27 must-read holocaust books like The Man Across the River by Zvi Wiesenfeld

Cover of The Man Across the River by Zvi Wiesenfeld

The Man Across the River

By: Zvi Wiesenfeld

4.64

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Yankel's simple life is upended when the Nazis invade Romania in this biographical novel. As the fa…

If you liked the holocaust plot in The Man Across the River by Zvi Wiesenfeld , here is a list of 27 books like this:

Cover of Jack and Rochelle: A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance by Lawrence Sutin, Jack Sutin, Rochelle Sutin

1. Jack and Rochelle: A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance

By: Lawrence Sutin , Jack Sutin , Rochelle Sutin

4.27

Format: 225 pages, Paperback

A gripping memoir wherein Jack and Rochelle Sutin recount their struggle to survive the Holocaust a… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • jewish
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of Outcry: Holocaust Memoirs by Manny Steinberg

2. Outcry: Holocaust Memoirs

By: Manny Steinberg

4.51

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Outcry - Holocaust Memoirs, a Profoundly Moving Autobiography Mendel (Manny) Steinberg spent his… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of 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

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
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of The Stable Boy of Auschwitz by Henry Oster

4. 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
  • biography
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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5. 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
  • biography
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of The Thirteenth Child: A World War 2 historical novel based upon an enthralling and heart-wrenching true story by Mark deMeza

6. 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
  • holocaust
Cover of My March Through Hell: A Young Girl’s Terrifying Journey to Survival (Holocaust Survivor Memoirs World War II) by Halina Kleiner

7. 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
Cover of The Redhead of Auschwitz: A True Story by Nechama Birnbaum

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

9. 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
  • biography
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes by Tim  Brady

10. 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
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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11. A Web of Secrets

By: Roberta Kagan

4.52

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

A Web of Secrets brings Roberta Kagan’s riveting historical WW2 series: Jews, The Third Reich, and … read more

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  • world war ii
  • holocaust
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12. 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
  • holocaust
Cover of My Daughter’s Keeper (World War II Brave Women Fiction) by Adiva Geffen

13. My Daughter’s Keeper (World War II Brave Women Fiction)

By: Adiva Geffen

4.52

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Would you entrust the most important thing in your life to a person ordered to hate you? Poland,… read more

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  • world war ii
  • holocaust
Cover of Save my Children. An Astonishing Tale of Survival and its Unlikely Hero by Leon Kleiner

14. 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

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • holocaust
Cover of Auschwitz Prisoner 31119: The Shocking True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor by Yitzchak Borowsky

15. 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
Cover of I Survived to Tell: A Holocaust Memoir about Survival in the Warsaw Ghetto and 7 Camps by Noach (Natan) Żelechower

16. 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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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • holocaust
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

17. 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
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of Wolf: A Story of Hate (Holocaust Survivor Memoirs World War II) by Zeev Scheinwald

18. Wolf: A Story of Hate (Holocaust Survivor Memoirs World War II)

By: Zeev Scheinwald

4.55

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of a young Jewish man imprisoned in corporate-owned labor camps during WWIIHis name … read more

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  • holocaust
Cover of Lipstick in Auschwitz: The Unbelievable True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor by Miriam Nick

19. 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
Cover of The Lightmaker of Auschwitz: A WW2 Historical Page-Turner Based on the True Story of a Holocaust Survivor by Naphtali Brezniak

20. The Lightmaker of Auschwitz: A WW2 Historical Page-Turner Based on the True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

By: Naphtali Brezniak

4.37

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

Can one man bring light to the darkest place in the world?When Moshe Brezniak steps off the train a… read more

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Cover of A Long Way to Auschwitz: A True Jewish Holocaust Survival Story of Cruelty, Courage, and Luck by Simon H. Kohavi

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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  • history
  • biography
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of The Man Across the River by Zvi Wiesenfeld

22. The Man Across the River

By: Zvi Wiesenfeld

4.64

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Yankel's simple life is upended when the Nazis invade Romania in this biographical novel. As the fa… read more

Similar categories in Zvi Wiesenfeld's The Man Across the River book and Zvi Wiesenfeld's The Man Across the River

  • history
  • biography
  • jewish
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of 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

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

Similar categories in Amos Blas's 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) book and Zvi Wiesenfeld's The Man Across the River

  • world war ii
  • 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

24. 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
  • biography
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of Not A Real Enemy: The True Story of a Hungarian Jewish Man’s Fight for Freedom (Holocaust Survivor True Stories) by Robert Wolf

25. Not A Real Enemy: The True Story of a Hungarian Jewish Man’s Fight for Freedom (Holocaust Survivor True Stories)

By: Robert Wolf

4.78

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

Hungary, 1944. Almost half a million Jewish Hungarians are deported to Auschwitz. Among the few sur… read more

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Cover of Vilna, The End of the Road by Sarah Shimonovitz

26. 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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  • holocaust
Cover of Only Hope a Survivors Stories of the Holocaust by Felicia Bornstein Lubliner

27. Only Hope a Survivors Stories of the Holocaust

By: Felicia Bornstein Lubliner

4.16

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

Irving Lubliner’s parents both survived Nazi concentration camps. After his mother’s death he disco… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of Saving Rebecca by Alex Amit

28. Saving Rebecca

By: Alex Amit

4.59

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

A WW2 historical novel about a mother’s devotion In the shadow of the Nazi regime, one woman fig… read more

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Cover of Land of Many Bridges: My Father's Story (Holocaust Survivor True Stories) by Bela Ruth Samuel Tenenholtz

29. Land of Many Bridges: My Father's Story (Holocaust Survivor True Stories)

By: Bela Ruth Samuel Tenenholtz

4.54

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

A Family’s Fight For FreedomAs the threat of Nazi violence against the Jews of Overijssel grows, Da… read more

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  • holocaust
Cover of The Dead Years: Holocaust Memoirs (Holocaust Survivor Memoirs World War II) by Joseph Schupack

30. The Dead Years: Holocaust Memoirs (Holocaust Survivor Memoirs World War II)

By: Joseph Schupack

4.48

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

A Jewish teenager. Four concentration camps. His family and home lost forever. This is his unforget… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
Cover of In the Time of Madmen by Mark A. Prelas

31. In the Time of Madmen

By: Mark A. Prelas

4.35

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Holocaust Survivor True Stories WWII A story of struggle, heroism, and triumph during the rise o… read more

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17 Top history books like The Man Across the River by Zvi Wiesenfeld

Transform Your Habits

Jack and Rochelle: A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance

Lawrence Sutin , Jack Sutin , Rochelle Sutin

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Outcry: Holocaust Memoirs

Manny Steinberg

4.51

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

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14 must-read holocaust books like Wolf: A Story of Hate (Holocaust Survivor Memoirs World War II) by Zeev Scheinwald

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

My March Through Hell: A Young Girl’s Terrifying Journey to Survival (Holocaust Survivor Memoirs World War II)

Halina Kleiner

4.64

Transform Your Habits

The Redhead of Auschwitz: A True Story

Nechama Birnbaum

4.56

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