Book Suggestion on theme of the Holocaust for an 11 yo boy

One other I haven't seen suggested on this list is The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss. It's about 2 sisters in hiding in the Netherlands so not about the camps but about the experience of the holocaust, might work well given your family was Dutch.

What about Hitler's Canary by Sandi Toksvig - based loosely on her family's experiences of WW2 in Denmark. My nephew loved it.
I read When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, and had the Puffin version with the dark jacket and pink rabbit on it. Decades later I met the author Judith Kerr (also of Tiger Who Came to Tea & Mog fame) at a book festival and couldn't think of anything coherent to say beyond how much I loved her book!

Yes Mischling Second Degree

I liked Mischling Second Degree.

WRT films, I remember watching 'The Hiding Place' about Corrie Ten Boom's experiences in the camps, when I was probably about that age. Don't think I can have been much older.

Check it out for yourself first though as been a long time since I read it so I can't say for sure if suitable for an 11-year-old

Hi Maus by Art Spiegleman is excellent and written as a comic book. I really recommend it. It is primarily about the experience of a survivor's child but deals with the experiences of the parents too.

The Wave as mentioned above also very good.

Maus

The Wave by Moreton Rhue is good too - although I'l let somebody else comment on the suitability for an11 year old.

I read it when I was at uni - although the person who lent it to me used it as a secondary scool text. Its the story of a social experiemt which went somewhat wrong.

A teacher showed his pupils a film about the Nazis' persecution of the Jews,but they can't believe it could happen. So he introduces a new disciplinary system in an attempt to shown them how powerful group pressure can be...

Its based on a true incident that occured in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1969.

saw Silver Sword at Polka theatre once with my ds, not a dry eye in the house..

Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine. An amazing book. The chapters alternate between the story of Hana and George being deported from their home in Czechoslovakia to Terezin and then to Auschwitz with the contemporary story of the Tokyo museum of the holocaust. The museum acquires Hana's suitcase and try to trace it's history. It is an amazing story with as close to a happy ending as you will get with a holocaust story. Great illustrations and photographs. I read it in a couple of hours as did my 11 yo. We both cried buckets.

Do read it first. It's a great read.

Hitler's Canary?

I have to say I totally disagree about Anne Frank being unsuitable. Both my 12 and 9 year old daughters have read the unabridged version and it has provoked a lot of interesting discussion. Why shouldn't a boy of the same age read it? Yes, she is very open about her developing body and her sexuality, but should boys not be allowed to get some insight into how girls feel and think at that age?

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is just totally implausible; if he has any sense it would irritate him no end. (if the hero is able to sneak in under the fence to join his friends, how come the inmates are too dim/helpless to escape?)

Imo The boy in the striped pyjamas isn't particularly dark and scary - at least not on the surface - but it's not very good either! And I suspect that most 10/11 year olds wouldn't know enough about the background to be able to put it into context

Schindler's List I think would be a bit dull for such a young child - although fascinating for me as an adult

I thought the Silver Sword was brilliant when I was your nephew's age - and would thoroughly recommend it

Definitely Once. It's dark, but then most books on that subject will be. It was chosen as one of the free books year 7 students could choose from this year so definitely suitable for an 11 year-old. Boy in Striped Pyjamas is not particularly dark but it is also not accurate historically so I wouldn't go for that.
The Mozart Question is also really good, with a less direct approach to the subject, but it doesn't lessen the impact of the story.

I have just finished Anne Frank and though I enjoyed it she does talk alot about puberty which perhaps an 11 yo boy may find embarrassing. Of course this depends on the boy so perhaps your nephew would be OK.

I am David by Anne Holm,
Hiding Edith by Kathy Kacer (isbn 9781408113653)
I have lived a thousand years by Livia Bitton-Jackson (isbn 9780743408752)
Once by Morris Gleitzman(isbn 9780141320632)
The Mozart Question by Michael Morpurgo (isbn 9781406312201

This is it The Silver Sword by Ian Serralier. This is on my uni reading list for forthcoming module on children's books.