Teaching Holocaust Literature is comprised of eleven essays in which noted Holocaust educators discuss how they have successfully taught poetry, novels, drama, and memoirs to their students.

The text provides in-depth discussions of individual pieces of Holocaust literature and how to teach them in a pedagogically and historically sound manner. Outstanding teaching strategies outlined throughout the book give readers a solid sense of how to approach the teaching of Holocaust literature. Among the literary works discussed in this book are Elie Wiesel's Night, Dan Pagis' “Written in Pencil in the Sealed Railway Car,” and “The Diary of Anne Frank.”