The Wind Carries Me / Le Vent me porte
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A bilingual memoir by a Holocaust survivor from Hungary about his survival during the war and the adventurous life he leads in its aftermath.
The Path That Luck Took
When the Germans liquidate the ghetto of Jaslo, his hometown in Poland, Stanley is left not knowing where to turn. He finds himself in multiple Nazi camps, including Plaszow and Buchenwald, on a surprising and terror-filled path to liberation and survival.
Reflection
Hedy Bohm is a Jewish teenager from Oradea, Romania, who survives Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Fallersleben concentration camp, where she is a forced laborer at the Volkswagen factory. After liberation, Hedy, now an orphan, escapes from Communist Hungary to Canada, where she starts a family and becomes involved in Holocaust education.
Between the Lines
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Margit Kassai writes a diary detailing to her husband her year living in Budapest, Hungary, in 1944, through the Nazi invasion of Hungary, the rise of the Arrow Cross and the siege of the city by the Soviet army. Margit survives working in children’s homes, scrounging for food and narrowly avoiding death and deportation of Jews.
Hide and Seek
Ben Carniol is only five years old in 1942 when his parents send him away to live with a non-Jewish couple in the village of Baudour, Belgium. Hide and Seek: In Pursuit of Justice describes a childhood filled with the loss and violence of war and Ben’s response to it: a deep commitment to creating a safe and just society for all.
A Symphony of Remembrance
In a Jewish neighborhood in Warsaw, Stefan Carter grows up without much of a connection to Judaism. The Nazi occupation of Poland changes everything, and Stefan faces the same fate as the rest of the Jewish community — forced into the Warsaw ghetto and at constant risk of violence and deportation to the Treblinka death camp.
A Childhood Unspoken
A Holocaust survivor from Belgium recounts memories of her childhood and her escape from the Nazis in hiding and on the run, reflecting on the nature of memory and on the enduring effects of the Holocaust and trauma.
A Light in the Clouds
Romanian soldiers force Margalith and her family from their home and send them on a devastating deportation march to Transnistria, a wretched land between borders, an expanse of thousands of kilometres containing more than a hundred ghettos and camps. How will Margalith find A Light in the Clouds?
A Promise of Sweet Tea
A memoir about a childhood in a small village in Eastern Europe and its destruction by the Nazis.
Daring to Hope
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A mother and her daughter recount their escape, refuge and, above all, luck during the Holocaust.
A Cry in Unison
A memoir about a young girl from Hungary who survives Auschwitz-Birkenau and other concentration camps.
In the Hour of Fate and Danger
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A powerful, lyrical memoir by a World War II survivor of forced labor in the copper mines of Bor, Serbia.
Confronting Devastation
An anthology of excerpts from twenty memoirs who survived the Holocaust in Hungary.
Always Remember Who You Are
A tragic, yet inspiring story of how a little girl loses everyone she knows and loves during WWII, but who remembers the last words her father ever said to her, which helps her build a new life in a new land.
A Tapestry of Survival
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A moving, true story, told in four separate parts with four different authors, each telling a piece of the tale of a harrowing journey to freedom.
Dangerous Measures
A memoir written by Joseph, a Jewish boy who evades capture by the Nazis, and joins the underground resistance in France. History and biography lovers will enjoy this first hand account.
Flights of Spirit
A Holocaust memoir about surviving the notorious Dachau concentration camp. For everyone because these stories need to be remembered.
Carry the Torch / A Lasting Legacy
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Two stories in one book, this is a powerful memoir of surviving the Holocaust, and should be read by everyone.
Memories in Focus
Memories in Focus vividly retells Pinchas's struggle to stay alive under the cruellest of circumstances and the luck and moments of kindness that enabled him to survive.
Dignity Endures
The train from Hungary to Auschwitz brings Judith face-to-face with Dr. Mengele, the Angel of Death, who decides her fate.
