Aftermath of the defeat of nazi Germany. (Please don't add books about wartime. There are plenty other WWII lists where you can add them).
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message 1: by Lilo (new)

Lilo Thank you for putting this list together, Greta. All of these books seem worth reading. However, since I might not live beyond age 100, I had to limit the number of books I added to my already terribly long TBR-list.

I already read "Eichmann in Jerusalem" and "The Reawakening". I found the latter an absolute must-read. Yet it is the sequel to Primo Levi's also must-read "Survival in Auschwitz, which should be read first.

Btw, my favorite Holocaust memoir is "Still Alive", by Ruth Klueger (German title: Weiter leben: Eine Jugend"). This book tells about Ruth Klueger's live before, during, and after the Holocaust. (She eventually came to America, where she eventually built a new life.

In case you are interested, here is the link to my review of this book:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2: by Lilo (new)

Lilo P.S. I already purchased "A Woman in Berlin" and "Savage Continent" a few years ago but haven't got around to read either of these books yet. So many books, so little time!


message 3: by Greta G (new)

Greta G Thank you Lilo. Here's some good news for you: I intend to update the list (and I hope other readers add good books too) in order to keep you motivated to become +100 years old.
No need to stress. Just buy all the books you want to read and think about Anthony Burgess's quote "The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it" ;)


message 4: by Lilo (new)

Lilo Greta wrote: "Thank you Lilo. Here's some good news for you: I intend to update the list (and I hope other readers add good books too) in order to keep you motivated to become +100 years old.
No need to stress...."


:-)


message 5: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl Ashes and Diamonds sitting @119 is fiction.


message 6: by Greta G (new)

Greta G Thanks Lobstergirl, you are so right. I wasn't paying attention.


message 7: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl Serving the Reich: The Struggle for the Soul of Physics under Hitler I added because it covers post-Reich as well.


message 8: by Greta G (new)

Greta G Lobstergirl wrote: "Serving the Reich: The Struggle for the Soul of Physics under Hitler I added because it covers post-Reich as well."

Thanks. At first glance, it doesn’t look that way though. I didn’t find your review either.
I have to check the list when I’m in the mood for it. #92, for instance, Hitler and the final solution, doesn’t sound like it covers post-reich, but I saw you added that one also so I assume it does.


message 9: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl Hitler and the Final Solution does cover the post-Reich era; it deals with the postwar interrogations of the crematoria manufacturers and engineers, for example.


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