Amsterdam Publishers is specialized in Holocaust Memoirs.
Thirteen in Auschwitz
Living Among the Dead
Living among the Dead is the award-winning story of one remarkable young woman's journey through the rise of the Nazi regime, the Second World War, and the aftermath.
More info →Defying Death on the Danube
Defying Death on the Danube is a must-read story of strength, survival, and resiliency.
More info →The Butterfly and the Axe
In this tragic tale, a young Ukrainian is ordered to kill Jews in order to be accepted by the Ukrainian Partisans, a dreadful ordeal he carries in secret to his death.
More info →Beyond Borders
The extraordinary memoir of a living veteran, who was witness and protagonist of World War II and the Diaspora of millions of Jews forced to migrate across borders. It is also the story of a boy growing into a man, whose identity is shaped in wartime, as he ponders on war values, idealism, national identity, migration, first love, and family ties.
More info →Farewell Atlantis
An important Holocaust memoir written by one of Latvia's most prominent authors and survivors, Valentīna Freimane.
More info →Searching for Home
The story of a child survivor, a Jewish boy who is hidden in the Netherlands during WWII and after the war is returned to his parents at age three. His porcelain psyche is damaged and his closest companions are fear and distrust.
More info →A Doorway to Heroism
The story of Richard Stern, whose photograph - showing a rare Jewish protest in Nazi Germany - hangs in multiple German museums. He was the author's Great Uncle.
More info →Flower of Vlora
Covering the years 1938 through the present, Flower of Vlora is a lively, funny and tense first person account of Dr. Anna Kohen’s Romaniote-Jewish family in Albania, and how they were saved from the Nazis by Muslim Albanians.
More info →Before the Beginning and After the End
The Nazis and their collaborators found diverse ways of diminishing, humiliating, and ultimately murdering Jews. Despite the horrors experienced during the Holocaust, survivors could find strength through one another and by finding meaning in their lives, denying the evil madman the victory he desired.
More info →The Mulberry Tree
The Mulberry Tree is testimony to how democracy can inconspicuously turn into totalitarianism – fascist, national-socialist or communist.
More info →Wolf. A Story of Hate
Wolf's story is relevant today, as it resonates with decent human beings who are concerned about morally corrupt leadership and self-serving corporations.
More info →Holocaust Memories
An historical account of escaping genocide as a young Jewish boy in Slovakia, often walking through woods or catching trains with no particular destination in mind, only the will to survive.
More info →Monsters and Miracles
Few methods of examining the roots of antisemitism are more revealing than the study of folklore and stereotypes. This is critical to understanding why the Holocaust happened.
More info →Rette meine Kinder
Ein jüdischer Junge und seine Geschwister kämpfen um ihr Überleben, nachdem die Nazis in Polen eingefallen sind.
Wie durch ein Wunder entkommen sie, als die Faschisten ihre Heimatstadt judenrein machen.
Das Glück scheint sie verlassen zu haben, doch unerwartete Hilfe in Form eines berüchtigten Antisemiten naht.
Beneath the Lightless Sky
Buried beneath a city at war – hope flickers in the dark.
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