Recommended Reading

Neither before, during, nor after the Holocaust have women been silent about the experiences that left them forever marked by the "Final Solution." Here are 28 selections brought together to intensify an awareness of the depths of the Holocaust's tragedy.

Explores how the proliferation of materials (books, films, memorials, commemorations, etc.) related to the Holocaust has resulted in a diminution of its meaning. Warns about the possible consequences of "the end of the Holocaust" in public consciousness.

Roskies and Diamant surveyed Holocaust literature discussing its evolution through all genres and languages. The result is a comprehensive list of Holocaust literature demonstrating the range of writings after the war.

In this memoir, Schonhaus relives his life on the run in wartime Berlin. He forged life-saving passes and papers for those fleeing Nazi oppression. Although a Jew himself, Schonhaus would enjoy Berlin when he was not forging papers.

Rabbi Schulweis challenges readers to use their conscience to examine their obedience and disobedience in relation to moral matters.

An autobiographical narrative of Semprun's experience being transported in a cattle car to Buchenwald.