6 best-selling biography memoir books like The Watchmakers: A Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope Amid the Holocaust by Harry Lenga

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The Watchmakers: A Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope Amid the Holocaust

By: Harry Lenga

4.48

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“Inspiring. Exhilarating. Astonishing. An epic tale of brotherhood, ingenuity, and survival.” —Heat…

If you liked the biography memoir plot in The Watchmakers: A Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope Amid the Holocaust by Harry Lenga , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell?

By: Horace Greasley , Ken Scott

3.73

Format: 256 pages, ebook

An incredible true tale of one man's courage and defiance of the German nation in the name of love … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War II by Matthew  Black

2. Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War II

By: Matthew Black

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The never-before-told true story of how mobster Charles “Lucky” Luciano—the U.S. Mafia boss who put… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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3. 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
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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4. Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in Wartime America

By: Michael Benson

3.97

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

Goodreads Top Nonfiction of 2022 The stunning true story of the rise of Nazism in America in the… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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5. 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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6. 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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  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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7. The Book Spy

By: Alan Hlad

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn, Marie Benedict, and Pam Jenoff and inspired by true stories of the … read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
Cover of Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes by Tim  Brady

8. Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes

By: Tim Brady

4.01

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing WWII true story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence be… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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9. The Orphans of Berlin

By: Jina Bacarr

4.38

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartbreaking World War 2 novel that tells the story of two women’s fight for love, family and ho… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
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10. My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor

By: Selma van de Perre

4.17

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An international bestseller, this powerful memoir by a ninety-eight-year-old Jewish Resistance figh… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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11. Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love

By: Rebecca Frankel

4.31

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A 2021 National Jewish Book Award Finalist One of Smithsonian Magazine 's Best History Books of 202… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz by Heather Dune Macadam

12. 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz

By: Heather Dune Macadam

4.54

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A PEN America Literary Award Finalist A Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee An Amazon Best of the Yea… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America by Christopher C. Gorham

13. The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America

By: Christopher C. Gorham

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for readers of A Woman of No Importance, Three Ordinary Girls, and Eleanor: A Life comes th… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Apprentice of Buchenwald: The True Story of the Teenage Boy Who Sabotaged Hitler’s War Machine (Holocaust Survivor True Stories) by Oren Schneider

14. 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
  • biography
  • memoir
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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15. Maybe You Will Survive: A Holocaust Memoir

By: Aron Goldfarb

4.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

The remarkable autobiography of a Holocaust escapee. “Go on, my son. Maybe you will survive…” … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of A Long Way to Auschwitz: A True Jewish Holocaust Survival Story of Cruelty, Courage, and Luck by Simon H. Kohavi

16. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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17. The Watchmakers: A Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope Amid the Holocaust

By: Harry Lenga

4.48

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“Inspiring. Exhilarating. Astonishing. An epic tale of brotherhood, ingenuity, and survival.” —Heat… read more

Similar categories in Harry Lenga's The Watchmakers: A Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope Amid the Holocaust book and Harry Lenga's The Watchmakers: A Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope Amid the Holocaust

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • holocaust
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18. Enemy of the People: The Untold Story of the Journalists Who Opposed Hitler

By: Terrence Petty

3.75

Format: 51 pages, Kindle Edition

A stirring true story of the journalists who dared to oppose Hitler—and the campaign waged against … read more

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  • biography
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of Jumping from Helicopters: A Vietnam Memoir by John Stillman

19. Jumping from Helicopters: A Vietnam Memoir

By: John Stillman

4.43

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1967, at age nineteen, John Stillman—refusing to wait for the draft—voluntarily enlisted in the … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
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  • nonfiction
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20. 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
Cover of Jews in the Garden: A Holocaust Survivor, the Fate of His Family, and the Secret History of Poland in World War II by Judy Rakowsky

21. Jews in the Garden: A Holocaust Survivor, the Fate of His Family, and the Secret History of Poland in World War II

By: Judy Rakowsky

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

" Jews in the Garden reads like the best of narrator-guided murder-mysteries. But in this case the … read more

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  • memoir
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
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3.73

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4.12

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4.21

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3.97

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4.08

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Emmanuel Acho

4.53

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Lauren Grodstein

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