Recommended Reading
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Different Voices: Women and the Holocaust
Rittner, Carol; Roth, John
ISBN: 155778504x
Neither before, during, nor after the Holocaust have women been silent about the experiences that left them forever marked by the "Final Solution." Here are 28 selections brought together to intensify an awareness of the depths of the Holocaust's tragedy.
The End of the Holocaust
Rosenfeld, Alvin
ISBN: 0253356431
Explores how the proliferation of materials (books, films, memorials, commemorations, etc.) related to the Holocaust has resulted in a diminution of its meaning. Warns about the possible consequences of "the end of the Holocaust" in public consciousness.
Holocaust Literature: A History and Guide
Roskies, David G.; Diamant, Naomi
ISBN: 1611683572
Roskies and Diamant surveyed Holocaust literature discussing its evolution through all genres and languages. The result is a comprehensive list of Holocaust literature demonstrating the range of writings after the war.
The Forger: An Extrordinary Story of Survival in Wartime Berlin
Schonhaus, Cioma
ISBN: 0786720581
In this memoir, Schonhaus relives his life on the run in wartime Berlin. He forged life-saving passes and papers for those fleeing Nazi oppression. Although a Jew himself, Schonhaus would enjoy Berlin when he was not forging papers.
Conscience: The Duty to Obey and the Duty to Disobey
Schulweis, Rabbi Harold
ISBN: 1580233759
Rabbi Schulweis challenges readers to use their conscience to examine their obedience and disobedience in relation to moral matters.
The Long Voyage
Semprun, Jorge
ISBN: 158567639X
An autobiographical narrative of Semprun's experience being transported in a cattle car to Buchenwald.
Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin
Snyder, Timothy
ISBN: 0465002399
Examines the mass killings perpetrated by the Nazi and Stalinist regimes in the 1930s and 1940s.
Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer
Stangneth, Bettina
ISBN: 0307959678
Stangneth showes that Adolf Eichmann was “clearly someone who was out to ‘create’ a verdict rather than reach one.”
Nazis on the Run: How Hitler’s Henchmen Fled Justice
Steinacher, Gerald
ISBN: 0199576866
Examines how Nazi war criminals escaped from justice at the end of World War II. Specifically, it examines the role played by the Red Cross, the Vatican, and the Secret Services of the major powers in these escapes.
Kristallnacht 1938
Steinweis, Alan
ISBN: 0674036239
In this book Steinweis discusses the causes and events of Kristallnacht.
Defiance: The Bielski Partisans
Tec, Nechama
ISBN: 0195075951
The author, a Holocaust survivor, tells the history of the largest armed rescue operation of Jews by Jews during the Holocaust. She describes a forest community in western Belorussia of 1,200 Jews, who were led by peasant-turned-partisan Tuvia Bielski.
Dry Tears: The Story of a Lost Childhood
Tec, Nechama
ISBN: 0195035003
This story recounts the survival of Tec's family during the Holocaust.
ISBN: 0300093551
Tec compares the wartime experiences of women and men. Distinct coping strategies and the fate of each sex are discussed. Various Holocaust settings are analyzed: German occupation, ghettos, concentration and death camps, underground movements, the illegal Christian world and the forests.
ISBN: 0199735417
An in-depth look at both Jewish and non Jewish resistance during WWII.
ISBN: 0195051947
Tec attempts to describe those men and women who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. The author examines sociological patterns, class relations, religious similarities as well as other factors.
ISBN: 0823244490
Witnessing Witnessing explores how we receive and use Holocaust testimony.