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Best Holocaust and WW2 Books
Everything is IlluminatedEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Buy new: £5.71 / Used from: £1.25
Brilliant and surprisingly hilarious. Post-Modern holocaust book.
The Complete MausThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Buy new: £10.16 / Used from: £8.50
The survival story of Vladek Spiegelman, in the shape of a comic book, drawn and written by his son. A riveting breathtaking story.
See Under: LoveSee Under: Love by David Grossman
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £3.83
Grossman, the most gifted Irsaeli contemporary writer, in a fascinating imaginative holocaust trilogy. Arabian nights switches to second world war.
Making HistoryMaking History by Stephen Fry
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £1.79
What would this world be like had Hitler not been born? Makes you think but also funny, witty, just like any good old Fry book.
The Pity of it All: A Portrait of Jews in Germany 1743-1933The Pity of it All: A Portrait of Jews in Germany 1743-1933 by Amos Elon
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £5.83
Non-Fictional history review of Jews in Germany between 1743 - 1933.
If This Is a Man / The TruceIf This Is a Man / The Truce by Primo Levi
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £3.19
Blunt and dry description of life in the camps. No sentimentalism.
The ReaderThe Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Buy new: £4.70 / Used from: £0.01
The reflection of the war in the relationship of a teenager and a woman with a secret.