification of Germany, the fate of the Jews, and the Third Reich during World War II.
Subject: Minorities during the World War II
Japanese American Internment Camps - Call number 940.5317/Jap
The Tuskegee Airmen: Black Heroes of World War II - Call number 940.5403/Har
The Navajo Code Talkers - Call number 950.54/Pau
Subject: WWII Pearl Harbor
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor - Call number 940.5426/Ric(YA)
Discusses the people and events involved in Japan's decision to attack on Pearl Harbor, which forced the United States to enter World War II.
Subject: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) and Death Camps
The Death Camps - Holocaust Library series - Call number 940.5318/Lac(YA)
Describes the establishment of concentration camps throughout Nazi-occupied territory whose sole purpose was to exterminate Jews and other people considered undesirable by Hitler and his followers.
The Holocaust - Call number 940.5318/R434h(YA)
Discusses the events surrounding the imprisonment and execution of millions of Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, and the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine following the war.
The Holocaust - Guides to Historic Events of the 20th Century
Call number 940.5318/Fis
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Reference Sources
The Encyclopedia of the Holocaust (4 vols.)
Call number REF 940.5318/Enc v.1-2 or v.3-4
Understanding the Holocaust (2 vols.) - Call number REF 940.5318/Fel v.1 or v.2
The Holocaust - A Grolier Student Library series. (4 vols.)
Call number REF 940.5318/Hol v.1…
Contents:
v.1 Abwehr to extermination camps
v.2 Family camps to Lvov
v.3 Macedonia to Szenes
v.4 Tehran children to Zyklon B
SUMMARY - Articles identify and describe individuals and events connected with the persecution of Jews and others across Europe in the 1930s and 1940s.
People of the Holocaust (2 vols.) - Call number REF 940.5318/Sch v.1 or v.2
Voices of the Holocaust - Call number REF 940.5318/Voi v.1 or v.2
Presents six theme-based chapters of original documents such as speeches, letters, and book excerpts, from 1920 to approximately 1950, which examine the Holocaust/ CONTENTS:
v. 1. Anti-Semitism, escalation, Holocaust
v. 2. Resisters, liberation, understanding
World War II: Primary Sources - Call number REF 940.53/Wor
Presents fifteen excerpts from primary sources related to World War II, including speeches, diary entries, newspaper accounts, novels, poems, and memoirs.
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Electronic Sources
Grolier Online
- The Encyclopedia Americana
Click BROWSE, and then choose HISTORY. Under HISTORICAL EVENTS, select HOLOCAUST, and then read through PRE-WAR PERIOD, WAR PERIOD, JEWISH RESISTENCE, RESCUE ATTEMPTS, and AFTERMATH sections of the article. OR click BROWSE, and then choose HISTORY. Under HISTORICAL EVENTS, select WORLD WAR II, and read through many sections such as THE WAR IN BRIEF, EARLY CAMPAIGNS, GERMAN INVASION OF THE USSR, WAR IN ASIA, DEVELPMENTS IN AIR WARFARE, and CASUALTIES.
- The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Click BROWSE ARTICLES, and then select HISTORY: WORLD. Choose 20TH CENTURY and WORLD EVENTS. Under WORLD WAR II article there is a general overview section, as well as part I & part II sections which contain information like ALLIED or AXIS POLITICAL and MILITARY LEADERS, HOLOCAUST, including CONCENTRATION CAMPS and NAZIS, MANHATTAN and the A-BOMB PROJECT, MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, and TREATIES & ALLIANCES.
(NOTE: The BRAIN JAM feature, in its ARCHIVE, has a WORLD WAR II COMMEMORATION article, which provides the story of the war, biographies, films & photos, a trivia test, and links to the good websites from countries around the world dealing with World War II.
To acces these databases with a library card, click HERE.
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Selected Web Sites
The American Experience: America and the Holocaust
Learning about the Holocaust
Women and the Holocaust
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