Need some biographical information on a famous person from World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Anne Frank
Joseph Stalin
For more biographical information, check the Biography in Context database.
- Frequently asked questions about World War II & Holocaust resources in the Library.
- Where can I find the Diary of Anne Frank?
The book is called The Diary of Anne Frank or Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl. It can be found in the Biography section, under Frank. - Where can I find fiction and nonfiction books about the Holocaust?
Nonfiction books
Fiction books
- Some recommended books on World War II & the Holocaust.
- World War II
- Letters From the Homefront
- Holocaust Memories: Speaking the Truth
- The Great Depression and World War II
- Red-Tail Angels: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
- Yankee Doodle Gals: Women Pilots of World War II
- Remembering Manzanar: Life in a Japanese Relocation Camp
- Number the Stars
- The Devil’s Arithmetic
- T4: a Novel in Verse
- A Boy at War
- Stepping on the Cracks
- Weedflower
- Don’t Talk to Me About the War
- Run, Boy, Run
Nonfiction
Fiction
Association for Library Service for Children recommended history and biography websites
Country and culture Web sites recommended by your librarians:
- Librarian-selected history sites:
From D-Day to Victory- National Museum of the American Indian, Codetalkers
- America's Story from America's Library: Depression & WWII
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Librarians are experts at searching the Web and are happy to help you find what you need for your history research topic or project. Contact a librarian with your questions.
