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The Tribute to the Rescuers High School Essay Contest
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Introduction

2008-2009 Essay Contest Overview

Educational Overview

Eligibility, Rules, and Regulations

Essay Judging

Incentives and Awards

Entering the Essay Contest
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Essay Submission Checklist

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Previous Essay Winners

Teacher Evaluation
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Holocaust Resources

For Teachers: The following books, publications and videos may be used for research if you choose to focus on an historical Holocaust event or literary subject. These are available through your local library and the Omaha Jewish Community Center Library (402-334-6461).

  • Citations from at least two sources (only one from the internet) will be required to qualify for a prize.
Sources are not limited to the suggestions below.  Items preceded by an * can be located in the teacher tool boxes provided by the Institute for Holocaust Education in Omaha, NE.

Books
    The Courage to Care. Editors: Sondra Myers and Carol Rittner. New York: New York University Press, 1986.

    Hidden Heroes of the Holocaust. Editor: Christina Micek. Omaha, Nebraska: Hidden Heroes of the Holocaust Foundation, 2002. (available at the Institute for Holocaust Education)

    The Poster Set on Rescue: Traits That Transcend. Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, 2005. (available at the Institute for Holocaust Education)

    "The Rescue of the Danish Jews: A Fiftieth Anniversary Commemoration." Dimensions: A Journal of Holocaust Studies. Series editor: Dennis B. Klein. New York: Anti-Defamation League's Braun Center for Holocaust Studies, 7,3, 1993.

    The Rescue of the Danish Jews: Moral Courage under Stress. Editor: Leo Goldberger. New York: New York University Press, 1987.

    Duba, Ursala. Tales from a Child of the Enemy. New York: Penguin Books, 1997.

    Eman, Diet. Things We Couldn't Say. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Erdmans, 1994.

    Farber, David. Because of Romek. San Diego: Los Hombres Press, 1997.

    * Flender, Harold. Rescue in Denmark. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1963; Holocaust Library, 1980.

    Fogelman, Eva. Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust." New York: Doubleday, 1994.

    Geier, Arnold. Heroes of the Holocaust. Miami, FL: Londonbooks, 1993.

    Klempner, Mark. The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage. The United Church Press. 2006.

    * Loeffler, Martha Boats in the Night: Knud Dyby's Story of Resistance and Rescue. Blair, NE, Lur Publications, 1999

    Marks, Jane. The Hidden Children. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1993.

    Meltzer, Milton. Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust. New York: Harper & Row, 1968.

    Nir, Yehuda. The Lost Childhood. San Diego: Handcount Brake Johnovich, 1989.

    Poser, Norman. Escape: A Jewish Scandinavian Family in the Second World War. Sareve Press. 2006.

    Rabinovici, Schoschana. Thanks to my Mother. New York: Dial Books, 1998.

    Ryback, Timothy. The Last Survivor. New York: Pantheon Books, 1999.

    Schindler, Emilie. Where Light and Shadow Meet. New York: Norton, 1996.

    Silver, Eric. The Book of the Just: The Unsung Heroes Who Rescued Jews from Hitler. New York: Gov. Press, 1992.

    Sutherland, Christine. Monica: Heroine of the Danish Resistance. New York: Farrar Straus Sgiroux, 1990.

    Yehil, Leni. The Rescue of Danish Jewry: Test of Democracy. Philadelphia:Jewish Publications Society of America, 1969.
Videos
    * Nicholas Winton – The Power of Good. Michigan. Gelman Educational Foundation. 2006.

    * Tak For Alt. California. Sirena Films. 1998

    Act of Faith. New York: ADL, 1962.

    A Debt to Honor: Italy. New York: ADL, no date.

    Rescue in Scandinavia. New York: ADL, no date.

    The Courage to Care. New York: ADL, 1986.

    Denmark 43. Brandies University: National Center for Jewish Films, no date.

    The Only Way. Available through Social Studies Service, Culver City, CA, no date.
Internet Sites Literary Resources

Books
    * Estes, Eleanor. The Hundred Dresses. Orlando. Harcourt, Inc. 1944.

    * Agra Deedy, Carmen. The Yellow Star. Atlanta. Peachtree Publisher, LTD. 2000

    Frankl, Viktor. Man's Search for Meaning. Boston: Beacon Press, 1992.

    Gotfryd, Bernard. Anton the Dove Fancier, and Other Tales of the Holocaust. New York: Washington Square Press, 1990.

    Issacman, Clara, as told to Joan Adess Grossman. Clara's Story. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1984.

    * Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989.

    Marshall, Robert. In the Sewers of Lvov: A Heroic Story of Survival from the Holocaust. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1991.

    Orlev, Uri. The Man from the Other Side. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991.

    Satcher, Louis. Holes.M New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1998.

 
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