5 Top nonfiction books like When Light Pierced the Darkness: Christian Rescue of Jews in Nazi-Occupied Poland by Nechama Tec

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When Light Pierced the Darkness: Christian Rescue of Jews in Nazi-Occupied Poland

By: Nechama Tec

3.96

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

Everyone knows the name of Anne Frank but few people remember anything about the people who shelter…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in When Light Pierced the Darkness: Christian Rescue of Jews in Nazi-Occupied Poland by Nechama Tec , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

By: Laura Hillenbrand

4.38

Format: 475 pages, Hardcover

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeare… read more

Similar categories in Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption book and Nechama Tec's When Light Pierced the Darkness: Christian Rescue of Jews in Nazi-Occupied Poland

  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Without dignity, identity is erased."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

"A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

"Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

"I just thought I was empty and now I'm being filled...and I just wanted to keep being filled."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

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2. Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust

By: Eva Fogelman

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

In this brilliantly researched and insightful book, psychologist Eva Fogelman presents compelling s… read more

Similar categories in Eva Fogelman's Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust book and Nechama Tec's When Light Pierced the Darkness: Christian Rescue of Jews in Nazi-Occupied Poland

  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • holocaust
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3. The Alice Network

By: Kate Quinn

5.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

1947. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant… read more

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  • world war ii

4. Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto

By: Tilar J. Mazzeo

3.47

Format: None pages,

A New York PostBest Book of 2016 One of Kirkus Reviews' Ten Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of Fa… read more

Similar categories in Tilar J. Mazzeo's Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto book and Nechama Tec's When Light Pierced the Darkness: Christian Rescue of Jews in Nazi-Occupied Poland

  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • holocaust
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5. The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

By: Jonathan Freedland

4.37

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In a book that is part thrilling adventure, part exploration of some of the darkest secrets of the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • holocaust
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6. The Huntress

By: Kate Quinn

4.30

Format: 560 pages, Kindle Edition

In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the hunted… Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always d… read more

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  • world war ii
"Maybe,"

-Kate Quinn, The Huntress

"Cameras didn't lie, but they could certainly mislead."

-Kate Quinn, The Huntress

"Because we can keep on. Others, they try keeping on, they just..."

-Kate Quinn, The Huntress

"If she had a camera, she didn't need to tell stories; she could tell the truth."

-Kate Quinn, The Huntress

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7. When Light Pierced the Darkness: Christian Rescue of Jews in Nazi-Occupied Poland

By: Nechama Tec

3.96

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

Everyone knows the name of Anne Frank but few people remember anything about the people who shelter… read more

Similar categories in Nechama Tec's When Light Pierced the Darkness: Christian Rescue of Jews in Nazi-Occupied Poland book and Nechama Tec's When Light Pierced the Darkness: Christian Rescue of Jews in Nazi-Occupied Poland

  • history
  • judaica
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust

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4.64

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