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'''The Holocaust''', also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. The murders were carried out in pogroms and mass shootings; by a policy of extermination through work in concentration camps; and in gas chambers and gas vans in German extermination camps, chiefly Auschwitz, Bełżec, Chełmno, Majdanek, Sobibór, and Treblinka in occupied Poland.
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Book recommendations pertaining to the Holocaust.  
 
Book recommendations pertaining to the Holocaust.  
  

Revision as of 00:25, 12 March 2021

The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. The murders were carried out in pogroms and mass shootings; by a policy of extermination through work in concentration camps; and in gas chambers and gas vans in German extermination camps, chiefly Auschwitz, Bełżec, Chełmno, Majdanek, Sobibór, and Treblinka in occupied Poland.

Book recommendations pertaining to the Holocaust.

Book TitleAuthorReading AgeTime PeriodTime FrameGeographic AreaCountryTopicGenreFormat
When the World Was OursKessler, LizUMG
YA
Modern Age1936-1945EuropeAustriaWWII
Holocaust
FN
Hidden HopeBoxer, ElisaLE
MG
Modern Age1938-1945EuropeFranceHolocaust
Jewish Resistance
FPB
Four Perfect PebblesBlumenthal Lazan, MarionUMGModern Age1938-1948EuropeGermany
Holland
HolocaustNF
Bio
CB
My Name is Selmavan de Perre, SelmaYA
A
Modern Age1938-1945EuropeNetherlandsHolocaust
Jewish Resistance
NFM
Out of HidingGruener, RuthMGModern Age1938-2019EuropePoland
United States
Holocaust
Immigration
Jewish Refugees
NFM
Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech KindertransportStelson, CarenLE
MG
Modern Age1938-1945EuropeCzechoslovakiaHolocaust
Kindertransport
FPB
The Blood YearsArnold, Elana K.YA
A
Modern Age1938-1945EuropeRomaniaHolocaustFN
Names in a JarGold, JenniferYA
A
Modern Age1939-1987EuropePolandHolocaust
WWII
FN
We'll Soon Be Home AgainBab Bonde, JessicaUMG
YA
Modern Age1939-1945EuropeVariousHolocaustF
Bio
GN
Beyond CourageRappaport, DoreenUMG
YA
Modern Age1939-1945EuropeGermanyHolocaustFB
No Pretty Pictures: A Child of WarLobel, AnitaUMG
YA
Modern Age1939-1945EuropePolandHolocaustNF
Bio
CB
The Girl Who SangNadel, Estelle
Savos, Sammy
Strout, Bethany
MG
UMG
Modern Age1939-1951EuropePolandHolocaust
Nazi Occupation
NFGN
Upon the Head of the GoatSiegal, ArankaUMGModern Age1939-1944EuropeHungaryHolocaust
Hungary
NF
Bio
CB
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six MillionMendelsohn, DanielAModern Age1939-1945Eastern EuropeUkraineHolocaustNFN
Esfir is AliveSimon, AndreaUMG
YA
Modern Age1940-1945EuropePolandHolocaustF
Bio
N
When We Flew AwayHoffman, AliceUMG
YA
Modern Age1940-1942EuropeNetherlandsHolocaustFCB
Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the HolocaustShusterman, NealUMG
YA
Modern Age1940-1945EuropevariousHolocaust
Jewish Resistance
HFGN
28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw GhettoSafier, DavidYA
A
Modern Age1940-1945EuropePolandHolocaust
Auschwitz
Jewish Resistance
FN
NightWiesel, ElieYA
A
Modern Age1940-1945EuropeRomaniaHolocaust
Auschwitz
NF
Bio
N
The Librarian of AuschwitzIturbe, AntonioYA
A
Modern Age1940-1945EuropePolandHolocaust
Auschwitz
Jewish Resistance
F
Bio
N
Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi EuropeSheinkin, SteveYA
A
Modern Age1940-1945EuropePolandHolocaust
Auschwitz
Jewish Resistance
NF
Bio
B
Briar RoseYolen, JaneYA
A
Modern Age1942EuropePolandHolocaustFN
OnceGleitzman, MorrisMG
UMG
Modern Age1942EuropePolandHolocaustFN
The Devil's ArithmeticYolen, JaneUMG
YA
Modern Age1942EuropePolandHolocaustF
HF
CB
ThenGleitzman, MorrisMG
UMG
Modern Age1942EuropePolandHolocaustFN
Mapping the BonesYolen, JaneYA
A
Modern Age1942-1945EuropePolandHolocaustF
Bio
N
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young GirlFrank, AnneUMG
YA
Modern Age1942-1945EuropeNetherlandsHolocaustNF
Bio
CB
Hidden: A Child's Story of the HolocaustDauvillier, LoïcMG
UMG
Modern Age1942EuropeFranceHolocaustFGN
Stone AngelYolen, JaneLEModern Age1942-1945EuropeFranceHolocaustFPB
I Will Protect You: A True Story of Twins Who Survived AuschwitzKor, Eva MozesMGModern Age1943-2019EuropeRomaniaHolocaust
Nazi Occupation
Auschwitz
NFCB
The Redhead of Auschwitz: A True StoryBirnbaum, NechamaYA
A
Modern Age1944EuropeRomania
Germany
Holocaust
Auschwitz
FN
They Went LeftHesse, MonicaYA
A
Modern Age1945EuropePoland
Germany
HolocaustFN
The SearchHeuvel, EricYA
A
Modern Age1945EuropeNetherlandsHolocaustFGN
DawnWiesel, ElieYA
A
Modern Age1946-1948EuropePalestineHolocaust
Post WWII
NF
Bio
N
DayWiesel, ElieYA
A
Modern Age1950North AmericaUnited StatesHolocaust
Post WWII
NF
Bio
N
MargotCantor, JillianYA
A
Modern Age1959North AmericaUnited StatesJewish Life
Holocaust
Holocaust Survivors
FN
NowGleitzman, MorrisMG
UMG
Modern Age2013AustraliaAustraliaHolocaust
Post WWII
FN