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Autobiography & Memoir

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Jew­ish Refugees in Switzer­land Dur­ing the Holo­caust: A Mem­oir of Child­hood and History
Frieda Johles Forman
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Life as a Visitor
Angella M. Nazarian
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We are Going to Pick Pota­toes: Nor­way and the Holo­caust, the Untold Story
Irene Levin Berman
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The Prime Min­is­ters: An Inti­mate Nar­ra­tive of Israeli Leadership
Yehuda Avner; Martin Gilbert, intro.
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Sur­viv­ing the Angel of Death
Eva Mozes Kor and Lisa Rojany Buccieri
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Arnold Daghani’s Mem­o­ries of Mikhailowka: The Illus­trat­ed Diary of a Slave Labour Camp Survivor
Deborah Schultz and Edward Timms, eds.
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What Would Susie Say?: Bullsh*t Wis­dom About Love, Life and Comedy
Susie Essman
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The Shame of Sur­vival: Work­ing Through a Nazi Childhood
Ursula Mahlendorf
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A Daugh­ter of Her Century
Vera Foster
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Oper­a­tion Last Chance: One Man’s Quest to Bring Nazi Crim­i­nals to Justice
Efraim Zuroff
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Objects of Remem­brance: A Mem­oir of Amer­i­can Oppor­tu­ni­ties and Vien­nese Dreams
Monroe E. Price
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Mad­of­f’s Oth­er Secret: Love, Mon­ey, Bernie, and Me
Sheryl Weinstein
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The Win­ter’s Jour­ney of My Youth: A Memoir
Helen Studley
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The Cen­ter of the Uni­verse: A Memoir
Nancy Bachrach
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Remem­ber Us: My Jour­ney From the Shtetl Through the Holocaust
Martin Small and Vic Shayne
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I Have My Moth­er’s Eyes: A Holo­caust Mem­oir Across Generations
Barbara Ruth Bluman
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