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Essay Understanding the Villains; or, Stranger than Fiction Yesterday, Boris Fishman wrote about the importance of documenting your family history. His debut novel A Replacement Life was published today by… Boris Fishman June 3, 2014
Children’s Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust Loic Dauvillierl Marc Lizano, illus.; Greg Salsedo, colorist; Alexis Siegel, trans.
Essay Research and the Power of Bashert Last week, Steven Pressman wrote about a recent visit to Vienna and bringing an extraordinary act of quiet heroism to light. He is the author of the recently… Steven Pressman May 26, 2014
Nonfiction Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film Glenn Kurtz
Nonfiction The Eternal Nazi: From Mauthausen to Cairo, the Relentless Pursuit of SS Doctor Aribert Heim Nicholas Kulish and Souad Mekhennet
Nonfiction The Pope’s Last Crusade: How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI’s Campaign to Stop Hitler Peter Eisner
Nonfiction The Holocaust, the Church, and the Law of Unintended Consequences: How Christian Anti-Judaism Spawned Nazi Anti-Semitism Anthony Joseph Sciolino
Nonfiction Testimony: The Legacy of Schindler’s List and the USC Shoah Foundation Stephen Smith
Essay Bringing to Light Quiet Heroism Steven Pressman is the director and producer of the HBO documentary film “50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus,” which led to his new book, 50… Steven Pressman May 19, 2014
