January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day as designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005. On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated. The UN urges member states to honor and reflect on the lives lost to the horrors of the Holocaust and to develop educational programs to prevent future genocide.
In observance of this important day, we have collected moving and inspiring works on the subject:
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{buybutton id=17315/}The Last Jews in Berlin
When Hilter came to power in 1933, approximately one hundred sixty thousand Jews were living in Berlin. By the end of the war, there were only one thousand left. Leonard Gross’s brings to life the shocking, true stories of twelve of the brave Jewish men and women who spent the final years of WWII hiding in Berlin.
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{buybutton id=787/}Haven
In 1943, 1,000 European refugees set out on a journey for asylum in America. With the backing of the United States government, Ruth Gruber was tasked with escorting the refugees across the Atlantic to safety. Gruber recorded the stories of these refugees and their journey to freedom.
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{buybutton id=12930/}Wintergreen
Anna Elisabeth Rosmus began digging into the past of her Bavarian hometown of Passau to uncover its role in World War II. What she found was an appalling involvement of the citizens of Passau in the imprisonment, forced labor, and death of many Jews and Eastern Europeans. Rosmus uncovers the tragic and suppressed past of the city.
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{buybutton id=1016/}The War Against the Jews
In her controversial groundbreaking work The War Against the Jews, Lucy S. Dawidowicz argues that genocide was as central a goal for the Nazis as conquering Europe was. She examines the full history of Hitler’s “Final Solution” and suggests a different look at the ultimate goal of Hitler’s regime.
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{buybutton id=336/}Sophie’s Choice
William Styron’s stunning novel based in Brooklyn in the wake of World War II has become a true classic. The lives of Stingo the aspiring novelist, Nathan the Jewish neighbor, and Sophie the Auschwitz survivor become intertwined revealing painful secrets and the true depth of human connection.
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{buybutton id=16613/}The Red Magician
Kicsi dreams of adventure and travel far from her small European village, but when the local rabbi curses her school for teaching lessons in Hebrew, Kicsi’s hopes are dampened. When a magician’s assistant arrives telling stories of foreign lands and warns of Nazi threat, Kicsi must learn that the greatest magic trick of all is survival.
For more information on Holocaust Remembrance Day, please visit: http://www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance/
In observance of this important day, we have collected moving and inspiring works on the subject:
{buybutton id=17315/}When Hilter came to power in 1933, approximately one hundred sixty thousand Jews were living in Berlin. By the end of the war, there were only one thousand left. Leonard Gross’s brings to life the shocking, true stories of twelve of the brave Jewish men and women who spent the final years of WWII hiding in Berlin.
{buybutton id=787/}In 1943, 1,000 European refugees set out on a journey for asylum in America. With the backing of the United States government, Ruth Gruber was tasked with escorting the refugees across the Atlantic to safety. Gruber recorded the stories of these refugees and their journey to freedom.
{buybutton id=12930/}Anna Elisabeth Rosmus began digging into the past of her Bavarian hometown of Passau to uncover its role in World War II. What she found was an appalling involvement of the citizens of Passau in the imprisonment, forced labor, and death of many Jews and Eastern Europeans. Rosmus uncovers the tragic and suppressed past of the city.
{buybutton id=1016/}In her controversial groundbreaking work The War Against the Jews, Lucy S. Dawidowicz argues that genocide was as central a goal for the Nazis as conquering Europe was. She examines the full history of Hitler’s “Final Solution” and suggests a different look at the ultimate goal of Hitler’s regime.
{buybutton id=336/}William Styron’s stunning novel based in Brooklyn in the wake of World War II has become a true classic. The lives of Stingo the aspiring novelist, Nathan the Jewish neighbor, and Sophie the Auschwitz survivor become intertwined revealing painful secrets and the true depth of human connection.
{buybutton id=16613/}Kicsi dreams of adventure and travel far from her small European village, but when the local rabbi curses her school for teaching lessons in Hebrew, Kicsi’s hopes are dampened. When a magician’s assistant arrives telling stories of foreign lands and warns of Nazi threat, Kicsi must learn that the greatest magic trick of all is survival.
For more information on Holocaust Remembrance Day, please visit: http://www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance/