Although there is no shortage of works that tell valuable stories, each of the holocaust books below recount unique perspectivesincluding ones youve likely never read beforethat go beyond better known works such as the diary of anne frank, elie wiesels night or art spiegelmans excellent graphic novel, maus. Defonsecas extraordinary story was published almost 20 years ago as misha. Nonna bannister wrote the secret holocaust diaries. The holocaust survivor memoirs program was established by the azrieli. Prime members enjoy free delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, tv shows, original audio series, and kindle books. There is a wide range of ways in which people have represented the holocaust in popular. The holocaust in the arts and popular culture wikipedia. He was the author of several books, novels, collections of short stories. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Hot new releases in holocaust biographies amazon uk. To the family he raised proudly in the jewish tradition, abram korn left a legacy of powerful inspiration. When the nazis came, lalawho had blond hair and blue eyessurvived by convincing them she was a christian. A ww2 jewish girls holocaust survival true story world war ii survivor memoir book 3 krystyna carmi 4. Learn more about our free resources, including books, education programs and.
In his memoir, levi contrasted lorenzo with everyone else in the camp. Born into a middleclass jewish family in 1932, lala weintraub grew up in lvov, poland. Lalechka a ww2 jewish girls holocaust survival true story world war ii memoir. Herman rosenblat wrote a fictitious holocaust memoir titled angel at the fence. Primo michele levi was an italian jewish chemist, partisan, holocaust survivor and writer. Abes story a holocaust memoir abram korn from lipno. When the nazis came, lalawho had blond hair and blue eyessurvived by.
Kulkas narrative purports to tell the story of a small jewish czech family mother, father, and himself. Steven weingartner lala, a blonde, aryanlooking polish jew, details her struggles to survive the nazi occupation by passing as a christian gentile. This memoir, rich in texture and detail, reflects the extensive research the protagonists coauthor, steven weingartner, seems to have done in preparation for writing this work since so much of the history and background recalled here would have been beyond the ken of lala fishman, the storys narrator. A holocaust memoir was released on april 11, 1995, the fiftieth anniversary of his liberation from buchenwald concentration camp. Fern schumer chapman wrote two books about the holocaust. Night by elie wiesel, the diary of a young girl by anne frank, renas promise.