Jewish category: 3083 books
The Evil That Surrounds Us
The WWII Memoir of Erna Becker-Kohen
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
In 1931, Gustav Becker and Erna Kohen married. He was Catholic and she was Jewish. Erna and Gustav had no idea their religious affiliations, which mattered so little to them, would define their marriage under the Nazis. As one of the more than 20,000 German Jews married to an "Aryan" spouse, Erna...
A Touch of Genius
Portraits and Literary Masterpieces
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
"These brilliant writers, through their works, never fail to exert their power in spadefuls, and soar to heights of grace and excellence in confronting the great existential dramas of life."
In a collection of passionate, sparkling essays, one of Australia's leading literary critics...
by Werner Loval
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
From pre-Hitler Germany to Kristallnacht, a lastminute escape from the Holocaust, and on to a life on three continents, this book catalogs the experiences of one Jewish family as the events of the twentieth century overturned its settled existence and scattered the family across the globe. Enhanced...
by Amos Elon
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Founder: A Portrait of the First Rothschild and His Time by Amos Elon (52,000 words and 51 illustrations)
In this short biography of Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812), historian and journalist Amos Elon describes how the founder of the Rothschild dynasty started out by dealing in rare...
The Children of Willesden Lane
Beyond the Kindertransport: A Memoir of Music, Love, and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2007
An important and inspiring true story of survival during World War II
Mona Golabek tells the tale of her mother Lisa Jura Golabek's escape from Nazi-controlled Austria to England on the infamous Kindertransport.
Jewish musical prodigy Lisa Jura has a wonderful life in Vienna. But when...
The Hidden Children
The Secret Survivors of the Holocaust
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
They hid wherever they could for as long as it took the Allies to win the war -- Jewish children, frightened, alone, often separated from their families. For months, even years, they faced the constant danger of discovery, fabricating new identities at a young age, sacrificing their childhoods to...
by Danny Naten
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2013
At the tender age of 16, Klara Wizel had a picturesque life with a loving and supportive family. There was no way to know that the Holocaust was creeping toward her and that soon this young Hungarian Jew would be fighting for her life due to the most notorious doctor of the 20th century, Dr. Josef...
Survival in the Shadows
Seven Jews Hidden in Hitler's Berlin
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
National bestseller: This “harrowing” true story of two Jewish families who survived hiding in the heart of the Nazi capital “honors the human spirit” (Andrea Dworkin).
In January 1943, unable to flee Germany, the four members of the Arndt family went underground to avoid deportation...
My Wounded Heart
Life of Lilli Jahn
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2008
An international sensation already sold in fifteen languages, this heartbreaking collection of recently discovered letters captures the destruction not only of a life but also of an entire nation.
Born in 1900 to wealthy Jewish parents, Lilli Jahn stood firmly among the German bourgeoisie. A doctor...
Hanns and Rudolf
The True Story of the German Jew Who Tracked Down and Caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
WINNER OF THE WINGATE PRIZE
The “compelling,” untold story of the man who brought one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious war criminals to justice—“fascinates and shocks” (The Washington Post).
May 1945. In the aftermath of the Second World War, the first British War Crimes...
Rosa's Child
The True Story of one Woman's Quest for a Lost Mother and a Vanished Past
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
Born in Germany in 1936, three year old Susi Bechhofer and her twin sister Lotte were among thousands of children evacuated on the now famous Kindertransport as the country fell into the cruel grip of Nazism. Adopted by the Manns, a childless Welsh Baptist minister and his wife on their arrival in...
by Ann Major
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Of Jewish origin but thoroughly assimilated, Ann Major's enormously successful family, especially in terms of cultural and scientific achievement, lived confident in the future. Little did they realize that their world was being threatened by the looming danger of the Holocaust, perpetrated both by...
Spies in Palestine
Love, Betrayal, and the Heroic Life of Sarah Aaronsohn
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
The incredible life of Sarah Aaronsohn, the self-taught Allied spy who helped the British defeat the Turkish Army and liberate Palestine in WWI.
Sarah Aaronsohn, the self-taught spymaster and martyr to the Allied cause in World War I, well-deserved her reputation as the Flame of Israel. Her...
Only a Bad Dream?
Childhood Memories of the Holocaust
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
One of the youngest survivors of the Warsaw ghetto, author Sahbra Anna Markus lived a life only those who have survived Hitlers hell can imagine. In Only a Bad Dream? she narrates the drama of her early years through her most vivid memories. Sahbra courageously recounts those childhood experiences...