History - Holocaust

In this true story, The Daughter's a Farmer, we view the journey of a mother and a daughter moving gradually toward mutual understanding and respect for each other's world perspectives and life choices, and see lessons learned and insights gained that surprised them both....

This book is a collage of significant events in the history of genocide. Told in an almost diary format, This Day in Genocide weaves together an overview of genocide. In the way each entry, catches a sense of choice and the human capacity to...

A special dialogue on the forgotten Holocaust of WWII featuring interviews with Yasuhisa Kawamura, Deputy Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Dr. Peter Stanek, President of the Global Alliance for Preserving the History of WW II in Asia, renowned and...

Author: L. Craig WilliamsISBN-10: 1483632083ISBN-13: 9781483632087Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/31/2013Pages: 156Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d

This book tells a rare but real story about two young boys who received their high school diploma in Szeged - Hungary after the 1943 - 44 school year which was shortened because the Germans occupied the Country on March 19, 1944. They learned...

What was it like for a 10-year old Jewish girl to experience the Nazi Holocaust in 1945? Or, to face suicide, adjusting to a new life in America, an unhappy marriage, epilepsy, and losing 7 of 8 children? The author has coaxed out all...

"Geschichte Der Deportirung" offers a sobering account of deportation during a dark chapter in history. Johann Graff meticulously details the events, experiences, and consequences faced by individuals and communities uprooted and displaced. This work provides valuable insight into the human impact of systematic persecution...

Author: Pierre Van PaassenISBN-10: 1258219077ISBN-13: 9781258219079Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/29/2011Pages: 342Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.71d

Through tragedy and war and a desire for peace, the life story of David Shachar serves as a model for our times.The memories of David Shachar are a journey through the tunnel of time: from wanderings in Poland to the life of a refugee...

Reacting to the Irving / Lipstadt trial, the editors of this volume sought to use this latest trial as a catalyst to investigate the larger question that arose from what is now a century of invective and defense: how do we determine the truth...

He is a young man, navigating career and relationship uncertainties, caught up in his own life. But a grudging afternoon visit in New York City with his grandmother will open windows to an untold family past-and a profound friendship with the extraordinary woman who...

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising has become a symbol of heroism throughout the world. A short time before the uprising began, Pawel Frenkel addressed a meeting of the Jewish Military fighters: Of course we will fight with guns in our hands, and most of us...

Stronger Than Iron is an eyewitness account of the events leading to the destruction of Vilna Jewry from the outbreak of the war between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in 1941 through the liberation of the remnants of Vilna Jewry in the Estonian...

Over 500,000 Jews fought under the Soviet banner in World War Two, of which an approximate 40 percent gave their lives - the highest percentage of all the nations of the Soviet Union and among all the other nations that fought in the Second...

'...From out of a world of death and destruction, extermination camps, ghettos, starvation and disease, there rises the figure of the woman in the Holocaust... the core of the fascinating studies in this collection. The importance of these research essays is, above all, their...

Portrait is an artistic book which uniquely tells the true story of Rita Kasimow Brown's experience of hiding in an underground pit from the Nazi death hunt. At once both horrifying and healing, Rita's personal account takes the reader on an inner journey with...

We Were Europeans vividly captures the experiences of a prominent Jewish family as the events of the twentieth century overturned their settled existence and scattered them across the globe. From a fully emancipated, comfortable life in pre-Hitler Germany to the horror of Kristallnacht, the...

My father's personality was shaped by his struggle to survive, and his soul was tortured because he could have tried to save his family, but he did not. But there were ways to avenge their deaths. As a partisan and member of the UB,...

Mielec, Poland, is just one of many small dots on the map of the Holocaust, but its remarkable and unique history calls for closer scrutiny. Using an experimental process that was not repeated, the Nazis destroyed the Mielec Jewish community on March 9, 1942....

Different Voices is the most thoroughgoing examination of women's experiences of the Holocaust ever compiled. It gathers together-for the first time in a single volume-the latest insights of scholars, the powerful testimony of survivors, and the eloquent reflections of writers, theologians, and philosophers. Part...

A French woman's heartrending account of her survival in a WWII Nazi concentration camp--and a tribute to her father who died there.A runaway bestseller in France, But You Did Not Come Back has already been the subject of a French media storm and hailed...

For fans of Irena's Children and The Dressmakers of Auschwitz, the never-before-told story of a Jewish daycare director who led one of the most daring rescue operations of World War II, saving 600 children from the Netherlands' Nazi occupiers--"a rare story that reframes the...

Hitler and the SS and Police Leaders: The Men Who Enforced Hitler's Will.The SS and Police Leaders was a high-ranking Nazi official tasked with overseeing various elements of the SS and the Police, significantly contributing to the implementation of Nazi policies and the perpetration...

On 22 June 1941, National-Socialist Germany set out to destroy what it saw as a menace to the world: Judeo-Bolshevism in its most threatening manifestation, the Soviet Union. As the German Army marched east, certain special units called Einsatzgruppen (task forces) were deployed behind...

On 22 June 1941, National-Socialist Germany set out to destroy what it saw as a menace to the world: Judeo-Bolshevism in its most threatening manifestation, the Soviet Union. As the German Army marched east, certain special units called Einsatzgruppen (task forces) were deployed behind...

The famous Italian Holocaust survivor Primo Levi informed us in his eyewitness account Survival in Auschwitz that a number of sickbays and infirmaries etc. existed in the area of the Auschwitz camp. The present book gives an overview of the camp's organizational and historical...

Everyone knows Dr. Josef Mengele, the evil Auschwitz doctor who sent countless Jews to the gas chambers, performed cruel, pointless medical experiments on inmates, and gave twin research a bad reputation. But how do we "know" about his many diabolical deeds?The most important source...

'Remarkable and haunting ... a revelation' Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes 'A dazzling achievement, heartbreaking, glamourous, elegiac, revelatory and utterly gripping' Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The World: A Family History of Humanity 'Truly beautiful and melodic ... a...

This is the story of a small boy who was forced to leave his home in Michelstadt, Germany, with the onset of antisemitism and the Second World War. His father remained behind and he was brought up by his mother and grandparents in Upminster,...

Service in the Jungmädelbund - Year One offers a rare window into the workings of the Jungmädelbund-the "Young Girls' League" of the Hitler Youth-revealing how girls aged ten to fourteen were systematically shaped into loyal participants in National Socialism. This historical document, presented with...

The Guardian of Memory is a deeply moving testament to the endurance of memory and the resilience of the human spirit. Through the vivid recollections of his father, Henryk (Chaim), Joseph Janusz Poznański unearths the intimate and tragic history of a family shaped by...

This is the extraordinary story of an ordinary American who couldn't help but develop doubts where society doesn't allow doubts. In an attempt to overcome those doubts, he asked questions that society does not tolerate; and he gave answers that society suppresses to this...

It is amazing what modern forensic crime-scene investigations can find out. This is also true for the Holocaust. There are many big tomes about this, such as Rudolf's 400+ page book on the Chemistry of Auschwitz, or Mattogno's 1200-page work on the crematoria of...

Part thriller and part love story, this true Holocaust survivor story is about survival, defiance, resilience, perseverance and incredible luck. From Fugitive to Freedom is the exhilarating autobiography of a Dutch high school student who outsmarted and outran the Nazis 10 times before miraculously...

Accounting for the Holocaust reveals how the numerical calculations, techniques and reports that constitute accounting practices allowed the attempted annihilation of Jews by the German Nazis and the Italian Fascists to be carried out with machine-like efficiency and devoid of any moral considerations.Author: Warwick...

"An astonishing true story of courage, love, and betrayal, told with the verve of a thriller. Freedland is a master at weaving spellbinding entertainments drawn from forgotten corners of history."--Mick Herron, bestselling author of Slow HorsesFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The...

After October 7th, which confronted Israeli children with unimaginable violence, the potential to apply post-WW II and Holocaust child rehabilitation approaches became clearly visible and urgent. After 1945, hundreds of thousands of children had to be brought back to everyday life against the background...

During the Holocaust, Polish bystanders were witnesses not only to Nazi crimes but also to their own collective violence towards Jewish neighbours. This book shows how these memories continue to be distorted and silenced in Polish culture.Author: Tomasz ŻukowskiISBN-10: 1032512806ISBN-13: 9781032512808Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/30/2026Pages:...

Chaim Frydman survived the Holocaust. He was the only Frydman who did. In Sole Survivor, architect and academic Avi Friedman travels to Europe to trace his father's journey through the Holocaust and find his family's genesis. He visits the homes, factories, and synagogues in...

The vast majority of people throughout history have left few written traces. That is especially the case for those who were brutally forced from their homes, stripped of their possessions, and swiftly imprisoned, enslaved, or murdered. Objects of Atrocity: Material Culture and the Challenges...

A luminous memoir from the Holocaust writer, Alison Leslie Gold, told through a series of letters to the living and the dead. Alison Leslie Gold is best known for her works that have kept alive stories from the time of the Holocaust, stories of...

Difficult Memories: Talk in a (Post) Holocaust Era attempts a difficult cross-cultural discussion. These scholars agree that the Holocaust is not just in the past - it is with us in memory. Professors and students alike - whether European, American, or Canadian, or whether...

The Routledge History of Genocide takes an interdisciplinary yet historically focused look at history from the Iron Age to the recent past to examine episodes of extreme violence that could be interpreted as genocidal. Approaching the subject in a sensitive, inclusive and respectful way,...

German-Jewish Libraries After the Holocaust illuminates the final years of the long history of Jewish communal and institutional libraries in Germany. These valuable depositories, with centuries of history, heritage, and culture within their collections, played a vital role in the intellectual life of German...

Chaim Frydman survived the Holocaust. He was the only Frydman who did. In Sole Survivor, architect and academic Avi Friedman travels to Europe to trace his father's journey through the Holocaust and find his family's genesis. He visits the homes, factories, and synagogues in...

Author: FilipczakISBN-13: 9798234060051Publisher: Prixto PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/25/2026Pages: 548Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.98lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d

Author: Carlo MattognoISBN-10: 1971021296ISBN-13: 9781971021294Publisher: Flodur Ramreg ServicesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2026Pages: 202Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d

Author: Carlo MattognoISBN-10: 1971021679ISBN-13: 9781971021676Publisher: Flodur Ramreg ServicesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2026Pages: 158Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d

Author: Germar RudolfISBN-10: 1971021113ISBN-13: 9781971021119Publisher: Flodur Ramreg ServicesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2026Pages: 150Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d

Who was the greatest Jewish footballer ever? A question to leave even the most historically literate football experts scratching their heads. And yet, before the Holocaust, Jewish superstar players were at the heart of European football. So too were the visionary Jewish coaches reinventing...