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Post by brandy327 on Oct 19, 2020 15:13:27 GMT
... related to the holocaust. I've read the Tattooist of Auschwitz and the follow up Cilka's Journey. Both were heartbreaking and fascinating. So I'm looking for more that's similar. Anyone have any recommendations? Eta: preferably non-fiction.  |
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Post by katiescarlett on Oct 19, 2020 15:15:30 GMT
I've not read either of the ones you mentioned so I don't know if it's similar, but The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah is excellent.
I also liked The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult.
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Post by brandy327 on Oct 19, 2020 15:21:29 GMT
Thank you ladies! I'll look for all of those!
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Post by malibou on Oct 19, 2020 15:26:18 GMT
The Paris Architect was wonderful. Escape from Sobibor is excellent. The Ravensbrück Rabbits - it's about the women that underwent experimental surgergies.
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Post by auntkelly on Oct 19, 2020 15:26:18 GMT
I loved All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Dooer and The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck. (The Moon is Down is not specifically a holocaust story but it is about the resistance movement in WWII. It's a very short novel that can be read in one long sitting).
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Post by scrapmaven on Oct 19, 2020 15:35:27 GMT
Night by Elie Wiesel. It's chilling and it's also very real.
I'm hoping that Steven Spielberg and the Shoah(Holocaust memorial) Foundation will release the documentary videos, "Survivors of the Shoah", so that we all have a chance to view them. These are video interviews w/the survivors. In fact, Spielberg is trying to interview every single survivor in order to get their stories on video. I've met many survivors and it's important to remember that the Holocaust was evil and horrible, but that wasn't the end of genocide. Currently, genocide goes on all over the world. We need to remember, but we also need to work twd stopping continuing evil.
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Post by sueg on Oct 19, 2020 15:37:28 GMT
I bought Surviving the Angel of Death by Eva Moses Kor when we visited Auschwitz. It is written for teenagers, but was still an amazing read. Eva and her twin sister Miriam were Romanian Jews who were taken with the rest of their family to Auschwitz. They were part of Mengele’s twin experiments while they were there and fortunately both survived.
ETA: Schindler’s List was a brilliant film, but I haven’t read the book - I think it has a slightly different title. We also went to the Schindler factory when we were in Poland, and the stories told there were also incredibly moving.
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Post by paigepea on Oct 19, 2020 15:38:16 GMT
I’ve read the ones mentioned here. My two favs have not been mentioned :
We were the lucky ones
The lost wife
I also enjoyed The One Man, but it’s not as good as others mentioned in that it was more of a thriller - page turner.
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Post by ~summer~ on Oct 19, 2020 15:39:48 GMT
We Were The Lucky Ones
The Lilac Girls
All The Light We Cannot See
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Post by paigepea on Oct 19, 2020 15:40:12 GMT
I just remembered - what about Once We Were Brothers. That was also good. Not as good as my two favourites. And I second the storyteller.
ETA - some books here are WWII books versus holocaust novels. Depends what you’re looking for.
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Post by brandy327 on Oct 19, 2020 15:40:13 GMT
Night by Elie Wiesel. It's chilling and it's also very real. I'm hoping that Steven Spielberg and the Shoah(Holocaust memorial) Foundation will release the documentary videos, "Survivors of the Shoah", so that we all have a chance to view them. These are video interviews w/the survivors. In fact, Spielberg is trying to interview every single survivor in order to get their stories on video. I've met many survivors and it's important to remember that the Holocaust was evil and horrible, but that wasn't the end of genocide. Currently, genocide goes on all over the world. We need to remember, but we also need to work twd stopping continuing evil. I've read Night. I read it in high school and then I reread it when my ds was a freshman as it was required reading. I also read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. And sadly you're right, it is still an issue. |
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Post by ~summer~ on Oct 19, 2020 15:46:33 GMT
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Post by smcast on Oct 19, 2020 15:52:02 GMT
Many on my list are already mentioned. Here are a few I've read. I have many more on my "to read" list.
All the Flowers in Paris by Sarah Jio
Auschwitz Lullaby by Mario Escobar
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
Rena's Promise: a Story of sisters in Auschwitz by Rena Korneich
Sarah's key by Tatiana de Rosnay
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
The Girl in the Green Sweater by Krystyna Chiger
The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner
The Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn-Beer
The Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin Harmel
The Taster by V.S. Alexander
The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
ETA: The Choice by Dr. Edith Eva Eger
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Post by milocat on Oct 19, 2020 16:26:22 GMT
Do you want just Holocust of WWII books? Of both or that cover both there endless choices. I am so burnt on on WWII books I have stopped reading them. In recent years the are so many books on the subject and it seems every time you see historical fiction it's going to be WWII. Not that they they are not well done books just saying there are numerous. Ones I haven't seen mentioned yet.
The German Midwife by Mandy Robotham
The Dutch Wife by Ellen Keith
The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
Somewhere in France by Jennifer Robson this is WWI
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Post by sleepingbooty on Oct 19, 2020 16:39:46 GMT
You mentioned non-fiction and I'm surprised that I'm not seeing Primo Levi listed here yet. If This Is a Man is one of the most important testimonies written by a Holocaust survivor and often referred to as a "book of science" because of its precision. It's short and poignant. Published in 1947. If you're in the US, the American title reads Survival in Auschwitz. |
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Post by Belle on Oct 19, 2020 17:07:31 GMT
The Hiding Place by Corre Ten Boom.
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Post by trixiecat on Oct 19, 2020 17:14:15 GMT
I highly recommend The Girl in the Green Sweater. True story.
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Post by lisae on Oct 19, 2020 17:14:22 GMT
Beach Music by Pat Conroy has some Holocaust story to it.
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Post by brandy327 on Oct 19, 2020 17:18:08 GMT
Thank you all so much! I'm going to put a list together and can't wait to get started!!
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Post by MsChiff on Oct 19, 2020 17:43:43 GMT
I've read many of the books listed. I'd add to those:
My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me
I just finished this and had to watch Schindler's List after. It's a memoir from a biracial girl whose grandfather was a Nazi commandant. The writing isn't the best, but the story is quite interesting.
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Post by psiluvu on Oct 19, 2020 17:50:41 GMT
Hiding in Plain Sight - Betty Lauer - The Incredible True Story of a German-Jewish Teenager's Struggle to Survive in Nazi-Occupied Poland. This is on my top 5 all time favourite books
Also Ravensbruck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women - by Sarah Helm . This is a long read but well worth it.
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Post by J u l e e on Oct 19, 2020 17:54:57 GMT
Life in a Jar - the Irena Sendler project.
Irena was a Polish Catholic social worker who rescued 2500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto, saving their names in buried jars she was able to reunite many families after the war ended.
Her story was untold until a group of teenagers in Kansas found her name and researched her for a class project.
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Post by mncmom on Oct 19, 2020 19:21:11 GMT
I enjoy WWII historical fiction, as well. I highly recommend Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan. It's from a different perspective than a lot of the books. The main character is a young man from Milan, Italy.
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Post by muggins on Oct 20, 2020 4:01:31 GMT
I recently listened to The Librarian of Auschwitz.
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Post by flanz on Oct 20, 2020 4:55:26 GMT
Hiding in Plain Sight - Betty Lauer - The Incredible True Story of a German-Jewish Teenager's Struggle to Survive in Nazi-Occupied Poland. This is on my top 5 all time favourite books Also Ravensbruck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women - by Sarah Helm . This is a long read but well worth it. Thanks! I just bought Hiding in Plain Sight. My dear Polish Catholic Dad would have been 103 next week. He was 21 and already drafted into Poland's army when HItler invaded. 2.5 years in POW camps doing slave labor, then 3 years in 3 concentration camps. I used to read a lot about the Holocaust as an old teenager, young twenty-something. Not much lately. I appreciate this rec. And thanks, @ brandy327, for the thread. What makes you so interested in the Holocaust, do you think? |
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Post by flanz on Oct 20, 2020 4:56:55 GMT
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Post by AllieC on Oct 20, 2020 5:34:16 GMT
The first one that came to mind was The Happiest Man on Earth. I was surprised that I didn't see it mentioned but it's possible that it is an Australian published book so many not be released OS yet?
"Eddie has volunteered at the Sydney Jewish Museum since its inception in 1992. Self-proclaimed as 'the happiest man on earth', he saw death every day throughout WWII, and because he managed to survive, he made a vow to himself to smile every day".
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Post by brandy327 on Oct 20, 2020 11:52:46 GMT
Hiding in Plain Sight - Betty Lauer - The Incredible True Story of a German-Jewish Teenager's Struggle to Survive in Nazi-Occupied Poland. This is on my top 5 all time favourite books Also Ravensbruck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women - by Sarah Helm . This is a long read but well worth it. Thanks! I just bought Hiding in Plain Sight. My dear Polish Catholic Dad would have been 103 next week. He was 21 and already drafted into Poland's army when HItler invaded. 2.5 years in POW camps doing slave labor, then 3 years in 3 concentration camps. I used to read a lot about the Holocaust as an old teenager, young twenty-something. Not much lately. I appreciate this rec. And thanks, @ brandy327, for the thread. What makes you so interested in the Holocaust, do you think? I'm not sure, to be honest. I think the fascination lies with how they survived such awful circumstances. Many of the stories you read are of kids... and while I've always known children's are resilient, these situations are extreme. And by all rights, they shouldn't have survived. |
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Post by kibblesandbits on Oct 20, 2020 12:23:13 GMT
I've not read either of the ones you mentioned so I don't know if it's similar, but The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah is excellent. I also liked The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult. Hahahaha this book is the absolute worst, and is so far from non-fiction it defies the mind. Ravensbruck by Sara Helm is an excellent study. |
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Post by candygurl on Oct 20, 2020 12:49:42 GMT
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Septys. Her books are historical fiction and center around events that are not usually known well. I really enjoyed this book and others by her.
My other book which I loved is The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer. Heartbreaking book.
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