9 must-read memoir books like Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust by Jack J. Hersch

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Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust

By: Jack J. Hersch

4.36

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In June 1944, the Nazis locked eighteen-year-old Dave Hersch into a railroad boxcar and shipped him…

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1. The Search for Major Plagge: The Nazi Who Saved Jews

By: Michael Good

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

When The Search for Major Plagge was published last spring, the world finally learned about a uniqu… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust

2. Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans

By: Vivien Spitz

3.79

Format: 249 pages, Hardcover

A chilling story of human depravity and ultimate justice, told for the first time by an eyewitness … read more

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3. Five Chimneys: A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz

By: Olga Lengyel

3.91

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

Olga Lengyel tells, frankly and without compromise, one of the most horrifying stories of all time.… read more

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4. 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
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  • holocaust
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5. 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
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6. 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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  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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7. 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
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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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8. The Daughter of Auschwitz: A Memoir

By: Tova Friedman

4.53

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A powerful memoir by one of the youngest ever survivors of Auschwitz, Tova Friedman, following her … read more

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9. Warsaw Fury

By: Michael Reit

4.33

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Warsaw, 1939 We mustn't let darkness win. Natan Borkowski has it all. In line to take over the … read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
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10. They Bled Orange

By: Michael Reit

4.52

Format: 316 pages, ebook

A family divided. A war-torn continent. An impossible journey. In the thick of World War II, Nor… read more

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  • world war ii
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11. Orphans of War

By: Michael Reit

4.47

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Amsterdam, 1941 Their whole world is about to shatter. German forces have invaded the Netherlan… read more

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12. The Ghost Tattoo

By: Tony Bernard

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, profoundly moving Holocaust memoir from a rarely told perspective, this is the story of… read more

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  • history
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13. Oskar Schindler: A Life from Beginning to End (World War 2 Biographies)

By: Hourly History

4.45

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the remarkable life of Oskar Schindler...Free BONUS Inside!Oskar Schindler was an unexpect… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
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14. Crossroads of Granite (Orphans of War Book 3)

By: Michael Reit

4.66

Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition

The storm of war thunders to a finale. Nora Brouwer, a radar operator, watches as Allied bombers… read more

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15. The Scourge of the Swastika: A History of Nazi War Crimes During World War II

By: Edward Frederick Langley Russell, Baron of Liverpool

4.12

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

When discussing the German war crimes of the Second World War, modern histories have focused on the… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
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16. 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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17. The Child Who Lived

By: Ellie Midwood

4.41

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Austria, 1942: In Mauthausen concentration camp, two prisoners dare to fall in love. When a baby is… read more

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18. The Survivor From Block 19: A Gripping and Emotional World War II Historical Novel, Based on a Holocaust Survivor’s True Story (Unforgettable World War 2 Stories Book 6)

By: Arie Blumenfeld

4.57

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

Poland, 1943. Samuel is only sixteen when he arrives at the somber metal gates of the Auschwitz-Bir… read more

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19. 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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  • holocaust
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20. The Girl From Terezin: A WW2 Holocaust Survival True Story

By: Hana Sternlicht

4.05

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

“We were finally standing at the train station in Mauthausen. In front of us, there was a notorious… read more

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  • war
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21. Bamboo Doctor: Saving Lives on the Railway of Death in World War Two (Memoirs from World War Two)

By: Stanley S. Pavillard

4.64

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

A harrowing account of one man's fight against death and disease in the Japanese hell-camps during … read more

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22. De laatste getuige

By: Frank Krake

4.46

Format: 391 pages, Paperback

Liggend op het dak van een trein ontvlucht de twintigjarige Wim Aloserij in 1943 de verplichte Arbe… read more

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  • holocaust
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23. World War II Auschwitz: A History From Beginning to End

By: Hourly History

4.25

Format: 46 pages, Kindle Edition

World War II Auschwitz * * *Download for FREE on Kindle Unlimited + Free BONUS Inside!* * * Read On… read more

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24. If I Survive: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 100-Year Old Lena Goldstein's Miracle Story (Faces of Eve Book 1)

By: Barbara Miller

4.38

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

A young Jewish woman who wanted to be a lawyer. A Nazi regime determined to exterminate all Europea… read more

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  • history
  • biography
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  • world war ii
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25. My Mother's War: A Holocaust Survivor's Tribute to an Extraordinary Woman

By: Michael Fryd

4.36

Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition

My Mother's War is a gripping memoir about one woman's unflinching courage and cunning in the face … read more

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26. Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust

By: Jack J. Hersch

4.36

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In June 1944, the Nazis locked eighteen-year-old Dave Hersch into a railroad boxcar and shipped him… read more

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  • memoir
  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
  • holocaust
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27. A Gift of Hope: Finding Faith Behind Barbed Wire: Faith over Fear in the True Personal Story of a WWII POW

By: John Hornbeck

4.52

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

Experience World War II Nazi prison camps through the eyes of a 20-year old boy from Kansas, and th… read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. The Virginia Plan: William B. Thalhimer & A Rescue from Nazi Germany (American Heritage)

By: Robert H. Gillette

4.16

Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition

During Hitler's rise to power in the 1930's, Richmond department store founder, William Thalhimer a… read more

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29. 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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30. The Journey of a Hidden Child (Jewish Children in the Holocaust)

By: Harry Pila

4.40

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

Belgium, 1941. Rosa and Charles Russ give their newborn son, Jean-Pierre, to their non-Jewish frien… read more

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Cover of The Jewish Camp Doctor: The Incredible Gripping True Story of a Holocaust Survivor by Isaac Cohensius

31. The Jewish Camp Doctor: The Incredible Gripping True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

By: Isaac Cohensius

4.08

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

For a brief moment, we look into each other's eyes. Then she turns silently and gets back into the … read more

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15 best-selling history books like Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust by Jack J. Hersch

Transform Your Habits

The Search for Major Plagge: The Nazi Who Saved Jews

Michael Good

3.80

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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The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz

Sara Leibovits

4.35

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11 Top history books like The Journey of a Hidden Child (Jewish Children in the Holocaust) by Harry Pila

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The Stable Boy of Auschwitz

Henry Oster

4.53

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Sara Leibovits

4.35

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The Redhead of Auschwitz: A True Story

Nechama Birnbaum

4.56

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The Boy From Block 66: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story (Heroic Children of World War II Book 1)

Limor Regev

4.46

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