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Recommended Reading 5 Books That Informed ‘The Fortunate Ones’ Earlier this week, Ellen Umansky recalled the complicated kashrut of her childhood home. With the recent release of her novel The Fortunate Ones, Ellen is guest… Ellen Umansky February 27, 2017
Poetry Auschwitz-Birkenau, January 27, 2015: A Poem During this past week’s ceremony at Auschwitz to mark the 70th anniversary of its liberation, Menachem Z. Rosensaft penned a poem to commemorate the… Menachem Z. Rosensaft January 30, 2015
Essay Liberation Menachem Z. Rosensaft is General Counsel of the World Jewish Congress and editor of the newly published God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections… Menachem Z. Rosensaft January 12, 2015
Nonfiction The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery Captain Witold Pilecki; Jarek Garlinski, trans.
Nonfiction Images in Spite of All: Four Photographs from Auschwitz Georges Didi-Huberman; Shane B. Lillis, trans.
Nonfiction Inside the Gas Chambers: Eight Months in the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz Shlomo Venezia
Nonfiction A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy Thomas Buergenthal; Elie Wiesel, fwd.
Nonfiction The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz: A True Story of World War II Denis Avey with Rob Broomby
