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The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Propaganda during World War II and the Holocaust 5 reviews Jeffrey Herf
Belknap Press, 2006
Just superb!!!!
+ The Jewish Enemy:Nazi Propanda during WWII and the Holocaust. + Arresting, scholarly and profoundly unsettling + Suggestive New Interpretations
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The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 23 reviews Saul Friedlander
Harper Perennial, 2008
An Essential Study of Nazi Germany and the Jews
+ a great work.minus a small detail + Astonishing history of our darkest hour + Truly magisterial but something is missing
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The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage 13 reviews Mark Klempner
Pilgrim Press, 2006
The heart of the matter
+ great for church/synagogue study groups + Hope and Lessons for Living + inspiring + Vividly recounts deeply terrifying efforts of ten gallantly individual experiences
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Night (Oprah's Book Club) 629 reviews Elie Wiesel
Hill and Wang, 2006
Elie, a brave boy and a survivor
+ Scary reminder of what mankind is capable of + heart wrenching + The banal becomes terrifying, the terrifying becomes everyday "normal" + Human Words Cannot Convey the Story
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Becoming Eichmann: Rethinking the Life, Crimes, and Trial of a "Desk Murderer" 10 reviews David Cesarani
Da Capo Press, 2006
Excellent revision of the Eichmann story
+ THE MODERN AGE'S MOST SUCCESSFUL MASS MURDERER + An important work + Great book on a sorry figure + The thin line between good and evil
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The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million 95 reviews Daniel Mendelsohn
HarperCollins, 2006
A Tour de Force
+ A stunning book- absolutely wonderful + To be alive is to have a story to tell
One of the best and most treasurable books on the subject of memory and the Holocaust, this is a book in particular of and for the second generation, the children and grand-children of Holocaust survivors who bear--like Mendelsohn who, spitting image of his murdered great-uncle Shmiel the subject ...
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Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab Lands 9 reviews ROBERT SATLOFF
PublicAffairs, 2006
Salvaging "Lost" History
+ Difficult to put down + Interesting book on little known facts + Arabs & Jews: a complex story
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Suite Française 374 reviews Irene Nemirovsky
Knopf, 2006
One of the best, by far.
+ Unfinished masterpiece + Wanted more and more!! .such a tragedy she is gone... + Subtle, Powerful, Unfinished - An Astonishing Survival
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Our Holocaust 8 reviews Amir Gutfreund
Toby Press, 2006
A Witness
+ Thank you Amir Gutfreund + A breathless read, but... + The Israeli-Jewish complex + Mesmerizing
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Our Holocaust 8 reviews Amir Gutfreund
Toby Press, 2006
A Witness
+ Thank you Amir Gutfreund + A breathless read, but... + The Israeli-Jewish complex + Mesmerizing
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Becoming Eichmann: Rethinking the Life, Crimes, and Trial of a "Desk Murderer" 10 reviews David Cesarani
Da Capo Press, 2006
Excellent revision of the Eichmann story
+ THE MODERN AGE'S MOST SUCCESSFUL MASS MURDERER + An important work + Great book on a sorry figure + The thin line between good and evil
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The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage 13 reviews Mark Klempner
Pilgrim Press, 2006
The heart of the matter
+ great for church/synagogue study groups + Hope and Lessons for Living + inspiring + Vividly recounts deeply terrifying efforts of ten gallantly individual experiences
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The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million 95 reviews Daniel Mendelsohn
HarperCollins, 2006
A Tour de Force
+ A stunning book- absolutely wonderful + To be alive is to have a story to tell
One of the best and most treasurable books on the subject of memory and the Holocaust, this is a book in particular of and for the second generation, the children and grand-children of Holocaust survivors who bear--like Mendelsohn who, spitting image of his murdered great-uncle Shmiel the subject ...
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The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Propaganda during World War II and the Holocaust 5 reviews Jeffrey Herf
Belknap Press, 2006
Just superb!!!!
+ The Jewish Enemy:Nazi Propanda during WWII and the Holocaust. + Arresting, scholarly and profoundly unsettling + Suggestive New Interpretations
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Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab Lands 9 reviews ROBERT SATLOFF
PublicAffairs, 2006
Salvaging "Lost" History
+ Difficult to put down + Interesting book on little known facts + Arabs & Jews: a complex story
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Suite Française 374 reviews Irene Nemirovsky
Knopf, 2006
One of the best, by far.
+ Unfinished masterpiece + Wanted more and more!! .such a tragedy she is gone... + Subtle, Powerful, Unfinished - An Astonishing Survival
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Night (Oprah's Book Club) 629 reviews Elie Wiesel
Hill and Wang, 2006
Elie, a brave boy and a survivor
+ Scary reminder of what mankind is capable of + heart wrenching + The banal becomes terrifying, the terrifying becomes everyday "normal" + Human Words Cannot Convey the Story
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The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 23 reviews Saul Friedlander
Harper Perennial, 2008
An Essential Study of Nazi Germany and the Jews
+ a great work.minus a small detail + Astonishing history of our darkest hour + Truly magisterial but something is missing
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