This was an appropriate request 3 days ago, since last Fri. was Yom HaShoah (Holocaust remembrance Day). I went looking into my Jewish catalogs, & web sites and found some selections and I received a recommendation from a friend, too. I have first hand experience with two resources, which will be on another post to expand on this topic so others might read it, too.
First, I would like to add to the conversation about sexual content. I agree about shielding gratuitous content to keep our dd’s pure, in mind and body. It’s just unnecessary to know all the thoughts/fantasies of other people. I beleive it’s been part of the voyeuristic direction this generation engages in and encourages a wrong thought life w/the images and ideas being brought into the mind. However, I think Sonya stated there is a difference between nakedness as a reality in the torture and nakedness as sensational.
Having said that, I believe it’s important not to censure the evil of the Holocaust at the high school level. It can be gradually introduced through the years. My husband’s paternal grandparents died in the Holocaust, so it’s personal family history. Sonya, I would say it’s a good thing that your dd was disturbed and sickened. I’d be concerned if she wasn’t! Though I know some children are more sensitive than others, our shielding of our children actually makes them MORE sensitive to the horrors of the Holocaust and other forms of evil because they’re not saturated in it, thereby becoming desensitized like this generation is (hence the recording and planning of fights). With Holocaust denyers running countrys and teaching in universities, with that generation dying off, and anti-semitism and revisionist history on the rise, our children need to know the truth lest we all forget; they need to also say “NEVER AGAIN”. I want our children to be among the blessed and not suffer the consequences that others may suffer, nationally and individually (Genesis 12:3).
There was only one book about Anne Frank that I found:
Under Young Adult bio’s “Anne Frank: Life in Hiding” Johanna Hurwitz
Here’s the review at http://www.jewishpub.org/browse.php?id=7
Ages 9 and up
A marvelous and readable introduction to Anne Frank and the Holocaust, this sensitive portrait allows the reader to identify with Anne Frank and to share her isolation, hopes, and fears.
This biography tells both about the Frank family and their lives before World War II and their years spent in hiding during the war.
I’m going to start a new post for Holocaust study resources.
Rachel
