{"id":49906,"date":"2023-11-24T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=49906"},"modified":"2023-11-20T11:51:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T17:51:45","slug":"world-war-ii-and-the-holocaust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/world-war-ii-and-the-holocaust\/","title":{"rendered":"WORLD WAR II AND THE HOLOCAUST"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a follow-up to the October 16, 2023 blog: PALESTINE 1936: the great revolt and the roots of the Middle East conflict by Oren Kessler<\/a> it seems appropriate to share more titles that will help the reader to more deeply connect with the humanity and INhumanity of the second World War – a direct precursor to the establishment of Israel as a nation. With the current state of affairs in the Middle East and the division it has caused in our own country and around the world, reminding ourselves of the past is vital to preventing another holocaust (of any people) and potentially another World War.<\/p>\n

These books are organized into several categories and deliver the facts of World War II that directly impacted the persecuted people and focus on their personal stories. These are true re-tellings of the horrific acts perpetrated on ordinary people and their fight for survival. There are stories of individuals who risked their lives through selfless acts to help save others. There are stories of resistance and brave defiance, as well as the work of spies and operatives. Included, too, are books that tell of the ideology of the enemy and the atrocities at the concentration camps.\u00a0 More comprehensive histories of the war are offered as well as books discussing what we can learn from this war, how it has shaped us, and how we can reclaim our humanity and seek peace.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s not covered:<\/p>\n

There are so many facets of World War II, that this list of books is largely limited to the civilian impact of the war on the European continent, particularly of Jewish people or anyone who dared to help them – including the death camps. This list does not include books that are focused more on specific military campaigns, the battle stories and valor of those who served (excluding spies & operatives), the important acts of the medical corps, the lives of those on the home front, or any of the undertakings in any of the many theatres of war. You may search these topics yourself and will find plenty of books to help you understand those aspects of the war.<\/p>\n

STORIES OF THOSE WHO SURVIVED, HOW THEY SURVIVED, AND OF THOSE WHO DIDN\u2019T:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A Bookshop in Berlin : The rediscovered memoir of one woman’s harrowing escape from the Nazis<\/a> by Francoise Frenkel<\/p>\n

The choice : embrace the possible<\/a> by Edith Eva Eger<\/p>\n

Death march escape : the remarkable story of a man who twice escaped the Nazi Holocaust<\/a> by Jack J. Hersch<\/p>\n

The diary of a young girl the definitive edition<\/a> by Anne Frank<\/p>\n

The dressmakers of Auschwitz : the true story of the women who sewed to survive<\/a> by Lucy Adlington<\/p>\n

Into the forest : a Holocaust story of survival, triumph, and love<\/a> by Rebecca Frankel<\/p>\n

The\u00a0light of days : the untold story of (Jewish) women resistance fighters\u00a0in\u00a0Hitler’s ghettos<\/a> by\u00a0Judy Batalion<\/p>\n

My friend Anne Frank : the inspiring and heartbreaking true story of best friends torn apart and reunited against all odds<\/a> by Hannah Pick-Goslar<\/p>\n

Remember us : my journey from the shtetl through the Holocaust<\/a> by Martin Small<\/p>\n

Saved by Schindler : the life of Celina Karp Biniaz<\/a> by William B. Friedricks<\/p>\n

Tehran children : a (Jewish) Holocaust refugee odyssey<\/a> by Mikhal Dekel<\/p>\n

STORIES OF THOSE WHO RISKED THEMSELVES TO HIDE OTHERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Bielski brothers : the true story of three men who defied the Nazis, saved 1,200 Jews, and built a village in the forest<\/a> by Peter Duffy<\/p>\n

A good place to hide : how one French community saved thousands of lives in World War II <\/a>by Peter Grose<\/p>\n

The Hiding Place<\/a> by Corrie Ten Boom<\/p>\n

Irena’s children : the extraordinary story of the woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto<\/a> by Tilar J. Mazzeo<\/p>\n

The sisters of Auschwitz : the true story of two Jewish sisters’ resistance in the heart of Nazi territory<\/a> by Roxane van Iperen<\/p>\n

The Zookeeper’s Wife<\/a> by Diane Ackerman<\/p>\n

STORIES OF RESISTANCE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A cool and lonely courage : the untold story of sister spies in Occupied France<\/a> by Susan Ottaway<\/p>\n

D-Day girls : the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the Nazis, and helped win World War II<\/a> by Sarah Rose<\/p>\n

The forgers : the forgotten story of the Holocaust’s most audacious rescue operation<\/a> by Roger Moorhouse<\/p>\n

The girls who stepped out of line : untold stories of the women who changed the course of World War II<\/a> by Mari K. Eder<\/p>\n

Invisible heroes of World War II : extraordinary wartime stories of ordinary people<\/a> by Jerry Borrowman<\/p>\n

Madame Fourcade’s secret war : the daring young woman who led France’s largest spy network against Hitler<\/a> by Lynne Olson<\/p>\n

The nine : the true story of a band of women who survived the worst of Nazi Germany<\/a> by Gwen Strauss<\/p>\n

Operatives, spies, and saboteurs : the unknown story of the men and women of World War II’s OSS<\/a> by Patrick K. O\u2019Donnell<\/p>\n

A train in winter an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France<\/a> by Caroline Moorehead<\/p>\n

A woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II<\/a> by Sonia Purnell<\/p>\n

Red Orchestra : the story of the Berlin underground and the circle of friends who resisted Hitler<\/a> by Anne Nelson<\/p>\n

FAMILIES SEARCHING FOR LOST RELATIVES AND THE TRUTH:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jews\u00a0in\u00a0the garden : a Holocaust survivor, the fate of his family, and the secret history of Poland\u00a0in\u00a0World\u00a0War\u00a0II<\/a> by Judy Rakowsky<\/p>\n

A world erased : a grandson’s search for his family’s Holocaust secrets<\/a> by Noah Lederman<\/p>\n

OTHER EXPERIENCES OR FIRST-HAND WITNESS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The diary keepers : World War II in the Netherlands, as written by the people who lived through it<\/a> by Nina Siegal<\/p>\n

Facing the lion : memoirs of a young girl in Nazi Europe<\/a> by Simone Arnold Liebster<\/p>\n

Last witnesses : an oral history of the children of World War II<\/a> by Svetlana Aleksievich<\/p>\n

The ravine : a family, a photograph, a Holocaust massacre revealed<\/a> by Wendy Lower<\/p>\n

RECOVERING FROM HORRIFIC EVENTS OF WAR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Man’s search for meaning<\/a> by Viktor E. Frankl<\/p>\n

Wounds into wisdom : healing intergenerational Jewish trauma<\/a> by\u00a0Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

HOLOCAUST HISTORY AND GENERAL WORLD WAR II FACTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Historical atlas of the Holocaust<\/a> by the U S Holocaust Memorial Museum<\/p>\n

The holocaust chronicle<\/a> by Marilyn Harran, Dieter Kuntz, and John K. Roth<\/p>\n

Holocaust : the Nazi persecution and murder of the Jews<\/a> by Peter Longerich<\/p>\n

The secret war : spies, ciphers, and guerrillas 1939-1945<\/a> by Max Hastings<\/p>\n

The storm of war : a new history of the Second World War<\/a> by Andrew Roberts<\/p>\n

World War II in photographs<\/a> by Richard Holmes<\/p>\n

THE ALLIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1944 : FDR and the year that changed history<\/a> by Jay Winik<\/p>\n

Britain at Bay : the epic story of the Second World War, 1938-1941<\/a> by Alan Allport<\/p>\n

Last Hope Island : Britain, occupied Europe, and the brotherhood that helped turn the tide of war<\/a> by Lynne Olson<\/p>\n

Why the allies won<\/a> by R. J. Overy<\/p>\n

HOW THE WAR CHANGED US, CAN CHANGE US, (OR COULD HAVE):<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The fear and the freedom : how the Second World War changed us<\/a> by Keith Lowe<\/p>\n

If the Allies had fallen : sixty alternate scenarios of World War II<\/a> by Dennis E. Showalter<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0Harold C. Deutsch<\/span><\/p>\n

Learning from the Germans : race and the memory of evil<\/a> by Susan Neiman<\/p>\n

Why we fight : the roots of war and the paths to peace<\/a> by Christopher Blattman<\/p>\n

THE AXIS – IDEOLOGY OF THE ENEMY:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Army of evil : a history of the SS<\/a> by Adrian Weale<\/p>\n

Becoming Hitler : the Making of a Nazi<\/a> by Thomas Weber<\/p>\n

The book thieves : the Nazi looting of Europe’s libraries and the race to return a literary inheritance<\/a> by Anders Rydell<\/p>\n

Go\u0308ring’s man in Paris : the story of a Nazi art plunderer and his world<\/a> by Jonathan Petropoulos<\/p>\n

Hitler’s furies : German women in the Nazi killing fields<\/a> by Wendy Lower<\/p>\n

The rape of Europa : the fate of Europe’s treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War<\/a> by Lynn H. Nicholas<\/p>\n

Then they came for me : Martin Niemo\u0308ller, the pastor who defied the Nazis<\/a> by Matthew D. Hockenos<\/p>\n

The women who flew for Hitler: a true story of soaring ambition and searing rivalry<\/a> by Clare Mulley<\/p>\n

PRISON CAMPS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Auschwitz : not long ago. not far away<\/a> by Luis Ferreiro, Miriam Greenbaum, and Robert Jan van Pelt<\/p>\n

Dachau 29 April 1945 : the Rainbow liberation memoirs<\/a> by Sam Dann<\/p>\n

Ravensbru\u0308ck : life and death in Hitler’s concentration camp for women<\/a> by Sarah Helm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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