Jewish Holocaust History

Books & Looks Podcast: Escaping the Nazis: A Remarkable Tale of Survival and Resilience

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews…

BookTribMarch 27, 2024

Nonfiction

Jewish Woman Rescues Thousands in Nazi Poland in Unknown, Unforgettable Story

Elizabeth B. White and Joanna Sliwa are historians, Holocaust scholars and co-authors of The Counterfeit Countess, subtitled The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust. They are to be congratulated for recognizing the significance of an unpublished memoir and bringing to light Janina Mehlberg’s extraordinary efforts to…

Linda HitchcockMarch 11, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

Nearly Destroyed in a Fire, a Box of Old Photos and Letters Reveals Hidden Family Secret

“When I was 27, I accidentally discovered that my father was Jewish. And that much of what I knew about him and his family was a lie.” Most of us are familiar with a few generations of our relatives. We have met some of them. We know their stories; we…

Jim AlkonSeptember 12, 2023

Nonfiction

Award-Winning Journalist Chronicles Cousin’s Experience as a Polish Holocaust Survivor

Jews in the Garden (Sourcebooks), subtitled A Holocaust Survivor, the Fate of His Family, and the Secret History of Poland in World War II is an eloquent, deeply personal memoir written by award-winning, veteran investigative journalist Judy Rakowsky. She shares her moving experiences of discoveries made about her previously unknown…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 20, 2023

Nonfiction

Comprehensive Biography of a Brave Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz

Jonathan Freedland, longtime journalist for The Guardian, nonfiction writer and novelist, has finally given Holocaust survivor and hero Rudolf Vrba a more balanced portrait than his 1963 memoir I Cannot Forgive and with it well deserved recognition for later generations of readers and scholars. The Escape Artist, subtitled The Man…

Linda HitchcockJune 14, 2023

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

One Woman Recounts Her Survival from Auschwitz in This Powerful, Must-Read Story

One Hundred Saturdays (Avid Reader Press) is, quite simply, essential reading. Award-winning author Michael Frank has distilled six years of conversations between the now ninety-nine-year-old charming raconteur and inspirational Holocaust survivor Stella Levi into a slender yet powerful volume of memories of her life experiences. She was born in 1923…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 6, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Travel “Into the Forest” With a Remarkable Story of Holocaust Survival

Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph and Love (St. Martin's Press) is an important work of nonfiction by award-winning author, editor and journalist Rebecca Frankel. The book centers on Morris and Miriam Rabinowitz who lived in the Polish Zhetel ghetto and other parts of Eastern Europe during…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 10, 2021

Jewish Holocaust History

Books & Looks Podcast: Escaping the Nazis: A Remarkable Tale of Survival and Resilience

Nearly Destroyed in a Fire, a Box of Old Photos and Letters Reveals Hidden Family Secret

One Woman Recounts Her Survival from Auschwitz in This Powerful, Must-Read Story

Travel “Into the Forest” With a Remarkable Story of Holocaust Survival

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