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📚 Middle Grade Holocaust

Age-appropriate but unflinching stories that introduce young readers to the Holocaust, honoring memory through narratives of courage, loss, and survival.
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun
by Michael Gruenbaum • 2015
An eight-year-old's Prague becomes Terezin, where soccer and a children's opera are his defiance.
4.32
2k+
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs👦 Child Survivors🚂 Concentration Camps
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun Summary
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun 93%
An eight-year-old's Prague becomes Terezin, where soccer and a children's opera are his defiance.
by Michael Gruenbaum 2015
4.32
2k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs👦 Child Survivors🚂 Concentration Camps
When the World Was Ours
by Liz Kessler • 2021
Three best friends in 1936 Vienna. A photograph on the Ferris wheel. Then the Nazis come.
4.51
7k+
😢 Holocaust Fiction💔 War-Torn Friendship🧠 Indoctrination
When the World Was Ours Summary
When the World Was Ours 92%
Three best friends in 1936 Vienna. A photograph on the Ferris wheel. Then the Nazis come.
by Liz Kessler 2021
4.51
7k+ ratings
😢 Holocaust Fiction💔 War-Torn Friendship🧠 Indoctrination
Making Bombs for Hitler
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch • 2012
A Ukrainian girl builds bombs for the Nazis while searching for the sister torn from her.
4.33
13k+
🏭 Forced Labor Camp🧒 Child Survivor🤝 Found Family
Making Bombs for Hitler Summary
Making Bombs for Hitler 92%
A Ukrainian girl builds bombs for the Nazis while searching for the sister torn from her.
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch 2012
4.33
13k+ ratings
🏭 Forced Labor Camp🧒 Child Survivor🤝 Found Family
The Boy on the Wooden Box
by Leon Leyson • 2013
Youngest on Schindler's list, he needed a wooden box just to reach the factory levers.
4.38
30k+
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs👦 Child Survivor🧱 Ghetto Life
The Boy on the Wooden Box Summary
The Boy on the Wooden Box 91%
Youngest on Schindler's list, he needed a wooden box just to reach the factory levers.
by Leon Leyson 2013
4.38
30k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs👦 Child Survivor🧱 Ghetto Life
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry • 1989
When Nazis target Jews in Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie hides her Jewish friend to save her.
4.20
626k+
🕯️ Holocaust Resistance🎭 Hidden Identity👭 Wartime Friendship
Number the Stars Summary
Number the Stars 91%
When Nazis target Jews in Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie hides her Jewish friend to save her.
by Lois Lowry 1989
4.20
626k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Resistance🎭 Hidden Identity👭 Wartime Friendship
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne • 2006
A commandant's son befriends a boy behind barbed wire, too innocent to see the danger.
4.16
979k+
📖 Holocaust Fiction👦 Child Narrator🤝 Forbidden Friendship
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Summary
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 91%
A commandant's son befriends a boy behind barbed wire, too innocent to see the danger.
by John Boyne 2006
4.16
979k+ ratings
📖 Holocaust Fiction👦 Child Narrator🤝 Forbidden Friendship
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
by Laura Hillman • 2003
Schindler's list saved her life. A boy's promise inside the camps saved her will to live.
4.16
6k+
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🌿 Survivor Memoirs📋 Schindler Survivors
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree Summary
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree 91%
Schindler's list saved her life. A boy's promise inside the camps saved her will to live.
by Laura Hillman 2003
4.16
6k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🌿 Survivor Memoirs📋 Schindler Survivors
The Story of a Life
by Aharon Appelfeld • 1983
War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.
3.89
921
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🏛️ Cultural Memory
The Story of a Life Summary
The Story of a Life 91%
War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.
by Aharon Appelfeld 1983
3.89
921 ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🏛️ Cultural Memory
My Friend Anne Frank
by Hannah Pick-Goslar • 2023
Anne Frank's best friend was in the camps, not the attic, and they met one last time.
4.66
8k+
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs📔 Anne Frank💔 Lost Families
My Friend Anne Frank Summary
My Friend Anne Frank 91%
Anne Frank's best friend was in the camps, not the attic, and they met one last time.
by Hannah Pick-Goslar 2023
4.66
8k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs📔 Anne Frank💔 Lost Families
Mapping the Bones
by Jane Yolen • 2018
Twins escape the Łódź Ghetto using a secret sign language. The forest hides a Nazi doctor's scalpel.
4.01
2k+
🫂 Twin Siblings🧪 Nazi Medical Experiments🪖 Partisan Resistance
Mapping the Bones Summary
Mapping the Bones 90%
Twins escape the Łódź Ghetto using a secret sign language. The forest hides a Nazi doctor's scalpel.
by Jane Yolen 2018
4.01
2k+ ratings
🫂 Twin Siblings🧪 Nazi Medical Experiments🪖 Partisan Resistance
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
by Simone Arnold Liebster • 2000
Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.
4.72
2k+
📖 Holocaust Memoirs🚩 Nazi Occupation🙏 Religious Persecution
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe Summary
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe 90%
Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.
by Simone Arnold Liebster 2000
4.72
2k+ ratings
📖 Holocaust Memoirs🚩 Nazi Occupation🙏 Religious Persecution
After Auschwitz
by Eva Schloss • 2013
Betrayed on her fifteenth birthday, a girl survives Auschwitz and becomes Anne Frank's stepsister.
4.32
8k+
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs🧱 Camp Survival🕵️ Life In Hiding
After Auschwitz Summary
After Auschwitz 90%
Betrayed on her fifteenth birthday, a girl survives Auschwitz and becomes Anne Frank's stepsister.
by Eva Schloss 2013
4.32
8k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs🧱 Camp Survival🕵️ Life In Hiding
Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945
by Marie Jalowicz Simon • 2014
She walked past the Gestapo in her petticoat, then vanished into Berlin for three years.
3.80
3k+
🕯️ Holocaust Survival🚩 Nazi Germany👁️ Hiding In Plain Sight
Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945 Summary
Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945 90%
She walked past the Gestapo in her petticoat, then vanished into Berlin for three years.
by Marie Jalowicz Simon 2014
3.80
3k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Survival🚩 Nazi Germany👁️ Hiding In Plain Sight
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank • 1947
A Jewish teenager's diary of two years in an Amsterdam attic, hiding from the Nazis.
4.20
4.2M+
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir📔 Wartime Diary🌱 Adolescence In Wartime
The Diary of a Young Girl Summary
The Diary of a Young Girl 90%
A Jewish teenager's diary of two years in an Amsterdam attic, hiding from the Nazis.
by Anne Frank 1947
4.20
4.2M+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir📔 Wartime Diary🌱 Adolescence In Wartime
The Happiest Man on Earth
by Eddie Jaku • 2020
Auschwitz, Buchenwald, then Australia: how a man who lost everything rebuilt a life he calls happy.
4.62
134k+
📖 Holocaust Testimony🛡️ Moral Resilience🤝 Friendship And Survival
The Happiest Man on Earth Summary
The Happiest Man on Earth 90%
Auschwitz, Buchenwald, then Australia: how a man who lost everything rebuilt a life he calls happy.
by Eddie Jaku 2020
4.62
134k+ ratings
📖 Holocaust Testimony🛡️ Moral Resilience🤝 Friendship And Survival
Crucible of Terror
by Max Liebster • 2017
Five concentration camps, one stranger's faith, and a baptism in a former prime minister's bathtub.
4.90
87
🕯️ Holocaust Survival✝️ Faith During Persecution🌅 Spiritual Transformation
Crucible of Terror Summary
Crucible of Terror 90%
Five concentration camps, one stranger's faith, and a baptism in a former prime minister's bathtub.
by Max Liebster 2017
4.90
87 ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Survival✝️ Faith During Persecution🌅 Spiritual Transformation
Anne Frank
by Melissa Müller • 1998
Her diary captured two years. This biography reveals the family, the betrayal, and the camps.
4.34
26k+
🕊️ Holocaust Biographies👨‍👩‍👧 Family Histories🏚️ Life In Hiding
Anne Frank Summary
Anne Frank 90%
Her diary captured two years. This biography reveals the family, the betrayal, and the camps.
by Melissa Müller 1998
4.34
26k+ ratings
🕊️ Holocaust Biographies👨‍👩‍👧 Family Histories🏚️ Life In Hiding
L'Enfant de Noé
by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt • 2004
Hidden in a Catholic school, a Jewish boy discovers the priest guarding a forbidden faith.
3.95
8k+
👤 Hidden Child🎭 Double Identity🕊️ Wartime Coming-Of-Age
L'Enfant de Noé Summary
L'Enfant de Noé 90%
Hidden in a Catholic school, a Jewish boy discovers the priest guarding a forbidden faith.
by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt 2004
3.95
8k+ ratings
👤 Hidden Child🎭 Double Identity🕊️ Wartime Coming-Of-Age
Crucible of Terror
by Max Liebster • 2003
He carried his father to the crematorium. Then the purple triangles taught him to forgive.
4.69
166
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs🇩🇪 Nazi Germany🕊️ Spiritual Resistance
Crucible of Terror Summary
Crucible of Terror 89%
He carried his father to the crematorium. Then the purple triangles taught him to forgive.
by Max Liebster 2003
4.69
166 ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs🇩🇪 Nazi Germany🕊️ Spiritual Resistance
The Midwife of Auschwitz
by Anna Stuart • 2022
Two midwives in Auschwitz deliver babies in secret, tattooing each one before the Reich steals them.
4.5
56k+
🕯️ Holocaust Fiction🤰 Midwife Narrative👶 Stolen Children
The Midwife of Auschwitz Summary
The Midwife of Auschwitz 89%
Two midwives in Auschwitz deliver babies in secret, tattooing each one before the Reich steals them.
by Anna Stuart 2022
4.5
56k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Fiction🤰 Midwife Narrative👶 Stolen Children
My Mother's Secret
by J.L. Witterick • 2013
Poland, 1942: a mother and daughter hide Jewish families underground while Nazi officers dine above.
4.2
20k+
🕯️ Holocaust Fiction🏚️ Hidden Refuge🌟 Everyday Courage
My Mother's Secret Summary
My Mother's Secret 89%
Poland, 1942: a mother and daughter hide Jewish families underground while Nazi officers dine above.
by J.L. Witterick 2013
4.2
20k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Fiction🏚️ Hidden Refuge🌟 Everyday Courage
Warsaw Boy
by Andrew Borowiec • 2014
He defied the Nazis at 15, fought in the Warsaw Uprising at 16, then survived the camps.
4.09
180
🇵🇱 Polish History⚔️ Wwii Eastern Front🕵️ Resistance Movements
Warsaw Boy Summary
Warsaw Boy 89%
He defied the Nazis at 15, fought in the Warsaw Uprising at 16, then survived the camps.
by Andrew Borowiec 2014
4.09
180 ratings
🇵🇱 Polish History⚔️ Wwii Eastern Front🕵️ Resistance Movements
A Brilliant Life
by Rachelle Unreich • 2023
An SS officer spared Mira at the Auschwitz ramp. Why he did is the first mystery.
4.29
2k+
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🧬 Second-Generation Trauma📜 Bearing Witness
A Brilliant Life Summary
A Brilliant Life 89%
An SS officer spared Mira at the Auschwitz ramp. Why he did is the first mystery.
by Rachelle Unreich 2023
4.29
2k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🧬 Second-Generation Trauma📜 Bearing Witness
Words on Fire
by Jennifer A. Nielsen • 2019
A Lithuanian girl must smuggle banned books to save her culture after Cossacks arrest her parents.
4.28
15k+
📦 Book Smuggling🚫 Forbidden Books🇷🇺 Russian Occupation
Words on Fire Summary
Words on Fire 89%
A Lithuanian girl must smuggle banned books to save her culture after Cossacks arrest her parents.
by Jennifer A. Nielsen 2019
4.28
15k+ ratings
📦 Book Smuggling🚫 Forbidden Books🇷🇺 Russian Occupation
The Tin Ring
by Zdenka Fantlova • 1996
A tin ring, six camps, and the love that carried a young woman through the Holocaust.
4.44
457
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir🏚️ Concentration Camps💞 Love And Survival
The Tin Ring Summary
The Tin Ring 89%
A tin ring, six camps, and the love that carried a young woman through the Holocaust.
by Zdenka Fantlova 1996
4.44
457 ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir🏚️ Concentration Camps💞 Love And Survival
The War I Finally Won
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley • 2017
Her clubfoot finally fixed, a wartime orphan faces the harder battle of accepting she is wanted.
4.48
49k+
🫂 Found Family🐴 Healing Through Horses🏠 Wwii Home Front
The War I Finally Won Summary
The War I Finally Won 89%
Her clubfoot finally fixed, a wartime orphan faces the harder battle of accepting she is wanted.
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 2017
4.48
49k+ ratings
🫂 Found Family🐴 Healing Through Horses🏠 Wwii Home Front
The Plot to Kill Hitler
by Patricia McCormick • 2016
He was a pacifist pastor. Then he joined a plot to assassinate Hitler.
4.04
3k+
✝️ German Resistance📖 Wwii Biographies⚔️ Faith In Crisis
The Plot to Kill Hitler Summary
The Plot to Kill Hitler 89%
He was a pacifist pastor. Then he joined a plot to assassinate Hitler.
by Patricia McCormick 2016
4.04
3k+ ratings
✝️ German Resistance📖 Wwii Biographies⚔️ Faith In Crisis
Los hornos de Hitler
by Olga Lengyel • 1947
A Hungarian doctor's wife keeps her family together all the way to the gates of Birkenau.
4.42
21k+
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir🏚️ Auschwitz Survivor🏥 Camp Infirmary
Los hornos de Hitler Summary
Los hornos de Hitler 89%
A Hungarian doctor's wife keeps her family together all the way to the gates of Birkenau.
by Olga Lengyel 1947
4.42
21k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir🏚️ Auschwitz Survivor🏥 Camp Infirmary
The Little Liar
by Mitch Albom • 2023
Salonika, 1943: a Jewish boy lies about the trains. His family boards. He never forgives himself.
4.56
103k+
🕯️ Holocaust Fiction💔 Survivor'S Guilt👥 Estranged Siblings
The Little Liar Summary
The Little Liar 89%
Salonika, 1943: a Jewish boy lies about the trains. His family boards. He never forgives himself.
by Mitch Albom 2023
4.56
103k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Fiction💔 Survivor'S Guilt👥 Estranged Siblings
Echo
by Pam Muñoz Ryan • 2015
A cursed harmonica travels through time, into the hands of three children fighting to belong.
4.36
48k+
🕰️ Interwoven Timelines🪄 Magical Object👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family
Echo Summary
Echo 89%
A cursed harmonica travels through time, into the hands of three children fighting to belong.
by Pam Muñoz Ryan 2015
4.36
48k+ ratings
🕰️ Interwoven Timelines🪄 Magical Object👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family
No Ballet Shoes in Syria
by Catherine Bruton • 2019
A Syrian refugee discovers a ballet class in Manchester and dares to dance again.
4.40
2k+
🩰 Ballet Dreams🧳 Child Refugee Story💔 War Trauma Healing
No Ballet Shoes in Syria Summary
No Ballet Shoes in Syria 89%
A Syrian refugee discovers a ballet class in Manchester and dares to dance again.
by Catherine Bruton 2019
4.40
2k+ ratings
🩰 Ballet Dreams🧳 Child Refugee Story💔 War Trauma Healing
The Teacher of Nomad Land
by Daniel Nayeri • 2025
Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.
4.15
4k+
👥 Orphan Protagonists🫂 Sibling Bond🧳 Child Refugees
The Teacher of Nomad Land Summary
The Teacher of Nomad Land 89%
Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.
by Daniel Nayeri 2025
4.15
4k+ ratings
👥 Orphan Protagonists🫂 Sibling Bond🧳 Child Refugees
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
by John Boyne • 2015
A Paris orphan moves into Hitler's mountain retreat and becomes the Führer's young protégé.
4.05
27k+
🩸 Nazi Indoctrination🌍 Wartime Coming Of Age🧒 Orphaned Protagonist
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain Summary
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain 89%
A Paris orphan moves into Hitler's mountain retreat and becomes the Führer's young protégé.
by John Boyne 2015
4.05
27k+ ratings
🩸 Nazi Indoctrination🌍 Wartime Coming Of Age🧒 Orphaned Protagonist
The Red Pencil
by Andrea Davis Pinkney • 2014
When war steals her home and voice, a Darfur girl draws her way back to hope.
3.9
7k+
📖 Novel In Verse🧳 Child Refugee🎨 Art As Healing
The Red Pencil Summary
The Red Pencil 89%
When war steals her home and voice, a Darfur girl draws her way back to hope.
by Andrea Davis Pinkney 2014
3.9
7k+ ratings
📖 Novel In Verse🧳 Child Refugee🎨 Art As Healing
Lying About Hitler
by Richard J. Evans • 2001
When a Holocaust denier sued for libel, his own sources put him on trial instead.
4.10
1k+
📖 Holocaust Historiography🔍 Historical Methodology🚫 Holocaust Denial
Lying About Hitler Summary
Lying About Hitler 89%
When a Holocaust denier sued for libel, his own sources put him on trial instead.
by Richard J. Evans 2001
4.10
1k+ ratings
📖 Holocaust Historiography🔍 Historical Methodology🚫 Holocaust Denial
The Hiding Place
by Corrie ten Boom • 1971
A Dutch watchmaker hides Jews, survives a concentration camp, and must forgive as her sister asked.
4.48
363k+
🪖 Wwii Resistance🕊️ Holocaust Survival👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond
The Hiding Place Summary
The Hiding Place 88%
A Dutch watchmaker hides Jews, survives a concentration camp, and must forgive as her sister asked.
by Corrie ten Boom 1971
4.48
363k+ ratings
🪖 Wwii Resistance🕊️ Holocaust Survival👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond
The Holocaust Industry
by Norman G. Finkelstein • 2000
After 1967, the Holocaust became a shield for Israel and an international shakedown.
4.13
4k+
🕯️ Holocaust Memory🎭 Victimhood Politics🇮🇱 Israel Lobby
The Holocaust Industry Summary
The Holocaust Industry 88%
After 1967, the Holocaust became a shield for Israel and an international shakedown.
by Norman G. Finkelstein 2000
4.13
4k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memory🎭 Victimhood Politics🇮🇱 Israel Lobby
Summer of My German Soldier
by Bette Greene • 1973
In WWII Arkansas, a Jewish girl shelters an escaped German POW who showed her she mattered.
3.70
18k+
🏠 Wwii Home Front🏘️ Small Town Prejudice🤫 Secret Friendship
Summer of My German Soldier Summary
Summer of My German Soldier 88%
In WWII Arkansas, a Jewish girl shelters an escaped German POW who showed her she mattered.
by Bette Greene 1973
3.70
18k+ ratings
🏠 Wwii Home Front🏘️ Small Town Prejudice🤫 Secret Friendship
Night
by Elie Wiesel • 1956
A boy enters Auschwitz with a father to protect and a God who falls silent.
4.38
1.4M+
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir👨‍👦 Father And Son🙏 Loss Of Faith
Night Summary
Night 88%
A boy enters Auschwitz with a father to protect and a God who falls silent.
by Elie Wiesel 1956
4.38
1.4M+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir👨‍👦 Father And Son🙏 Loss Of Faith
The Storyteller
by Jodi Picoult • 2013
An elderly SS officer asks a reclusive Jewish baker to forgive and end his life.
4.30
278k+
🕯️ Holocaust Survival🔗 Intergenerational Trauma⚖️ Moral Complexity
The Storyteller Summary
The Storyteller 88%
An elderly SS officer asks a reclusive Jewish baker to forgive and end his life.
by Jodi Picoult 2013
4.30
278k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Survival🔗 Intergenerational Trauma⚖️ Moral Complexity
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak • 2005
Death watches a German foster girl steal books, lose loved ones, and discover what words are worth.
4.39
2.9M+
🏚️ Wwii Germany🤍 Found Family💀 Death As Narrator
The Book Thief Summary
The Book Thief 88%
Death watches a German foster girl steal books, lose loved ones, and discover what words are worth.
by Markus Zusak 2005
4.39
2.9M+ ratings
🏚️ Wwii Germany🤍 Found Family💀 Death As Narrator
Three Sisters
by Heather Morris • 2021
Three sisters walk into Auschwitz with only a childhood promise and each other.
4.37
95k+
🔥 Holocaust Survival👭 Sisterhood🇮🇱 Postwar Israel
Three Sisters Summary
Three Sisters 88%
Three sisters walk into Auschwitz with only a childhood promise and each other.
by Heather Morris 2021
4.37
95k+ ratings
🔥 Holocaust Survival👭 Sisterhood🇮🇱 Postwar Israel
The Living and the Lost
by Ellen Feldman • 2021
A Jewish emigre returns to Berlin to judge Nazis, haunted by the escape that saved her.
3.83
1k+
🏚️ Postwar Berlin🪞 Survivor Guilt⚖️ Denazification
The Living and the Lost Summary
The Living and the Lost 88%
A Jewish emigre returns to Berlin to judge Nazis, haunted by the escape that saved her.
by Ellen Feldman 2021
3.83
1k+ ratings
🏚️ Postwar Berlin🪞 Survivor Guilt⚖️ Denazification
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity
by Robin Stevens • 2022
A ten-year-old spy hunts a Nazi in a manor. Then a murder makes everyone suspect.
4.15
2k+
🔍 Child Sleuths🇬🇧 Wartime England🏛️ Country House Mystery
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity Summary
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 88%
A ten-year-old spy hunts a Nazi in a manor. Then a murder makes everyone suspect.
by Robin Stevens 2022
4.15
2k+ ratings
🔍 Child Sleuths🇬🇧 Wartime England🏛️ Country House Mystery
One Good Thing
by Georgia Hunter • 2025
A Jewish student flees fascist Italy with her best friend's son, forged papers her only shield.
4.26
15k+
🏛️ Wartime Italy🕯️ Holocaust Fiction👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family
One Good Thing Summary
One Good Thing 88%
A Jewish student flees fascist Italy with her best friend's son, forged papers her only shield.
by Georgia Hunter 2025
4.26
15k+ ratings
🏛️ Wartime Italy🕯️ Holocaust Fiction👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family
The Betrayal of Anne Frank
by Rosemary Sullivan • 2022
A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.
3.83
16k+
🕵️ Cold Cases🧬 Forensic History🏴 Nazi Occupation
The Betrayal of Anne Frank Summary
The Betrayal of Anne Frank 88%
A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.
by Rosemary Sullivan 2022
3.83
16k+ ratings
🕵️ Cold Cases🧬 Forensic History🏴 Nazi Occupation
The Painted Bird
by Jerzy Kosiński • 1965
Sent to the countryside to escape the Nazis, a dark-haired boy finds the peasants are deadlier.
3.90
29k+
👁️ Persecuted Outsider🤐 Mute Protagonist🩸 Unflinching Brutality
The Painted Bird Summary
The Painted Bird 88%
Sent to the countryside to escape the Nazis, a dark-haired boy finds the peasants are deadlier.
by Jerzy Kosiński 1965
3.90
29k+ ratings
👁️ Persecuted Outsider🤐 Mute Protagonist🩸 Unflinching Brutality
We Were the Lucky Ones
by Georgia Hunter • 2017
Scattered across continents by war, a Polish Jewish family fights to survive and reunite.
4.42
201k+
🌳 Epic Family Saga💔 Wartime Separation📖 Based On A True Story
We Were the Lucky Ones Summary
We Were the Lucky Ones 88%
Scattered across continents by war, a Polish Jewish family fights to survive and reunite.
by Georgia Hunter 2017
4.42
201k+ ratings
🌳 Epic Family Saga💔 Wartime Separation📖 Based On A True Story
Bluebird
by Sharon Cameron • 2021
A survivor of Nazi mind control hunts the doctor who erased her past in 1946 New York.
4.32
11k+
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A survivor of Nazi mind control hunts the doctor who erased her past in 1946 New York.
by Sharon Cameron 2021
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🕵️ Nazi Hunter🧠 Mind Control🎭 Stolen Identity
The Nazis
by Laurence Rees • 1997
The Third Reich was chaos masquerading as order, and its rise was never inevitable.
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🏴 Nazi Germany🕯️ The Holocaust👁️ Eyewitness History
The Nazis Summary
The Nazis 88%
The Third Reich was chaos masquerading as order, and its rise was never inevitable.
by Laurence Rees 1997
4.30
1k+ ratings
🏴 Nazi Germany🕯️ The Holocaust👁️ Eyewitness History
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