John Boyne

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Ohio

Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence. Reprint.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

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Heather Morris

Small wear on the back of the dust cover, read once 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Michigan

A Novel

From the author of the multi-million copy bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz comes a new novel based on an incredible true story of love and resilience. Her beauty saved her — and condemned her. Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in 1942, where the commandant immediately notices how beautiful she is. Forcibly separated from the other women prisoners, Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly taken, equals survival. When the war is over and the camp is liberated, freedom is not granted to Cilka: She is charged as a collaborator for sleeping with the enemy and sent to a Siberian prison camp. But did she really have a choice? And where do the lines of morality lie for Cilka, who was send to Auschwitz when she was stil a child? In Siberia, Cilka faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, including the unwanted attention of the guards. But when she meets a kind female doctor, Cilka is taken under her wing and begins to tend to the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under brutal conditions. Confronting death and terror daily, Cilka discovers a strength she never knew she had. And when she begins to tentatively form bonds and relationships in this harsh, new reality, Cilka finds that despite everything that has happened to her, there is room in her heart for love. From child to woman, from woman to healer, Cilka's journey illuminates the resilience of the human spirit—and the will we have to survive.

Cilka's Journey

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Viktor E. Frankl

Harold S. Kushner

William J. Winslade

Tennessee

This author's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Based on his own experience and the stories of his patients, he argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward. At the heart of his theory, known as logotherapy, is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure but the pursuit of what we find meaningful. This book has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living.

Man's Search for Meaning (OLD EDITION/OUT of PRINT)

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Rachelle Unreich

Minnesota

My Mother's Inspiring True Story of Surviving the Holocaust

The powerful, true story of a Holocaust survivor told by her daughter--a tale that reminds us of the resilience of the soul and the ability of the heart to heal. As Mira is nearing the end of her life, her daughter Rachelle wants to find out how her mother had lived through four concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and a Death March. There was a mystery to her survival, it seemed--which perhaps had something to do with the strange things that always happened around her. And, incredibly, when giving testimony later in life, she says that it was during this time--despite witnessing the depths of man's cruelty--that she learned about "the goodness of people." Born in Czechoslovakia, Mira was only 12 years old when World War II broke out. At 88, living in Australia, she is diagnosed with cancer, and her journalist daughter decides to interview her to distract her from her illness. What Rachelle discovers about her mother helps her fit together the jigsaw pieces of her own life. A Brilliant Life portrays not only how remote a prospect it was to live through the Holocaust, but what it is like to be the child of a survivor. A story of love, loss, wonder and the deepest kind of faith, A Brilliant Life questions the role that fate, chance and destiny play in one's life. It is a tribute to family, a story of incredible resilience and a chronicle of the deep connection between mother and child that not even death can destroy.

A Brilliant Life

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Pennsylvania

#paperback #fiction #youngadult #histfic #historical #historicalfiction #holocaust #WWII 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Rhode Island

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

The Book Thief

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#paperback #faith #religion #graphicnovel #comic #familyhistory #jewishidentity #judaism #holocaust 

New Jersey

A Graphic Memoir

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2016 • A Junior Library Guild Fall 2016 Selection Flying Couch, Amy Kurzweil’s debut, tells the stories of three unforgettable women. Amy weaves her own coming–of–age as a young Jewish artist into the narrative of her mother, a psychologist, and Bubbe, her grandmother, a World War II survivor who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile. Captivated by Bubbe’s story, Amy turns to her sketchbooks, teaching herself to draw as a way to cope with what she discovers. Entwining the voices and histories of these three wise, hilarious, and very different women, Amy creates a portrait not only of what it means to be part of a family, but also of how each generation bears the imprint of the past. A retelling of the inherited Holocaust narrative now two generations removed, Flying Couch uses Bubbe’s real testimony to investigate the legacy of trauma, the magic of family stories, and the meaning of home. With her playful, idiosyncratic sensibility, Amy traces the way our memories and our families shape who we become. The result is this bold illustrated memoir, both an original coming–of–age story and an important entry into the literature of the Holocaust.

Flying Couch

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Anne Frank

B. M. Mooyaart

Eleanor. Roosevelt

California

The Diary of a Young Girl

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Livia Bitton-Jackson

Alabama

What is death all about? What is life all about? So wonders thirteen-year-old Elli Friedmann as she fights for her life in a Nazi concentration camp. A remarkable memoir, I Have Lived a Thousand Years is a story of cruelty and suffering, but at the same time a story of hope, faith, perseverance, and love. It wasn’t long ago that Elli led a normal life that included family, friends, school, and thoughts about boys. A life in which Elli could lie and daydream for hours that she was a beautiful and elegant celebrated poet. But these adolescent daydreams quickly darken in March 1944, when the Nazis invade Hungary. First Elli can no longer attend school, have possessions, or talk to her neighbors. Then she and her family are forced to leave their house behind to move into a crowded ghetto, where privacy becomes a luxury of the past and food becomes a scarcity. Her strong will and faith allow Elli to manage and adjust, but what she doesn’t know is that this is only the beginning. The worst is yet to come...

I Have Lived a Thousand Years

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#paperback #historicalfiction #hedylamarr #fiction #theonlywomanintheroom #holocausthistory #holocaust #mariebenedict

Wisconsin

The Only Woman in the Room

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#paperback #witnesses #holocaust #WWII #Jewish #autobiographies #biographies 

New York

A True Story / Growing Up in the Holocaust/ Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust

Holocaust Witnesses LOT/ Hidden Child of the Holocaust, I Have Lived a Hundred Years and We Are Witnesses 

Ellen Umansky

A BOOKLIST BEST DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR One very special work of art—a Chaim Soutine painting—will connect the lives and fates of two different women, generations apart, in this enthralling and transporting debut novel that moves from World War II Vienna to contemporary Los Angeles. It is 1939 in Vienna, and as the specter of war darkens Europe, Rose Zimmer’s parents are desperate. Unable to get out of Austria, they manage to secure passage for their young daughter on a kindertransport, and send her to live with strangers in England. Six years later, the war finally over, a grief-stricken Rose attempts to build a life for herself. Alone in London, devastated, she cannot help but try to search out one piece of her childhood: the Chaim Soutine painting her mother had cherished. Many years later, the painting finds its way to America. In modern-day Los Angeles, Lizzie Goldstein has returned home for her father’s funeral. Newly single and unsure of her path, she also carries a burden of guilt that cannot be displaced. Years ago, as a teenager, Lizzie threw a party at her father’s house with unexpected but far-reaching consequences. The Soutine painting that she loved and had provided lasting comfort to her after her own mother had died was stolen, and has never been recovered. This painting will bring Lizzie and Rose together and ignite an unexpected friendship, eventually revealing long-held secrets that hold painful truths. Spanning decades and unfolding in crystalline, atmospheric prose, The Fortunate Ones is a haunting story of longing, devastation, and forgiveness, and a deep examination of the bonds and desires that map our private histories.

The Fortunate Ones

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The book "The Light in Hidden Places" is a historical novel by Sharon Cameron, based on the true story of Stefania Podgórska, a young Polish girl who hid thirteen Jewish people during World War II. It tells a powerfulstory of courage, sacrifice, and hope, and is highly recommended for readers looking for an inspiring and emotional read.

Kentucky

The Light In Hidden Places

Art Spiegelman

Book is bent from how it was stored (see photos) but in otherwise good condition. Can most likely flatten out over time in a bookshelf. 

My Father Bleeds History

Maus I: a Survivor's Tale

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#autobiography #memoir #jewish #nonfiction #night #history #holocaust #classic #biography #paperback 

Georgia

The narrative of a boy who lived through Auschwitz and Buchenwald provides a short and terrible indictment of modern humanity.

Night

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#heretostay #johnhersey #holocaust #exlibrary #greatcondition 

Texas

History

Here to stay 

A little damaged on the cover but a good deal!!#annefrank #holocaust #annefrank #autobiography 

My Survival: A Girl on Schindler’s List 

Marie Benedict

Hanna Davidson Pankowsky

Mary Maddock

On September 27, 1939, after the Nazi invasion, Poland ceased to exist as a nation. Ten-year-old Hanna Davidson’s father, Simon, and older brother, Kazik, had been drafted to defend Warsaw. Hanna and her mother, Sofia, found themselves subjected to Hitler’s efforts to dehumanize Poland’s Jewish population. There seemed no choice but to submit to a ruthless tyranny. Learning that Simon and Kazik were alive in the Soviet-occupied zone of Poland, Hanna and her mother decided to risk a harrowing escape from Nazi Poland into safer Soviet territory. With only the clothes on their backs, they fled their apartment to face a daunting crossing and the threat of persecution under Stalin's regime. As recounted by Hanna, the Davidsons’ journey into the Soviet interior makes for an extraordinary story. More than a memoir of survival, their story is clearly one of a family whose spirit could not be destroyed by persecution, war, famine, or political oppression.

Outrunning the Holocaust in Russia

On September 27, 1939, after the Nazi invasion, Poland ceased to exist as a nation. Ten-year-old Hanna Davidson's father, Simon, and older brother, Kazik, had been drafted to defend Warsaw. Hanna and her mother, Sophia, found themselves subjected to Hitler's efforts to dehumanize Poland's Jewish population. But when they got word that Simon and Kazik were alive in the Soviet-occupied zone of Poland, Hanna and her mother decided to risk a harrowing escape from Nazi Poland into safer Soviet territory. With only the clothes on their backs, they left their apartment.

East of the Storm

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The Story of a Child of Buchenwald Who Returned Home at Last

With a foreword by Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel Israel Meir Lau, one of the youngest survivors of Buchenwald, was just eight years old when the camp was liberated in 1945. Descended from a 1,000-year unbroken chain of rabbis, he grew up to become Chief Rabbi of Israel--and like many of the great rabbis, Lau is a master storyteller. Out of the Depths is his harrowing, miraculous, and inspiring account of life in one of the Nazis' deadliest concentration camps, and how he managed to survive against all possible odds.
Lau, who lost most of his family in the Holocaust, also chronicles his life after the war, including his emigration to Mandate Palestine during a period that coincides with the development of the State of Israel. The story continues up through today, with that once-lost boy of eight now a brilliant, charismatic, and world-revered figure who has visited with Popes John Paul and Benedict; the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, and countless global leaders including Ronald Reagan, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Tony Blair.

Out of the Depths

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Primo Levi

The author describes his twenty month ordeal in the Nazi death camp.

Survival in Auschwitz

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North Carolina

A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy

A Lucky Child

#hardcover #fiction #holocaust #historicalfiction #wwii #historical #baseontruestory #cilkasjourney 

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John Boyne

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Heather Morris

Cilka's Journey

Viktor E. Frankl; Harold S. Kushner; William J. Winslade

Man's Search for Meaning (OLD EDITION/OUT of PRINT)

Rachelle Unreich

A Brilliant Life

Rachelle Unreich

A Brilliant Life

Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Amy Kurzweil (Illustrator)

Flying Couch

Anne Frank; B. M. Mooyaart; Eleanor. Roosevelt

The Diary of a Young Girl

Livia Bitton-Jackson

I Have Lived a Thousand Years

Marie Benedict

The Only Woman in the Room

Stacy Cretzmeyer, Livia Bitton-Jackson, Jacob Boas

Holocaust Witnesses LOT/ Hidden Child of the Holocaust, I Have Lived a Hundred Years and We Are Witnesses

Ellen Umansky

The Fortunate Ones

Sharon Cameron

The Light In Hidden Places

Art Spiegelman

Maus I: a Survivor's Tale

Elie Wiesel

Night

John Hersey

Here to stay

Anne Frank; B. M. Mooyaart (Translator); Eleanor Roosevelt (Introduction by)

The Diary of a Young Girl

Joshua M. Greene & Rena Finder

My Survival: A Girl on Schindler’s List

Marie Benedict

The Only Woman in the Room

Hanna Davidson Pankowsky; Mary Maddock

East of the Storm

Rabbi Israel Meir Lau; Elie Wiesel (Foreword by); Shimon Peres (Foreword by)

Out of the Depths

Primo Levi

Survival in Auschwitz

Thomas Buergenthal

A Lucky Child

Heather Morris

Cilka's Journey