'The Drowned and the Saved' is an attempt by Holocaust writer Primo Levi to understand and share with others the 'rationale', if such a thing is possible, behind the Nazi concentration camps and the ensuing slaughter of millions of innocents.

This series explores the key aspects and themes of World War II in detail and is ideally suited to the needs of Key Stage 3 history students. In this title on the Holocaust, readers will learn about the persecution of the Jews and other groups in Nazi Germany and eastern Europe.

In the shadow of Auschwitz, a flamboyant German industrialist grew into a living legend to the Jews of Cracow. He was a womaniser, a heavy drinker and a bon viveur, but to them he became a saviour. A stunning novel based on the extraordinary true story of German war profiteer and factory director Oskar Schindler, who came to save more Jews from the gas chambers than any other single person during World War II. In this milestone of Holocaust literature,...

'Questioning History' is a series of children's books that explore major historical events and processes. These range from the slave trade conducted long ago by American and European traders through to the Cold War and its aftermath.

This new series examines key events of the 20th century. Each title outlines the lead-up and aftermath, explores the issues at stake and introduces leaders and key figures.

One of a series of titles that provides an intimate perspective on life during some of history's most difficult periods through first-hand accounts, personal letters and official documentation.

In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust. Waiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girl. For Lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sight. And he was determined not only...

Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezin ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to smuggle past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the secret librarian of Auschwitz, responsible for the...

Max, Leo and Elsa are three friends in Vienna in 1936, whose lives are transformed by the course of events over the next nine years.

Auschwitz and Birkenau were separate from each other by about a 45 minute walk. Auschwitz was adapted to hold political prisoners in 1940 and evolved into a killing machine in 1941. Later that year a new site called Birkenau was found to extend the Auschwitz complex. Here a vast complex of buildings were constructed to hold initially Russian POWs and later Jews as a labour pool for the surrounding industries including IG Farben. Following the January...