Belgium Reading List

Suggested Reading List for Belgium 
Please note: Students and parents should use discretion in determining the appropriateness of each book for the student’s age, reading level, and maturity.  Books are designated G (grade school), J (junior high), or H (high school).

 

TITLE &  LINK

DESCRIPTION

GRADE
LEVEL

FICTION OR
NONFICTION

Clara's Story, by Clara Isaacman The author describers her own family's experience during the two and one-half years they spent in hiding in Antwerp, Belgium during World War II.

J

F

Tell No One Who You Are, by Walter Buchignani Biography of Regine Miller, the daughter of Polish Jewish immigrants living in Brussels, who was hidden for nearly three years during the Nazi occupation.

J/H

F

The Boys: The Untold Story of 732 Young Concentration Camp Survivors, by Martin Gilbert Only a fraction of those who entered the Nazi death camps survived to bear witness to that brutal regime. Martin Gilbert, the distinguished English historian, gathers the testimonials of 732 men who spent their early teens in the camps. Most have dedicated themselves to good works, he writes, organizing humanitarian relief efforts in Israel and elsewhere, and otherwise pledging themselves to noble causes.

H

N

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