History - Holocaust

For readers in the English-speaking world, almost all Holocaust writing is translated writing. Translation is indispensable for our understanding of the Holocaust because there is a need to tell others what happened in a way that makes events and experiences accessible - if not,...

Today's teachers seek to address the Holocaust not just as history, but also in relation to current events. Featuring stories from middle school, high school, and university classrooms across the United States, this collection offers a comprehensive argument for the inclusion of purposeful Holocaust...

Author: Frank FristenskyISBN-10: 1958861693ISBN-13: 9781958861691Publisher: Sager Group LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/08/2025Pages: 334Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.36lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

A rising feminist thinker, Edith Stein examined everything in her relentless pursuit of truth. This ultimately led her to the foot of Jesus' cross and to taking the veil as a Carmelite nun. Though she renounced fame for a hidden life of prayer and...

On October 26, 1942, Norwegian medical student Robert Savosnick (born in Trondheim in 1915) was arrested and, one month later, he was one of 532 Jews deported on the SS Donau. The next two and a half years of Savosnick's life were lost in...

This is a book about an online community of the Second Generation (2g), childrenof Holocaust survivors. Created in 1995, " e List" was the brainchild of Paul Foldes, a 2g electrical engineer and consumer attorney turned businessman. Knowing thatonline communities were an opportunity to...

The book focuses on the heroism of Jews throughout Europe who risked their lives to save their coreligionists under Nazi rule. The contributors discuss and analyze the actions of Jews who rescued other Jews from the hands of the Nazis. These actions took place,...

Who was Jean Amery? Victim or survivor? Agnostic or Jew? Austrian or exile? Philosopher or journalist? Jean Amery is not easy to classify but what this biography (the first in any language) demonstrates is that he is more - far more - than some...

Author: Alexander M. SouriISBN-10: 1414053940ISBN-13: 9781414053943Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/10/2004Pages: 324Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d

This book provides an authoritative history of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe and makes a compelling case for why the region can be considered 'the epicentre of the final solution'. Waitman Wade Beorn introduces us to pre-war Jewish life in Eastern Europe, before tracing...

This book provides an authoritative history of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe and makes a compelling case for why the region can be considered 'the epicentre of the final solution'. Waitman Wade Beorn introduces us to pre-war Jewish life in Eastern Europe, before tracing...

Reveals the untold story of the Curiohaus Trials in Hamburg, where hundreds of Nazi war criminals were prosecuted in the aftermath of WWII.Mention war crimes trials to almost anyone and they will respond with one word, 'Nuremberg.' Most think there was only one trial...

This collection of essays by a range of international, multidisciplinary scholars explores the financial history, social significance, and cultural meanings of the theft, starting in 1933, of assets owned by German Jews. Despite the fraught topic and the ongoing legal discussions, the subject has...

Author: Frank FristenskyISBN-10: 1958861685ISBN-13: 9781958861684Publisher: Sager Group LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/08/2025Pages: 334Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

Through an examination of children's and youth plays and performances about the Holocaust from Germany, Israel, and the United States, this book offers an entirely new way of looking at the vital role of youth performance in coping with the legacy of historical tragedy....

A Lifeline from Darkness More than a year before America entered World War II, a ship from Europe became one of the nation's first and closest experiences with the wickedness of the Holocaust. As war raged across their homeland, dozens of Jews boarded the...

Author: Deena MetzgerISBN-10: 0998344389ISBN-13: 9780998344386Publisher: Hand to Hand PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/26/2025Pages: 113Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d

The story of Riwka (Bep) Schaap-Bedak follows unexpected twists and turns during the Nazi occupation of Holland and the annihilation of Dutch Jewry. Bep graduated with a law degree from Leiden University in 1940. Being Jewish herself, and supported by her classmates, she was...

Based on people's real experiences throughout Europe during WWII. Amid the wreckage of war, a dark horror lurks - a silent predator hunting the innocent. Four lives intersect, their fates colliding in a war where loyalties are questioned, morality is blurred, and love blooms...

The Third Reich: A Comprehensive History of Nazi Germany's Reign of Power and Ultimate Downfall The Third Reich is an illuminating and meticulously researched historical masterpiece that delves deep into the heart of Nazi Germany, offering an in-depth exploration of its rise to power...

This book explores the work ofinterpreters andtranslators at the First Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial of 22 former SS Auschwitz personnel in the mid-1960s, when the voices of dozens of witnesses, speaking 10 different languages, had a profound impact on public understanding of the Holocaust in...

The inspiring, previously untold tale of survival, defiance, heroism, and an unlikely hero - the Jewish civil engineer and musician who led the extraordinarily successful guerilla war to liberate Ukraine from Nazi occupation during World War II. Written by the National Jewish Book Award-winning...

In Dachau, Auschwitz, Yad Vashem, and thousands of other locations throughout the world, memorials to the Holocaust are erected to commemorate its victims and its significance. This fascinating work by James E. Young examines Holocaust monuments and museums in Europe, Israel, and America, exploring...

This volume assembles Jeremy Adler's trailblazing essays in comparative studies, exploring links between literature and the human sciences, notably politics, philosophy, sociology, anthropology and international law. It pivots on major ideas and historical turning-points, above all the Shoah and the exile of German Jewry...

The judgments of historians regarding the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II can be grouped into two opposing camps: those who believe President Truman made the right choice and those who decry that decision, considering that other options were ignored. The motives...

This book relates the story of the soldiers of the Durham Light Infantry who uncovered the monstrous crimes of Bergen-Belsen seventy years ago, and the traumatic effect this had on their lives. Author: David LowtherISBN-10: 1908381914ISBN-13: 9781908381910Publisher: Sacristy PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2015Pages: 136Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize:...

Thoroughly researched, this study highlights the historical scholarship that is one of the lasting legacies of interwar Polish Jewry and analyses its political and social context. As Jewish citizens struggled to assert their place in a newly independent Poland, a dedicated group of Jewish...

Jack Simmons returns home after serving his country in the World War II, but struggles to lead a normal life after that. His love for his daughter, and his fear of someone hurting her will make him do anything to protect her, even hurt...

The Nazi Child Abductions in Poland The relationship between Germany and Poland is still shaped by the crimes committed by Nazi Germany during World War II. One of the lesser-known atrocities is the abduction of tens of thousands of Polish children, who were selected...

The dramatic story of nine-year-old Evelyn's survival through the determination and bravery of her mother and grandmother as they hid in the dense forests of Belarus. Evelyn is a cherished only child in a loving Jewish family in a small shtetl in Eastern Poland....

The Strashun Library was among the most important Jewish public institutions in Vilna, and indeed in Eastern Europe, prior to its destruction during World War II. Mattityahu Strashun, descended from a long and distinguished line of rabbis, bequeathed his extensive personal library of 5,753...

Personal Names, Hitler, and the Holocaust: A Socio-Onomastic Study of Genocide and Nazi Germany provides readers with an increased understanding of and sensitivity to the many powerful ways in which personal names are used by both perpetrators and victims during wartime. This book concentrates...

A collection of 22 essays by distinguished scholars on the Jewish response to antisemitism worldwide over the past 200 years.Author: Jehuda ReinharzISBN-10: 0874514126ISBN-13: 9780874514124Publisher: Brandeis University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/1988Pages: 510Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.82lbsSize: 8.96h x 6.02w x 1.42d

Originally published in Polish to great acclaim and based on interviews with survivors of the Holocaust in Poland, Holocaust and Memory provides a moving description of their life during the war and the sense they made of it. The book begins by looking at...

In Aversion and Erasure, Carolyn J. Dean offers a bold account of how the Holocaust's status as humanity's most terrible example of evil has shaped contemporary discourses about victims in the West. Popular and scholarly attention to the Holocaust has led some observers to...

In July 1938 the United States, Great Britain and thirty other countries participated in a vital conference at Ã0/00vian-les-Bains, France, to discuss the persecution and possible emigration of the European Jews, specifically those caught under the anvil of Nazi atrocities. However, most of those...

The history of National Socialism as a movement and a regime remains one of the most compelling and intensively studied aspects of twentieth-century history, one whose significance extends far beyond Germany or even Europe. Featuring ten chapters by leading international experts, this volume presents...

Nazism has always faced resistance, from when it began in the 1920s up to the present. This resistance has come from people of all faiths, nationalities, and political affiliations. Many of them have been forgotten, such as the German artists who risked their lives...

Improbable Heroes is the true story of how Jews were saved by extraordinary acts of bravery by ordinary Italians and the clergy. The vain and often delusional Mussolini sought to ingratiate himself with Hitler by adopting Germany's anti-Semitic programs and laws. Following the Italian...

This book is the first complete study in English of Antonescu's part in the Second World War. Antonescu was a major ally of Hitler and Romania fielded the third largest Axis army, joined the Tripartite Pact in November 1940 as a sovereign state and...

This study is the first to analyze both the Nazi party's membership development and composition, as well as the motives for joining and the exoneration strategies of former party members chosen during the denazification process.This book examines how many members joined the party between...

In this captivating memoir, the author embarks on a deeply personal journey to uncover her family's hidden history during the Holocaust while pursuing Austrian citizenship. As Austria opens the door to reparation citizenship for descendants of those victimized by the Nazi and Austrofascist regimes,...

Maria and Lola: Stories of Survival is a biography of two Greek Sephardic Jewish sisters who both survived the Holocaust under very different circumstances. Maria and Lola Seror were born in Salonica, Greece. Maria survived the Holocaust in hiding while Lola survived concentration camps,...

A revealing biography of Anne Frank, exploring both her life and the impact of her extraordinary diary "With sensitivity and assiduous research, [Franklin] constructs a vivid cultural history that advocates for a reevaluation of Frank."--New Yorker "Trenchant. . . . An essential look at...

In a dramatic challenge to traditional politics Donald J. Trump lost the vote by three-million votes and was declared president of the United States by the Electoral College. Riding the wave of despair within rural and rust-belt America the real estate tycoon and billionaire...

On March 9, 1942, the Jewish community of Mielec, Poland, ceased to exist. The Nazis dismantled the entire town in a single day, executing the elderly, deporting the able-bodied for slave labor, and transporting the rest to the Lublin district, where they were later...

Based on private diaries, correspondence, and unpublished writings, George Rochberg, American Composer, reveals the impact of personal trauma on the creative and intellectual work of a leading postmodern composer. George Rochberg, American Composer, is the first comprehensive study devoted to tracing and putting into...

How does ideology in some states radicalise to such an extent as to become genocidal? Can the causes of radicalisation be seen as internal or external? Examining the ideological evolution in the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust and during the break up of Yugoslavia, Elisabeth...

Plunka argues that drama is the ideal art form to revitalize the collective memory of Holocaust resistance. This comparative drama study examines a variety of international plays - some quite well-known, others more obscure - that focus on collective or individual defiance of the...

In this moving memoir, Miriam Landor shares her family's harrowing experiences of the Holocaust and the lasting impact this dark chapter of history had on the generations that followed.Miriam was inspired to write Stumbling Stones after she started uncovering her father's story. He was...