19 Best nonfiction books like Save my Children. An Astonishing Tale of Survival and its Unlikely Hero by Leon Kleiner

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Save my Children. An Astonishing Tale of Survival and its Unlikely Hero

By: Leon Kleiner

4.64

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

A young Jewish boy and his siblings fleeing a world destroyed by hate. A notoriously cruel anti-Se…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Save my Children. An Astonishing Tale of Survival and its Unlikely Hero by Leon Kleiner , here is a list of 19 books like this:

1. Among the Reeds: The true Story of how a Family survived the Holocaust

By: Tammy Bottner

4.21

Format: None pages,

During the dark days of the Holocaust, a Jewish family struggles to survive. When her son was born,… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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2. Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

By: Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever biography of SS Overseer Maria Mandl, the highest-ranked woman in the Nazi killing m… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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3. The Stable Boy of Auschwitz

By: Henry Oster

4.53

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

This heart-wrenching memoir from a Holocaust survivor reveals the terrible realities of life in Aus… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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4. The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz

By: Sara Leibovits

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Poland, 1944 The train slowed and halted with a squeal of the brakes. It felt like we waited in the… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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5. The Thirteenth Child: A World War 2 historical novel based upon an enthralling and heart-wrenching true story

By: Mark deMeza

4.26

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by the true story of the author’s ancestors, this enthralling WWII novel tells of the Kisc… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
  • holocaust
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6. My March Through Hell: A Young Girl’s Terrifying Journey to Survival (Holocaust Survivor Memoirs World War II)

By: Halina Kleiner

4.64

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

A young girl is suddenly all alone and on the run from the Nazis in her hometown in Poland. Having … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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7. The Redhead of Auschwitz: A True Story

By: Nechama Birnbaum

4.56

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Rosie was always told her red hair was a curse, but she never believed it. She often dreamed what i… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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8. The Boy From Block 66: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story (Heroic Children of World War II Book 1)

By: Limor Regev

4.46

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

He has endured more than any child ever should, but now he must survive Block 66. January, 1945 . … read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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9. The Stolen Twins

By: Shari J. Ryan

4.36

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Auschwitz, 1944: “You can’t leave me,” I whisper, my hand trembling as I reach for her cheek. “You … read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
  • holocaust
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10. The Wife Who Risked Everything

By: Ellie Midwood

4.26

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

Berlin, 1943: “Where’s your husband?” the SS man demanded. “There’s no one home,” Margot said befo… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
  • holocaust
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11. The Berlin Family's Secret: A Historical WW2 Novel (Unforgettable World War 2 Stories Book 1)

By: Baruch Cohen

4.29

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

They were loyal subjects of the Reich… until it came knocking on their door.Berlin, 1942. As bombs … read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • holocaust
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12. The Officer of Dachau

By: Dorit Journo

4.35

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

She made a courageous choice in times of unparalleled turmoil. Could her family survive its consequ… read more

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  • historical
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13. Save my Children. An Astonishing Tale of Survival and its Unlikely Hero

By: Leon Kleiner

4.64

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

A young Jewish boy and his siblings fleeing a world destroyed by hate. A notoriously cruel anti-Se… read more

Similar categories in Leon Kleiner's Save my Children. An Astonishing Tale of Survival and its Unlikely Hero book and Leon Kleiner's Save my Children. An Astonishing Tale of Survival and its Unlikely Hero

  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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14. Auschwitz Prisoner 31119: The Shocking True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor

By: Yitzchak Borowsky

3.88

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

She was liberated from hell on Earth. But will she ever be free from Auschwitz?Poland, 1943. Dark s… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • holocaust
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15. I Survived to Tell: A Holocaust Memoir about Survival in the Warsaw Ghetto and 7 Camps

By: Noach (Natan) Żelechower

4.64

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

In no less than seven concentration and extermination camps, the Polish-Jew Noach (Natan) Żelechowe… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • holocaust
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16. The Apprentice of Buchenwald: The True Story of the Teenage Boy Who Sabotaged Hitler’s War Machine (Holocaust Survivor True Stories)

By: Oren Schneider

4.49

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

Alexander Rosenberg was a smart and curious teenager who spoke many languages, collected stamps, pl… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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17. First One In, Last One Out: Auschwitz Survivor 31321

By: Marilyn Shimon

4.41

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

While growing up in New York, Marilyn Shimon often visited her uncle in California. She saw his sca… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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18. Lipstick in Auschwitz: The Unbelievable True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor

By: Miriam Nick

4.31

Format: 466 pages, Kindle Edition

She made it through the first selection… but can she survive to see the end of the war?Marysia is o… read more

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  • holocaust
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19. A Holocaust Memoir of Love & Resilience: Mama's Survival from Lithuania to America (Holocaust Survivor True Stories)

By: Ettie Zilber

4.19

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

With the Nazi occupation of Kovno (Lithuania), her life changed forever. Zlata Santocki Sidrer was … read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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20. The Auschwitz Twins (The Auschwitz Twins #3)

By: Roberta Kagan

4.46

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

A bloodcurdling drama unravels in the shadow of Mengele's dark, twisted obsession. Ernst must face… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • holocaust
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21. A Long Way to Auschwitz: A True Jewish Holocaust Survival Story of Cruelty, Courage, and Luck

By: Simon H. Kohavi

4.70

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

His road leads to the place of nightmares. But will that stop be his last?Hungary, 1939. Like most … read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • holocaust
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22. Invisible Jews: Surviving the Holocaust in Poland

By: Eddie Bielawski

4.25

Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition

"A Holocaust story which must be read" — "An amazing story of survival against all odds" — "A simpl… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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23. Boys of Courage: A WW2 Historical Novel, Based on a True Story of a Jewish Holocaust Survivor (Gripping World War 2 Resistance Stories Book 6)

By: Amos Blas

4.33

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

He’ll do anything to save his family… but what will he do when the time comes to save himself? P… read more

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  • world war ii
  • holocaust
Cover of Mengele’s Apprentice (The Auschwitz Twins #2) by Roberta Kagan

24. Mengele’s Apprentice (The Auschwitz Twins #2)

By: Roberta Kagan

4.29

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

As the Nazi shadow of death falls across Europe, one man's wickedness looms out of the darkness. … read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • holocaust
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25. Beyond the Tracks

By: Michael Reit

4.43

Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition

Berlin, 1938. Germany is a terrifying place. When people start disappearing in nightly raids,… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
  • holocaust
Cover of The Last Boy in Auschwitz: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story (World War II True Story Book 1) by Moshe Bomberg

26. The Last Boy in Auschwitz: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story (World War II True Story Book 1)

By: Moshe Bomberg

4.45

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

He will stay in Auschwitz to the bitter end if it means his brother might survive.Poland, 1940. Mos… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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27. Separated Together

By: Kenneth P. Price

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

The Incredible True WWII Story of Soulmates Stranded an Ocean Apart Before World War II, Abe and… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • holocaust
Cover of Vilna, The End of the Road by Sarah Shimonovitz

28. Vilna, The End of the Road

By: Sarah Shimonovitz

4.15

Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition

The unforgettable story of a brave woman and her daring and dangerous journey to survive the horror… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • holocaust
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29. The Stolen Child

By: Roberta Kagan

4.37

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

Hide Karl in plain sight. That was the idea. It was meant to be foolproof. Who would think of… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • holocaust
Cover of Krisia's Silence: The girl who was not on Schindler’s list (Holocaust Survivor True Stories) by Ronny Hein

30. Krisia's Silence: The girl who was not on Schindler’s list (Holocaust Survivor True Stories)

By: Ronny Hein

3.86

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Staying silent meant staying alive during the six years Krisia spent in ghettos and concentration c… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of From Auschwitz with Love: The Inspiring Memoir of Two Sisters' Survival, Devotion and Triumph as told by Manci Grunberger Beran & Ruth Grunberger Mermelstein by Daniel Seymour

31. From Auschwitz with Love: The Inspiring Memoir of Two Sisters' Survival, Devotion and Triumph as told by Manci Grunberger Beran & Ruth Grunberger Mermelstein

By: Daniel Seymour

4.30

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia. Two young girls, Manci and Ruth Grunberger, are growing up in a loving Je… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust

19 Best history books like Save my Children. An Astonishing Tale of Survival and its Unlikely Hero by Leon Kleiner

Among the Reeds: The true Story of how a Family survived the Holocaust

Tammy Bottner

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

Transform Your Habits

The Stable Boy of Auschwitz

Henry Oster

4.53

Transform Your Habits

The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz

Sara Leibovits

4.35

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12 Best fiction books like Beyond the Tracks by Michael Reit

Transform Your Habits

The Secret They Hid (Margot's Secret #1)

Roberta Kagan

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Ryskamp (Fernsby's War Book 1)

J.C. Jarvis

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Good Town

Mary Louise Wells

4.60

Transform Your Habits

The Children's Dream (Auschwitz Twins #1)

Roberta Kagan

4.13

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