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Non-fiction and fiction books about the Holocaust.

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1	When the World Dies: Life and Death in an Age of Infamy by D.E. Davis 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 700, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Maybe You Will Survive: A Holocaust Memoir by Aron Goldfarb 4.40 avg rating — 1,614 ratings score: 600, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.20 avg rating — 4,326,357 ratings score: 497, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Last Secret of The Soul: One boy. One Holocaust. One Survivor. by Stephen P. Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 34 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 502,032 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Sophie’s Choice by William Styron 4.16 avg rating — 95,518 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 636,684 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Hiding Abigail. The Girl with the Yellow Star. : An absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking WW2 historical novel by Brendan Mac an Mhaoir 3.86 avg rating — 114 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	When the World Dies: Life and Death in an Age of Infamy by D.E. Davis 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku 4.62 avg rating — 142,310 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Separated Together by Kenneth P. Price 4.49 avg rating — 407 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Lilac Girls (Woolsey-Ferriday, #1) by Martha Hall Kelly (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 354,695 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Debunking Holocaust Denial Theories by James Morcan (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 161 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Pharmacist of Auschwitz: The Untold Story by Patricia Posner (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 5,361 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 16,287 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Heart Songs: A Holocaust Memoir (Holocaust Survivor True Stories WWII #4) by Barbara Gilford (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 140 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Alicia: My Story by Alicia Appleman-Jurman 4.15 avg rating — 11,860 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Men with the Pink Triangle: The True Life-and-Death Story of Homosexuals in the Nazi Death Camps by Heinz Heger 4.37 avg rating — 3,717 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	My Forty Years as a Diplomat by Feng-Shan Ho by Feng-Shan Ho 2.40 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Send Down the Master in Person: A Holocaust Tribute Poem Reflecting on Adolf Eichmann and the Greatest Generation's Defeat of Nazi Germany by A. Keith Carreiro (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Eva's Story: A Holocaust Survivor's Tale by the Stepsister of Anne Frank by Eva Schloss 4.61 avg rating — 170 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen 4.03 avg rating — 62,870 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Wolf: A Story of Hate by Zeev Scheinwald 4.56 avg rating — 208 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Memories of Evil: Recalling a World War II Childhood by Peter Kubicek (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 151 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom by Corrie ten Boom 4.48 avg rating — 367,212 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Night by Elie Wiesel 4.38 avg rating — 1,401,553 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Diary Keepers: World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It – Holocaust, Resistance, and Jewish Survival by Nina Siegal 4.32 avg rating — 666 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Promise: The Moving Story of a Family in the Holocaust by Eva Schloss 4.23 avg rating — 263 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Save my Children. An Astonishing Tale of Survival and its Unlikely Hero by Leon Kleiner 4.62 avg rating — 749 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Voyage of the Damned: A Shocking True Story of Hope, Betrayal, and Nazi Terror by Gordon Thomas 4.08 avg rating — 1,193 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men by Eric Lichtblau 4.08 avg rating — 1,982 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale by the Step-Sister of Anne Frank by Eva Schloss 4.32 avg rating — 7,966 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Broken Angels by Gemma Liviero (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 14,917 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Escaping the Whale. The Holocaust is over. But is it ever over for the next generation? by Ruth Rotkowitz (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 55 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Nine Suitcases: A Memoir by Béla Zsolt 4.03 avg rating — 371 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally 4.34 avg rating — 167,535 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Return To The Reich: A Holocaust Refugee’s Secret Mission to Defeat the Nazis by Eric Lichtblau 4.34 avg rating — 941 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Living Among the Dead: My Grandmother's Holocaust Survival Story of Love and Strength by Adena Bernstein Astrowsky (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 316 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt 4.20 avg rating — 36,102 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 5,547 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Night of the Mist by Eugene Heimler (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 2,975,467 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Remembering Ravensbrück. Holocaust to Healing by Natalie B. Hess 4.29 avg rating — 342 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Testament by Kim Sherwood 3.85 avg rating — 325 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Saving Freud: The Rescuers Who Brought Him to Freedom by Andrew Nagorski 4.02 avg rating — 353 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	My Lvov: Holocaust Memoir of a Twelve-Year-Old Girl by Janina Hescheles 4.20 avg rating — 254 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Saving Children from the Holocaust: The Kindertransport by Ann Byers 4.09 avg rating — 35 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Mendelevski's Box: A heartwarming and heartbreaking Jewish survivor's journey by Roger Swindells (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 1,213 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	A Holocaust Memoir of Love & Resilience: Mama's Survival from Lithuania to America by Ettie Zilber 4.20 avg rating — 415 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Rescued from the Ashes: The Diary of Leokadia Schmidt, Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto by Leokadia Schmidt 4.37 avg rating — 1,516 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Holocaust Memoirs by a Bergen-Belsen survivor & Classmate of Anne Frank by Nanette Blitz Konig 4.40 avg rating — 1,555 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	See You Tonight and Promise to Be a Good Boy!: War memories by Salo Muller 4.22 avg rating — 139 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Among the Reeds: The True Story of How a Family Survived the Holocaust by Tammy Bottner (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 1,556 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Dead Years: Holocaust Memoirs by Joseph Schupack 4.47 avg rating — 472 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Hank Brodt Holocaust Memoirs: A Candle and a Promise by Deborah Donnelly 4.59 avg rating — 415 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Mission of Abbé Glasberg: in the French Resistance during WWII by Lucien Lazare 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Souvenirs d'un survivant de la Shoah by Manny Steinberg 4.51 avg rating — 3,749 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Story Keeper by Fred Feldman (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 132 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	One-way Ticket from Westerbork by Jonathan Gardiner 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Hidden in Berlin: A Holocaust Memoir by Evelyn Joseph Grossman (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 799 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars