International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Youth)

On January 27, 1945, the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp – where more than one million people were sent to gas chambers and to their agonizing deaths during the Holocaust – was liberated. In 2005, that day was designated as the annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. Each year, Canadians and individuals all over the world take this opportunity to remember the victims of the atrocities of the Holocaust and reflect on the dangers of anti-Semitism.

Updated January 15, 2026
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The ballerina of Auschwitz
Eger, Edith Eva
Paper Book
A Sydney Taylor Award Notable Young Adult Book In this "luminous" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) young adult edition of the bestselling, award-winning memoir The Choice, Holocaust survivor and renowned psychologist Dr. Edith Eva Eger shares her harrowing...
Chance : escape from the Holocaust
Shulevitz, Uri
Paper Book
"Harrowing, engaging and utterly honest." --Elizabeth Wein, The New York Times Book Review "A captivating chronicle of eight turbulent years." --The Wall Street Journal A "Best Book of the Year" from: The New York Times ●...
The girl who fought back : Vladka Meed and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Greene, Joshua
Paper Book
A Junior Library Guild Selection! The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is one of history's most powerful acts of resistance. Here, author Joshua M. Greene (Signs of Survival) tells the true story of a young Jewish woman who was instrumental in the uprising as a smuggler of messages...
The girl who sang : a Holocaust memoir of hope and survival
Nadel, Estelle
Paper Book
A heartrending graphic memoir about a young Jewish girl's fight for survival in Nazi occupied Poland, The Girl Who Sang illustrates the power of a brother's love, the kindness of strangers, and finding hope when facing the unimaginable. Born to a Jewish family in a...
Hidden hope : how a toy and a hero saved lives during the Holocaust
Boxer, Elisa
Ebook
Written by Emmy Award-winning journalist Elisa Boxer and movingly illustrated by the acclaimed Amy June Bates, Hidden Hope is the remarkable true story of how a toy duck smuggled forged identity papers for Jewish refugees during World War II.   During World War...
Questions I am asked about the Holocaust : young readers edition
Fried, Hedi
Paper Book
One of the few remaining living Holocaust survivors answers the questions children ask her "There are no stupid questions, nor any forbidden ones, but there are some questions that have no answer." Hédi Fried was nineteen when the Nazis snatched her family from their home in Eastern...
Uprising
Nielsen, Jennifer A.
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Iceberg, Jennifer A. Nielsen inspires readers with a brand-new thriller based on the remarkable true story of a young Polish girl who bravely fought, participating in the Warsaw city uprising, and took a stand in the name of freedom.<...
When we flew away : a novel of Anne Frank, before the diary
Hoffman, Alice
Paper Book
Bestselling author Alice Hoffman delivers a stunning novel about one of contemporary history's most acclaimed figures, exploring the little-known details of Anne Frank's life before she went into hiding. Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl has captivated and inspired readers for...
White bird : a wonder story
Palacio, R. J.
Paper Book
Now a major motion picture starring Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson!   Read the novelized version of the celebrated New York Times bestselling story of kindness and unrelenting courage in a time of war--inspired by the blockbuster phenomenon Wonder.

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