Holocaust Memoirs
I don’t remember the exact moment I became fascinated with reading Holocaust memoirs, but it was pretty young. Learning about the tenacity, determination, and will to survive has brought me out of some of my deepest moments. So if you are interested in learning about Holocaust survivors, this is an ultimate list of recommended books.
‘Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.’ – George Santayana
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl By Anne Frank
by Anne Frank
Rena’s Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz
by Rena Kornreich Gelissen
In Our Hearts We Were Giants: The Remarkable Story of the Lilliput Troupe: A Dwarf Family’s Survival of the Holocaust
by Yehuda Koren and Eilat Negev
The Night Trilogy
by Elie Wiesel
Irena’s Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
The Choice: Embrace the Possible
by Edit Eger
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
by Irene Gut Opdyke
The Girl in the Red Coat
by Roma Ligocka and Iris Von Finckenstein
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man’s Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45
by Władysław Szpilman, Anthea Bell
Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents’ Tailor
by Martin Greenfield
Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust
by Allan Zullo
The Pharmacist of Auschwitz: The Untold Story
by Patricia Posner
Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz by Eva Mozes Kor and Lisa Rojany Buccieri
