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Items with the tag:

auschwitz

Cover of Questions I Am Asked About the Holocaust
Non­fic­tion
Ques­tions I Am Asked About the Holocaust
Hédi Fried; Alice E. Olsson, trans.
Cover of They Went Left
Fic­tion
They Went Left
Mon­i­ca Hesse
Cover of The German House
Fic­tion
The Ger­man House
Annette Hess, Elizabeth Lauffer (trans.)
Cover of The Volunteer: One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz
Non­fic­tion
The Vol­un­teer: One Man, an Under­ground Army, and the Secret Mis­sion to Destroy Auschwitz
Jack Fair­weath­er
Cover of Makeup Tips from Auschwitz: How Vanity Saved my Mother's Life
Non­fic­tion
Make­up Tips from Auschwitz: How Van­i­ty Saved my Moth­er’s Life
Tom­my Schnurmacher
Cover of No Past Tense: Love and Survival in the Shadow of the Holocaust
Non­fic­tion
No Past Tense: Love and Sur­vival in the Shad­ow of the Holocaust
D. Z. Stone
Cover of Embracing Auschwitz: Forging a Vibrant Life-Affirming Judaism that Takes the Holocaust Seriously
Non­fic­tion
Embrac­ing Auschwitz: Forg­ing a Vibrant Life-Affirm­ing Judaism that Takes the Holo­caust Seriously
Joshua Ham­mer­man
Cover of The Librarian of Auschwitz
Fic­tion
The Librar­i­an of Auschwitz
Antonio Iturbe;‎ Lilit Thwaites, trans.
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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
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Chil­dren’s
The Magi­cian of Auschwitz
Kathy Kac­er
Cover of We Won't See Auschwitz
Non­fic­tion
We Won’t See Auschwitz
Jérémie Dres; Edward Gauvin, trans.
Cover of Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor
Non­fic­tion
Mea­sure of a Man: From Auschwitz Sur­vivor to Pres­i­dents’ Tailor
Mar­tin Greenfield
Cover of Survivor: Auschwitz, the Death March and My Fight for Freedom
Non­fic­tion
Sur­vivor: Auschwitz, the Death March and My Fight for Freedom
Sam Pivnik
Cover of Auschwitz: A New History
Non­fic­tion
Auschwitz: A New History
Laurence Rees
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