“World War II seems to be of perennial interest to readers, but events in Europe—whether it’s important battles or the Holocaust—seem to take precedence. Much less well covered is the war in Asia, including its aftermath. While many of us know about the Nuremberg trials, fewer know mu...
Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust by Yaffa Eliach is a unique collection of stories about the Shoah. Hasidic tales are essentially modern in tone. The Almighty does not intervene in the lives of the characters through direct action, but behind the scenes, in the social or natural world. Often,...
'Maus' by Art Spiegelman is a graphic novel that tells the story of the Holocaust using anthropomorphic characters, with Jews portrayed as mice and Nazis as cats. It interweaves the author's interviews with his father about his experiences during the Holocaust. 'Maus' has faced challenges for...
Night is a work by Elie Wiesel about his experience with his father in the Nazi German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944–45, at the height of the Holocaust toward the end of the Second World War. In just over 100 pages of sparse and fragmented narrative, Wi...
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024, marked the 85th anniversary of theNazi invasion of Polandand the outbreak of World War II, which led to the Holocaust. New books about that horrendous period are still emerging. Some are written as witness testimonies by Holocaust survivors in the twilight of their lives, ...
Night is a work by Elie Wiesel about his experience with his father in the Nazi German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944–45, at the height of the Holocaust toward the end of the Second World War. In just over 100 pages of sparse and fragmented narrative, ...
Divided by the Holocaust, Reconnected by Family History: The Story of the Marcus Family December 12, 2024 Sharing Your Family History with the World: Utilizing Online Archives at the FamilySearch Library and Google books December 12, 2024 ...
Why I like this book: Trudy Ludwig has treated Alter Wiener’s story about surviving the Holocaust with great compassion and dignity. Since it is a picture book, she doesn’t go into detail about the atrocities that occurred during WW II. Instead she focuses on the fact that not all Germa...
s books. She got very excited an said she wanted to write a children’s book about her survival, because she felt we needed to teach kids Holocaust stories early. She believed waiting until age 12 or later, when the Holocaust is usually taught at school (if it’s taught at all) is ...
Through these visionaries, Mary and Jesus warned of the looming holocaust, which they assured could be averted if Rwandans opened their hearts to God and embraced His love.” This definitely sounds intriguing! *** These all sound so good! I don’t know which one to tackle first!! Not to...