Recommended Reading

It’s tempting to draw parallels between the Hitler era and the present age of ascendant nationalism, and Gellately (History/Florida State Univ.; The Oxford Illustrated History of the Third Reich, 2018, etc.) offers reasons to do so.

Gies recalls how she, her husband and several of their coworkers sheltered her boss, Otto Frank, his family, and several other Jews in a secret annex of their Amsterdam office building during World War II.

Gigliotti examines the role of the train during the Holocaust as a means of transportation and devastation in its own right.

The author uses oral histories as well as over 30 illustrations to present this period in history.

Beginning with isolated incidents of prewar violence and expanding in scope with the Third Reich's rise to power, this book is a geographic exploration of the Holocaust. It includes maps and diagrams of expulsions, forced marches, mass executions, and concentration camps.

Different Horrors, Same Hell: Gender and the Holocaust is a collection of essays focusing on feminist theory and gender analysis during the Holocaust. Authors include Doris Bergen, Mary Gallant, Dorota Glowacka and David Patterson.