
Faces of Courage:Young Heroes of WWII was an excellent book by Sally Rogow. It mentions the little known heroes of that era:
A young blind leader of the French Resistance Jacques Lusseyran-
Louise -Germany- A Jewish girl hides in Berlin-
The Edelweiss Pirates who defied Hitler-
Kirsten in Denmark who rescues Jewish children-
Yojo the Gypsy in France who escorts British pilots across the pyrenees-
Anneliese in Germany -an orphan girl flees from the German Maidens-
Andre,the deaf teenager in France who saves an American pilot-
Jacob in Poland a Polish Jewish boy's true story
Noni's escape from Hadamar in Germany-
Three heroic young Mormons, the Helmuth Huebener Group-
Karl a disabled boy in Germany escapes imprisonment and finds refuge-
Maria In Greece a Resistance Fighter-
Other books I want to mention
And there was Light Parabola Books 1998 : When Truth Was Treason U of Illinois 1995: Jacob's story from the archives of Yad Vashem
http://www.amazon.com/Faces-Courage-Young-Heroes-World/dp/1894694678/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233392629&sr=8-1
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