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Books You Never Knew You Wanted!


Here is the list of all the books you heard mentioned during our time together. Enjoy them as you find the time!

Books about Jewish life:

Shtetl: The Life and Death of a Small Town and the World of Polish Jews

Author: Eva Hoffman

The Jewish Approach to Repairing the World (Tikkun Olam)

Author: Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff

Holocaust related books:

War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust

Author: Doris L. Bergen

The Holocaust

Authors: Frank McDonough with John Cochrane

The Holocaust by Bullets

Author: Fr. Patrick Desbois

Atlas of the Holocaust

Author: MArtin Gilbert

We Are Children Just the Same

Author: Marie Rut Krizkova, Kurt Jiri Kotouc, Zdnek Ornest

Hana's Suitcase

Author: Karen Levine

The Song of the Murdered Jewish People

Author: Yitzhak Katzenelson

The Yanov Torah

Author: Erwin and Agnes Herman

The Abandonment of the Jews

Author: David Wyman

Reach for the Stars: A Little Torah's Journey

Author: Sylvia A. Rouss and Joachim Joseph

The Sunflower

Author: Simon Wiesenthal

Graphic Novels:

Defiance

Resistance

Victory

Authors: Carla Jablonski & Leland Purvis

Bag of Marbles

Authors: Joseph Joffo, Kris, Vincent Bailly

A Family Secret

Author: Eric Huevel

Karski's Mission: To Stop the Holocaust

Author: Dr. Rafael Medoff

Holocaust Resistance and Rescue:

Spiritual Resistance: Art from Concentration Camps

Author: Miriam Novitch

Fighters Among the Ruins

Author: Yisrael Gutman

A Hero and the Holocaust

Author: David A. Adler

Circles: Dialogue with the Past Series

Available through Yad Vashem

The Vatican Pimpernel

Author: Brian Fleming

Conscious and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust

Author: Eva Fogelman

Laughter in Hell:The Use of HUmor During the Holocaust

Author: Steve Lipman

Life in A Jar: The Irena Sendler Project

Author: Jack Mayer

The Last Escape

Author: Ruth Aliav-Kluger

Exodus 1947: The Ship that Launched a Nation

Author: Ruth Gruber

Miscellaneous Related:

On Austrian Soil: Teaching Those I was Taught to Hate

Author: Sondra Perl

We Should All be Feminists

Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Teaching for Joy and Justice

Author: Linda Christensen

Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others

Author: David Livingstone Smith

The Altruistic Personality

Author: Samuel P. Oliner

The Compassionate Beast

Author: Morton Hunt


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