Anyone Read Any Holocaust Books?

[suzy1124]

I've read all of the above, I found the Holocaust Museum in D.C. riveting, but Soo utterly depressing, it defies imagination...

[rssllue]

And to think that there are actually people out there who deny that the Holocaust ever happened! That is about as insane as you can get!

[librarydancer]

The majority of the books everyone has mentioned are actually novels-- Night included. For instance, Night is semi-autobiographic, but Elie Wiesel has said it was too painful to write the entire truth. Schindler's List is also a biographical novel.

It sounds like most everyone on this thread enjoys the personal account type story... for non-fiction Holocaust books besides Diary of a Young Girl, I can think about some to recommend and respond on the posting.

For an interesting non-fiction that was meant for older kids, but I think is such an interfering story anyone would enjoy it try 'Secret of the Priest Grotto', a story about the discovery of a cave system and refuge for several Jewish families during the Holocaust.

Please let me know if you would like additional suggestions. I have worked as a librarian for a Jewish library, so I am familiar with the literature.

[greyowl]

Hi I read Hanna's Suitcase one of the required readings for a Children's Lit course--highly recommend to any age

[bookowlie]

I've read several books on the Holocaust, but there are two titles in my library that really stand out: (1) A Place to Hide - True Stories of Holocaust Rescues and (2) Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust.

-- 06 Nov 2014, 14:07 --

I read Anne Frank many years ago and Night by Elie Weisel last year. Night was so heartbreaking that it was difficult to read. I have written down some of the books mentioned in this thread. Thanks everyone for the recommendations.

Have the read the other two books in Wiesel's trilogy, Dawn and Day? I purchased all three at a used bookstore maybe a year ago. I've read Night and Dawn, but haven't gotten around to Day.

I didn't know that there were two other books. Thanks for the info.

[natasha richmond]

I also love "Night" by Elie Wiesel. Very sad but really makes you see life in a new light.

[toshilou]

I highly recommend Night by Elie Wiesel. It's a true story.

-- 16 Nov 2014, 00:53 --

I also recommend The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

[OsakaBomb]

I read quite a few. In college, I took a class on holocaust literature, and it was one of the most interesting and emotionally exhausting classes I've had. I've read Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi, Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered by Ruth Klüger, Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland by Jan Tomasz Gross, The Journal of Hèléne Berr by Hèléne Berr, The Eichmann Trial by Deborah E. Lipstadt and Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany by Marion A. Kaplan.

They were all very difficult reads, but I enjoyed (as weird as it feels to use that term) The Journal of Hèléne Berr, The Eichmann Trial and Neighbors. I also had the chance to witness a lecture by Eva Kor, a holocaust survivor, and had a chance to speak with her afterwards.

[Sweet_Lullaby]

Shindler's List was a great one. I've read one that was about two friends exchanging letters durng that time, one jewish living in the usa and the other a german living in Germany. It was pretty good by I totally forgot the title!!

[nsharpes]

I'm not sure if anyone said this one, but When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944 by Ronald C. Rosbottom and as many people have also said, Night by Elie Wiesel is also great.

-- November 19th, 2014, 5:06 pm --

[quote="OsakaBomb"]I read quite a few. In college, I took a class on holocaust literature, and it was one of the most interesting and emotionally exhausting classes I've had. I've read Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi, Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered by Ruth Klüger, Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland by Jan Tomasz Gross, The Journal of Hèléne Berr by Hèléne Berr, The Eichmann Trial by Deborah E. Lipstadt and Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany by Marion A. Kaplan.

I just finished a class in college on the Holocaust and we to read most of the books mentioned above. Excellent reads, but I would agree emotionally exhausting.

[zeldas_lullaby]

Are you all familiar with the definitive edition of Anne Frank's diary? It doesn't edit anything out like the boring version I read for school. If you've only read the one called Diary of a Young Girl, then you need to read the def. edition!!

[Batesblogger]

Night is great. As is the always popular Anne Frank. There are quite a few non fictions that you can find as well.

[rssllue]

Listening to A Train In Winter about it right now!

[pretzelsnow]

I have read about the Holocaust in a book called The Nazi's Officers Wife- a true story by Edith Beer

[Himmelslicht]

I read the Diary of Anne Frank, The Book Thief, Slaughterhouse Five and still have a few to read on my list.