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Nonfiction Hell Before Their Very Eyes: American Soldiers Liberate Concentration Camps, April 1945 John C. McManus
Nonfiction Europe on Trial: The Story of Collaboration, Resistance, and Retribution during World War II István Deák; Norman M. Naimark, fwd.
Essay The Battle for the Books With the release of Stolen Words: The Nazi Plunder of Jewish Books, author Rabbi Mark Glickman is guest blogging all week as part of the Visiting Scribe series here on The… Mark Glickman February 1, 2016
Nonfiction The Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne Anna Bikont, Alissa Valles, trans.
Nonfiction Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler’s Army Georg Rauch, Phyllis Rauch, trans.
Essay Passing the Buck, Berlin Style Earlier this week, Dina Gold chronicled a difficult encounter at her first author event for Stolen Legacy: Nazi Theft and the Quest for Justice at Krausenstrasse… Dina Gold October 14, 2015
Nonfiction Underground in Berlin: A Young Woman’s Extraordinary Tale of Survival in the Heart of Nazi Germany Marie Jalowicz Simon
Nonfiction Hi Hitler!: How the Nazi Past is Being Normalized in Contemporary Culture Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
Children’s Escape In Time: Miri’s Riveting Tale of Her Family’s Survival During World War II Ronit Lowenstein-Malz; Laurie McGaw, illus.; Leora Frankel, trans.
Nonfiction No Better Friend: One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Suvival in WWII Robert S. Weintraub
Nonfiction Unlikely Warrior: A Pacifist Rabbi’s Journey from the Pulpit to Iwo Jim Lee Mandel
Nonfiction Chasing Gold: The Incredible Story of How the Nazis Stole Europe’s Bullion George M. Taber