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Survival in Auschwitz Survival in Auschwitz (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.35 — 86,734 ratings — published 1947
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The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,194,293 ratings — published 1947
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Night Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,364,371 ratings — published 1956
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The Complete Maus The Complete Maus (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.58 — 254,419 ratings — published 1980
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The Drowned and the Saved The Drowned and the Saved (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.43 — 10,345 ratings — published 1986
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Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.20 — 33,360 ratings — published 1963
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.16 — 967,548 ratings — published 2006
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.37 — 878,255 ratings — published 1946
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La tregua La tregua (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.27 — 7,468 ratings — published 1963
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,880,123 ratings — published 2005
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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1) Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.39 — 375,265 ratings — published 1986
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If This Is a Man • The Truce If This Is a Man • The Truce (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.54 — 22,365 ratings — published 1987
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Fatelessness Fatelessness (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.09 — 13,536 ratings — published 1975
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This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.09 — 13,707 ratings — published 1946
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Schindler’s List Schindler’s List (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.34 — 165,736 ratings — published 1982
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L'amico ritrovato L'amico ritrovato (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.04 — 38,140 ratings — published 1971
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Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2) Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.43 — 158,217 ratings — published 1991
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The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.05 — 7,047 ratings — published 2006
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The Destruction of the European Jews The Destruction of the European Jews (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,457 ratings — published 1961
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Inside the Gas Chambers: Eight Months in the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz Inside the Gas Chambers: Eight Months in the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.40 — 4,363 ratings — published 2007
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as shoah)
avg rating 3.77 — 15,040 ratings — published 1962
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Everything is Illuminated Everything is Illuminated (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as shoah)
avg rating 3.89 — 183,877 ratings — published 2002
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La memoria rende liberi: La vita interrotta di una bambina nella Shoah La memoria rende liberi: La vita interrotta di una bambina nella Shoah (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.53 — 1,978 ratings — published 2015
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,166,696 ratings — published 2018
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Into That Darkness: An Examination of Conscience Into That Darkness: An Examination of Conscience (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,949 ratings — published 1974
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The Periodic Table The Periodic Table (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.14 — 19,421 ratings — published 1975
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Shoah Shoah (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.41 — 491 ratings — published 1985
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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.11 — 23,477 ratings — published 1992
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The Kindly Ones The Kindly Ones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.03 — 15,093 ratings — published 2006
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Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,392 ratings — published 2015
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The Last Jew of Treblinka The Last Jew of Treblinka (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.35 — 6,995 ratings — published 1997
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The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.25 — 80,552 ratings — published 1946
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L'inferno di Treblinka L'inferno di Treblinka (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,409 ratings — published 1944
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Kaddish for an Unborn Child Kaddish for an Unborn Child (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as shoah)
avg rating 3.80 — 2,073 ratings — published 1990
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The Krakow Ghetto Pharmacy The Krakow Ghetto Pharmacy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.13 — 943 ratings — published 1982
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Un Sac de Billes (Un Sac de Billes #1) Un Sac de Billes (Un Sac de Billes #1)
by (shelved 9 times as shoah)
avg rating 3.96 — 10,990 ratings — published 1973
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Number the Stars Number the Stars (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.20 — 621,155 ratings — published 1989
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Austerlitz Austerlitz (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as shoah)
avg rating 3.98 — 26,870 ratings — published 2001
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The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,322 ratings — published 1986
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Always Remember Your Name: A True Story of Family and Survival in Auschwitz Always Remember Your Name: A True Story of Family and Survival in Auschwitz (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,524 ratings — published 2018
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Fino a quando la mia stella brillerà Fino a quando la mia stella brillerà (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,364 ratings — published 2015
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Per questo ho vissuto: La mia vita ad Auschwitz-Birkenau e altri esili Per questo ho vissuto: La mia vita ad Auschwitz-Birkenau e altri esili (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.39 — 382 ratings — published 2013
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Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,281 ratings — published 2000
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Let Me Go Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as shoah)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,217 ratings — published 2001
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Dora Bruder Dora Bruder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as shoah)
avg rating 3.56 — 8,956 ratings — published 1997
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KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.55 — 2,142 ratings — published 2015
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The Reader The Reader (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as shoah)
avg rating 3.79 — 231,545 ratings — published 1995
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Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.32 — 24,577 ratings — published 1946
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Address Unknown Address Unknown (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.27 — 27,385 ratings — published 1938
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At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and its Realities At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and its Realities (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as shoah)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,183 ratings — published 1966
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“J’ai déjà dit que la Communauté juive s’était chargée de recruter les travailleurs pour le service obligatoire afin d’épargner à la population la terreur des rafles. Chaque jour, les autorités allemandes lui communiquaient les instructions concernant le nombre d’hommes à fournir et le lieux où ceux-ci devaient se rendre. La Communauté envoyait des convocations aux personnes désignées. Ces billets indiquaient la date de la prestation et portaient l’avertissement suivant : les requis qui ne se présenteraient pas seraient signalés immédiatement à la police et sévèrement punis. Les rassemblements se faisaient à six heures du matin devant l’immeuble de la Communauté ou place Grzybow. Des chefs d’équipe permanents inscrivaient les ouvriers et les accompagnaient sur les chantiers sous la garde de soldats allemands.

En décembre 1939, une nouvelle ordonnance obligea tous les Juifs de sexe masculin, âgés de douze à soixante ans, à se faire procéder à leur enregistrement. Tout homme inscrit reçut une carte portant sa photographie et mentionnant son identité, sa profession, ses occupations. Chaque mois, il lui fallait faire timbrer cette carte au bureau de la Communauté. Celui qui exerçait un travail régulier devait, en outre, verser au moins 20 zlotys à chaque vérification de sa fiche. Grâce à cette taxe, il était plus ou moins assuré de travailler à l’intérieur de la ville. Les Juifs sans emploi étaient portés sur la liste des « bataillons de travailleurs » envoyés, en général, dans des camps, à l’extérieur de la ville ; ils subissaient là l’enfer de l’esclavage, des souffrances morales et physiques ainsi que les pires humiliations. Ces bataillons de travailleurs étaient habituellement chargés de la construction des routes, de l’élargissement et de la consolidation des berges de la Vistule. Ils travaillaient comme de véritables bagnards. Des milliers d’entre eux ne revinrent jamais.
Lorsqu’un requis n’obéissait pas à la convocation, la police arrêtait une personne de son entourage - souvent un malade ou un vieillard.

Le ghetto faisait partie intégrante du mécanisme économique de l’appareil de guerre nazi. Des Allemands, comme Tebenz, mirent sur pied dans le ghetto même de gigantesques fabriques où l’on confectionna des vêtements militaires et civils dans les étoffes d’excellente qualité volées par les Allemands dans toute la Pologne. Un Allemand de Dantzig, Shulz, qui avant la guerre traitait des affaires avec des Juifs polonais, ouvrit rue Nowolipie plusieurs ateliers où l’on travailla le cuir et la fourrure. Leszczinsky, un Polonais, monta rue Ogrodowa de vastes ateliers d’habillement. Une société commerciale composée d’Allemands, de Volksdeutschen, de Polonais et de Juifs entreprit la fabrication d’articles de brosserie. La matière première fut fournie par les autorités allemandes. La production était utilisée généralement pour les besoins militaires et, peut-être, en partie, pour satisfaire la demande de milieux privés ayant quelque attache avec l’armée. Dans ces usines ne travaillèrent que des Juifs du ghetto. Leur nombre atteignit plusieurs dizaines de milliers. Chez Tebenz les effectifs, au début de 1943, dépassèrent quinze mille ouvriers. Leur salaire était infime. Chaque ouvrier avait droit à deux litres de soupe par jour au prix de 60 à 70 groschen ; sa condition était celle d’un esclave.”
Bernard Goldstein, Five Years in the Warsaw Ghetto: The Stars Bear Witness

Ralph  Webster
“I can’t recite the chronology or elaborate on the facts. I can’t explain the reasons or defend how we lived our lives. What I can tell you is how the events of 1933 sowed the seeds that fundamentally changed our future, that there was little hand-wringing or emotion, that circumstances were beyond control, that there was no recourse or appeal. I can tell you that events were incremental, that the unbelievable became the believable and, ultimately, the normal.”
Ralph Webster, A Smile in One Eye: a Tear in the Other

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