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The Warsaw Diary of Adam Czerniakow: Prelude to Doom 4 reviews
Adam Hilberg
Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 1999
Worth the read--but get the background first
+ Hell in a small place
+ A homage to my admired Professor Raul Hilber
+ Jews and Poles Degraded by the German Nazi Occupation
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Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany (Studies in Jewish History) 6 reviews
Marion A. Kaplan
Oxford University Press, USA, 1999
Haunting and painful.
+ Wonderfully informative
+ "Social Death"
+ Accurate Portrayal of the results of hatred
+ Intersection between Jewish and Women's history
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I Will Bear Witness 1942-194530 reviews
Victor Klemperer
Random House, 2000
The most compelling book I have ever read
+ Final Journey to freedom
+ Great Book
+ A Courageous, One-of-a-Kind View Inside Nazi Germany
+ Life-Affirming, Edge-of-your-seat, Nonstop Reading
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Perpetrators Victims Bystanders: Jewish Catastrophe 1933-19454 reviews
Raul Hilberg
Harper Paperbacks, 1993
Don't fault a book for sticking to its scope
+ Brutally Honest
+ The Insignificant Extent of Polish-German Collaboration
+ The Insignificant Extent of Polish-German Collaboration
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Hitler: 1936-1945 Nemesis 53 reviews
Ian Kershaw
W. W. Norton & Company, 2000
Excellent
+ Superb Redux
+ "Working Towards the Fuhrer"
+ Worth reading without reservation
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The Politics of Genocide : The Holocaust in Hungary1 review
Randolph L. Braham
Wayne State University Press, 2000
Compensation for Hungarian Holocaust Survivors
This book has proven extraordinarily useful in documenting the experiences of Hungarian Holocaust survivors for the purposes of restitution claims. Hungarian Holocaust survivors are routinely caught in a restitution Catch-22: how long were you persecuted by the Hungarians versus how long were you ...
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The Destruction of the European Jews15 reviews
Raul Hilberg
Holmes & Meier Publishers, 1985
A Seminal Work on the Holocaust
+ One of the classic scholarly works regarding The Holocaust
+ Truly a masterpiece.
+ A WONDERFUL RESEARCH!
+ Obligatory
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Official Secrets: What the Nazis Planned, What the British and Americans Knew6 reviews
Richard Breitman
Hill and Wang, 1999
Short but Informative, and Free from Anti-Polish Bias
+ Review
+ Repetitive but well researched
+ The holocaust uncovered
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Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth49 reviews
Gitta Sereny
Vintage, 1996
Complexity, Ambiguity; Human
+ Somewhat Let Down
+ THE BEST BIO OF SPEER
+ A psychological masterpiece
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Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers28 reviews
Filip Muller
Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 1999
Riviting
+ Excellant
+ Love it!
+ Tough but necessary read..
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Auschwitz and After3 reviews
Charlotte Delbo
Yale University Press, 1997
If you read no other book on the Holocaust, read this one.
+ Delbo and the survivors
+ Amazing account
The other two reviews are so insightful and accurate, in my opinion, I should have little to add. Yet, after reading "Auschwitz and After", I felt I had to express something of how the book made me understand and grow. As a convert to Judaism (born in 1951, I was on the pathway my whole life, ...
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I Will Bear Witness, Volume 1: A Diary of the Nazi Years (I Will Bear Witness)46 reviews
Victor Klemperer
Random House, 1998
Heartbreaking and essential book
+ Bearing Witness as a Jew in Nazi Germany
+ Who can doubt it?
+ A must read memoir
+ Fascinating Account of pre-WWII life in Germany
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Notes from the Warsaw Ghetto6 reviews
Emanuel Ringelblum
Schocken, 1974
A Wide Range of Jewish and Polish Behaviors
+ Very inciteful book. Great reference of the WWII era
+ A Must Read for An Accurate Account of the Warsaw Ghetto
+ Historical Perspective on the Ghetto
+ Holocaust Horror
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Survival In Auschwitz68 reviews
Primo Levi
Touchstone, 1996
The Experiences and Reflections of an Italian Jew at Auschwitz
+ Direct and Powerful
+ Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!
+ Fascinating and interesting book
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Hitler: 1889-1936 Hubris69 reviews
Ian Kershaw
W. W. Norton & Company, 2000
Anticipating "what Hitler wanted"
+ Superb
+ Putting Hitler into History
+ The Ultimate Hitler Bio
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Survival In Auschwitz68 reviews
Primo Levi
Touchstone, 1996
The Experiences and Reflections of an Italian Jew at Auschwitz
+ Direct and Powerful
+ Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!
+ Fascinating and interesting book
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Hitler: 1889-1936 Hubris69 reviews
Ian Kershaw
W. W. Norton & Company, 2000
Anticipating "what Hitler wanted"
+ Superb
+ Putting Hitler into History
+ The Ultimate Hitler Bio
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Auschwitz and After3 reviews
Charlotte Delbo
Yale University Press, 1997
If you read no other book on the Holocaust, read this one.
+ Delbo and the survivors
+ Amazing account
The other two reviews are so insightful and accurate, in my opinion, I should have little to add. Yet, after reading "Auschwitz and After", I felt I had to express something of how the book made me understand and grow. As a convert to Judaism (born in 1951, I was on the pathway my whole life, ...
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Notes from the Warsaw Ghetto6 reviews
Emanuel Ringelblum
Schocken, 1974
A Wide Range of Jewish and Polish Behaviors
+ Very inciteful book. Great reference of the WWII era
+ A Must Read for An Accurate Account of the Warsaw Ghetto
+ Historical Perspective on the Ghetto
+ Holocaust Horror
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Perpetrators Victims Bystanders: Jewish Catastrophe 1933-19454 reviews
Raul Hilberg
Harper Paperbacks, 1993
Don't fault a book for sticking to its scope
+ Brutally Honest
+ The Insignificant Extent of Polish-German Collaboration
+ The Insignificant Extent of Polish-German Collaboration
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