Enslow Holocaust Title Included Among Pennsylvania State Library Association's Top 2012 Nonfiction Titles

Author James M. Deem's Auschwitz: Voices From the Death Camp continues to receive acclaim from library professionals. The 128-page work was included on the Pennsylvania School Library Association's "PSLA Top 40 (or so) 2012 Titles" nonfiction and professional book list. The book features primary source materials and first-person accounts of the concentration camp's construction, subsequent daily activities, and the murder of more than one million prisoners.

Deem's book, part of Enslow's "The Holocaust Through Primary Sources" series, is available in a paperback edition for $9.95. A library-bound edition of Auschwitz: Voices From the Death Camp is also available directly from Enslow Publishers for $23.95; that price represents a 25% discount from Enslow's list price for this title.

The book is also available from your preferred vendor, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27 is designated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, this year's theme is "Rescue during the Holocaust: The Courage to Care."

Through the powerful words of Holocaust victims—the survivors and the murdered—bystanders, and perpetrators, the books in our The Holocaust Through Primary Sources series highlight a variety of individual experiences describing major events of the Holocaust. Gripping primary source accounts give the text a strong emotional element and keep the reader interested. Filled with color photos of primary source artifacts and black-and-white period photos, each book contains stories from men, women, and children.

 As the Warsaw ghetto in Poland went up in flames in April 1943, Jewish fighters fought bravely for twenty-seven days against Nazi soldiers. With deportation to a death camp all but certain, young Jews in the ghetto decided not to go quietly. Although the Nazis defeated the Jewish resistance group, the spirit of the uprising lived on. For Jews living in Europe during the Holocaust, survival was often the only form of resistance. But Jews in ghettos, concentration camps, and partisan groups across Europe did fight back. Told through the words of teen resisters, author Ann Byers details the stories of courageous young people who fought back against Nazi Germany in our second Holocaust series, True Stories of Teens in the Holocaust.You can read a free chapter clicking here.

Teen Read Week Giveaway/History!

Library Bound ISBN:  978-0-7660-3322-1 ($31.93)
Paperback ISBN:  978-1-59845-346-1 ($9.95)

Today is day four of our Teen Read Week Giveaway, and we are focusing on history books.  Just post a response on our blog to today's question, and you are eligible to win a free book of your choice from the entire Enslow collection.

Here's the question:  What are the most popular or favorite history books for teens in your school or library?

One of our favorite history titles for Middle and High School readers is Auschwitz:  Voices From the Death Camp, by James Deem.  This powerful book is part of Enslow's new series:  The Holocaust Through Primary Sources.