Holocaust Reading

New books on the Holocaust, heartbreaking yet inspiring, are filling up our shelves these days. Some titles like The Auschwitz Photographer and The Dressmakers of Auschwitz are still on order, but the titles below are ready to be checked out or reserved now.
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Memoirs
Better Days Will Come Again : The Life of Arthur Briggs, Jazz Genius of Harlem, Paris, and a Nazi Prison Camp, by Travis Atria
By Chance Alone : A Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz, by Max Eisen
The Happiest Man on Earth : The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor, by Eddie Jaku
Last Stop Auschwitz: My Story of Survival from Within the Camp, by Eddy de Wind
Unstoppable : Siggi P Wiizig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend, by Joshua M. Greene

Resistance and Resisting
The Just : How Six Unlikely Heroes Saved Thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, by Jan Brokken and David McKay
My Name is Selma : The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbruck Survivor, by Selma van Perre
The Nine : The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany, by Gwen Strauss

Help!
The People on the Beach : Journeys to Freedom After the Holocaust, by Rosie Whitehouse
The Unanswered Letter : One Family’s Desperate Plea for Help, by Faris Cassell
The Unwanted : America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught In Between, by Michael Dobbs

Family Ties
The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz : A True Story of Family and Survival, by Jeremy Dronfield
I Want You To Know We’re Still Here : A Post-Holocaust Memoir, by Esther Safran Foer
Into the Forest : A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph and Love, by Rebecca Frankel
The Ravine : A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed, by Wendy Lower
The Sisters of Auschwitz : The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters’ Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory, by Roxane Van Iperine

A Holocaust Childhood
The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz : A Powerful Story of Hope and Survival, by Thomas Geve
A Delayed Life : The True Story of the Librarian of Auschwitz, by Dita Kraus
Mitka’s Secret : A True Story of Child Slavery and Surviving the Holocaust, by Steven W. Brallier with Joel N. Lohr and Lynn G. Beck