BOOKS recommended? HOLOCAUST, AUSCHWITZ, etc. BOOKS!

amandavictoria80
amandavictoria80 Posts: 734 Member
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
Hello. :)

I am looking for more books to read on a specific subject and thought I would post to ask if anyone has any recommendations. It's a very sensitive topic. I am looking for books on the subject of the Holocaust, Auschwitz, etc. Personal accounts are preferred.
I tend to get into topic phases with reading books. So when I read a book about a particular subject I am sensitive about, I want to read many different ones. I can't seem to get to the point where I feel I'm done reading about this subject.

Here is a list of the books I have read on this subject so far:

NIGHT - by Elie Weisel
INSIDE THE GAS CHAMBERS - by Shlomo Venezia
FIVE CHIMNEYS: A WOMAN'S TRUE STORY OF AUSCHWITZ - by Olga Lengyel
SURVIVAL IN AUSCHWITZ - by Primo Levi
THIS WAY FOR THE GAS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN - by Tadeusz Borowski
I HAVE LIVED A THOUSAND YEARS - by Livia Bitton-Jackson
RENA'S PROMISE by Rena Kornreich Gelissen

Right now I am reading 'AUSCHWITZ: A New History' by Laurence Rees.
I also own 'THE EVIL THAT MEN DO: THE STORY OF THE NAZIS'.


Similar book recommendations is appreciated as well.

THANKS SO MUCH EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


* Please, don't ask me why I would "chOose to read something so horrible like this", etc. Yes, these books are beyond upsetting and sad, horrific, appalling and extremely affecting. I know that. I'm definitely not the same person I was before I starting reading them. But on the bright side, I look at life a little differently now. All of the simple luxuries in life that most of us tend to take for granted, such as food, water and clothing, I am grateful and thankful for everyday.*

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  • christine24t
    christine24t Posts: 6,063 Member
    i am at school right now but i have a couple of books at home that are about the holocaust. i will have to let you know what they are when i get home! and i don't think it's weird to be interested in the topic at all, as I think it's interesting myself.
  • magichatter06
    magichatter06 Posts: 3,593 Member
    Diary of Anne Frank?
  • amandavictoria80
    amandavictoria80 Posts: 734 Member
    Thanks. I have this book but I am am not very interested in reading it. I have tried but just can't get into it.
    In all honesty, The Diary Of Anne Frank is a vacation compared to the books I've read.
  • amandavictoria80
    amandavictoria80 Posts: 734 Member
    Thanks so much! :) I look forward to hearing what books you have. :)
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    Therre's a lot of Holocaust literature out there. I went through a phase just recently and read a lot of Elie Wiesel.

    Small Miracles of the Holocaust by Yitta Halberstam is also good.
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