10 Best Holocaust Biography Books should read at least once in your life
The Nazis committed a massacre during World War II that resulted in the deaths of six million Jews. However, you will not be aware of the stories of the millions of individuals who managed to live. That, while the Holocaust is history, it isn’t so far away. Some survivors, in fact, are still living to tell the tale. Immersing oneself in the stories of those who were there, in my opinion, is the greatest way to remember. So, I am sharing here the best Holocaust biography books that should read at least once in your life.
Here are the 10 Best Holocaust Biography Books
A Holocaust Boy
This book wrote by Jeffrey N. Gingold. The book tells the real and painful experience of a 7-year-old kid during the Holocaust. When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, he and his family, along with 400,000 other Jews, were imprisoned to the Warsaw Ghetto. Sam Gingold smuggles food and medications into his family to help them live. As the war goes on, he is forced to work in a walled city within city under Nazi authority. The family is hunted by the Gestapo across the Polish countryside after a dangerous tunnel escape.
A Memoir
The tragic tale of Gerda Weissmann Klein’s six-year experience as a victim of Nazi brutality is told in All But My Life. Gerda Weissmann Klein is the author. Her amazing survival and release by American soldiers were discussed in the book. On September 3, 1939, Nazis march into Poland, shattering Gerda’s peaceful and beautiful upbringing.
Klein, despite her tragic past, shows tremendous courage and confidence in mankind. Gerda and her young companions manage to establish a community of friendship and love in the midst of the camps’ misery. They were able to endure their captors’ barbarism despite being deprived of the essence of life. Her story has an important lesson for everybody.
It tells a horrifying history of destruction and injustice, but it also offers hope that love can overcome hatred.
If I Survive
Barbara Miller composed the book “If I Survive: ”. The story is a genuine Holocaust survivor’s experience of Lena Goldstein. The story tells how the Nazis separated her loved ones in Poland’s Warsaw Ghetto and brutally killed them in Treblinka It’s a harrowing tale of human rights violations and genocide in World War II. Anti-Semitism lies at the heart of Nazi Germany’s mythology about Jews. Barbara Miller’s book is a compelling, must-read chronicle of Lena Goldstein’s survival. She was a victim of one of human history’s most heinous times.
Among the Reeds
Tammy Bottner composed a touching tale “Among the Reeds”. Melly Bottner with his three-year-old kid and husband start living in terror when they saw the Nazi occupation of Belgium. A terrible reality is revealed to the young family. If they are to live, they must split their own family. This well-written and researched narrative vividly depict Bottner’s grandparents’ desperate decisions to live. Among the Reeds is a profoundly personal family story. This is also a part psychological study of the unique wartime life of a persecuted people. If you like genuine stories of bravery, you must read this one.
The Happiest Man on Earth
Eddie Jaku wrote his biography “The Happiest Man on Earth”. Eddie faced evil and responded with pleasure and love. His ideology is uplifting. Jaku, a Holocaust survivor, made a commitment to smile every day and now considers himself to be the “happiest man on the earth” He pays respect to those who have died in his inspirational memoir by narrating his experience and giving his knowledge. He has always thought of himself as a German first and a Jew second. This man was patriotic about his nation. But all changed in November 1938, when he had lost his family, his friends, and his nation.
The Happiest Man on Earth is a touching, sad, and ultimately optimistic story about finding happiness even in the worst of situations.
How to Be a Refugee
Simon May tells a wonderful story of the lives of the three sisters through his book “How To Be a Refugee”. How to Be a Refugee is Simon May’s riveting tale of how three sisters — his mother and two aunts – came to be refugees. It’s a very emotional and insightful book about a family trapped in the grip of a horrible past. May demonstrates how individual lives and relationships reflect bigger tragedies, losses, and devastating periods.
A Garden of Eden in Hell
Melissa Muller wrote “A Garden of Eden in Hell”, based on the life of Alice Herz-Sommer. She was one of Prague’s most well-known pianists. Alice Herz-Sommer was born in 1903 in Prague. But as the Nazis swept across Europe her comfortable, bourgeois world began to crumble around her. In 1942, Alice’s mother was deported. She was an amazing pianist and started living in London. Her redemption was music that offered her fellow hope in a world of pain and death. This is her remarkable story that everybody must read once.
The Choice
Edie, who was born in Hungary, was just like any other kid. She wished to be a ballerina.
She was madly in love with her first lover. Until, at the age of sixteen, she went to Auschwitz. Edie went on to become a well-known clinical psychologist. This book “The choice” by Edith Eger tells her inspiring storey of perseverance and recovery.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
This memorable novel has sold five million copies with a good cause. Heather Morris narrates the heartbreaking true tale of Lale Sokolov through his book “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”. Lale Sokolov used to tattoo the forearms of inmates in Auschwitz. Gita, a young woman, was in line to get her tattoo. It was love at first sight for Lale. He became desperate not only to live but also to secure her lover.
The Yellow Bird Sings
Jennifer Rosner wrote this heart touching book “The Yellow Bird Sings”. It is a compelling and heartbreaking storey about the everlasting relationship between parent and child.
Róza with her 5-year-old daughter Shira used to hide in a farmer’s barn in Poland in 1941. Róza tries everything she is able to protect Shira from the dangers of the outer world. They make up their own sign language and play silent games. However, there comes a time when their safe refuge is no longer secure. She faced with a difficult decision. Whether she can keep her daughter near to her or give her a chance to live by letting her go.