Rina Lapidus, *Young Jewish Poets Who Fell as Soviet Soldiers in the Second World War*. New York: Routledge, 2014.
Send us Fan Mail This book honours the legacies of fifteen young Jewish poets whose lives were tragically cut short—whether through combat, wounds sustained in service, or execution—while fighting for...
12 Okt 1h 10min
Guri Schwarz, ed., *These Thoughts of Mine: Diaries of an Italian Jewish Partisan, January 1940-Feburary 1944* by Emanuele Artom. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem Publications, 2022.
Send us Fan Mail Emanuele Artom (Aosta, 1915–Turin, 1944) was a deeply respected Italian Jewish intellectual and influential voice within the Italian Jewish community who endured the pain of racial pe...
18 Sep 1h 54min
Ashley Valanzola, *When She Remembered: Seven Women Who Transformed French Holocaust Memory*. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2026.
Send us Fan Mail This monograph presents a connected group of seven prominent women, ranging from notable figures such as Simone Veil to memory activist Sabine Zlatin, who have played a crucial role i...
10 Sep 1h 18min
Monica Raisa Schpun, *Aracy de Carvalho and Jewish Rescue from 1930s Germany: A Righteous Brazilian*. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.
Send us Fan Mail Aracy de Carvalho (1908-2011), celebrated as 'Righteous Among the Nations', played a vital role in saving German Jews by supporting their emigration to Brazil during the late 1930s wh...
10 Sep 1h 34min
Sharon Ring, *The Innocents: The Untold True Story of My Family in the Holocaust*. New York: HarperCollins, 2026.
Send us Fan Mail This represents a crucial new addition to Holocaust history, illuminating the lesser-known story of Mischlinge—an offensive term utilized by the Nazis to designate individuals of mixe...
1 Sep 45min
Dan Ben-Canaan, *Echoes of Harbin: Reflections on Space and Time of a Vanished Community in Manchuria*. London: Bloomsbury, 2024.
Send us Fan Mail This monograph examines Harbin, a Chinese city established by Russians in 1898, which became a melting pot for 38 different ethnic communities for more than 60 years. Notably, the Jew...
31 Aug 2h 54min
Havi Ben-Sasson Dreifuss, *The People’s Uprising and the Fall of the Warsaw Ghetto, April 1942-June 1943*. Mark Elliott Shapiro, trans. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 2026.
Send us Fan Mail This book sheds light on the lives, decisions, and experiences of countless Jews who, although not involved in the underground armed resistance, still made significant contributions t...
27 Aug 1h 51min
Robert S.C. Gordon, *Modern Luck: Narratives of Fortune in the Long Twentieth Century*. London: University College London Press, 2023.
Send us Fan Mail Across all human cultures, beliefs, superstitions, and stories about luck are prevalent. Our fascination with luck, intertwined with happiness, danger, uncertainty, and aspiration, ma...
21 Aug 1h 32min
