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The Band Played on at Auschwitz
by Anne Sebba
The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz author Anne Sebba shares with The History Reader…
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Hitler’s Jewish Army
by Ellen Feldman
wcag heading wcag heading While conducting research for her novel, author Ellen Feldman…
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Benghabrit: The Muslim Rector who saved Jews from the Gestapo
WCAG Headingby Susan Cahill The Grand Mosque of Paris was built between 1922 and 1926 to…
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A Judenrat’s Financial Triumph Over the Gestapo
WCAG Headingby Michael Bornstein and Debbie Bornstein Holinstat It was March 1941. Nearly a year had…
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Life Inside the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp
WCAG Headingby David CesaraniWCAG Heading Until the mass eviction of German Jews to Theresienstadt, the ghetto-camp…
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Elie Wiesel: Night
WCAG HeadingPreface to Night by Elie Wiesel If in my lifetime I was to write only…
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Ben Mankiewicz: “If Your Last Name Is Mankiewicz”
WCAG Heading by Ben Mankiewicz Writing about my father should be easy. But it isn’t. Writing…
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Primo Levi: An Author Q&A
WCAG Heading by Sergio Luzzatto No other Auschwitz survivor has been as literately powerful and historically…
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Jewish History
Featured Excerpt: The Sea Captain’s Wife
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
In The Sea Captain's Wife, New York Times bestselling author Tilar J.…
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The Curious Case of Nuremberg’s Hangman
by Tim Queeney
In his book Rope, author Tim Queeney takes readers on a unique and…
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Featured Excerpt: Gemini
by Jeffrey Kluger
Named by Time Magazine as one of the most anticipated books of fall…
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Featured Excerpt: Progress
by Samuel Miller McDonald
In Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy…
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2025 Holiday Gift Guide
This December, we're taking a look back at the many fascinating history books that published this…
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Featured Excerpt: Family of Spies
It began with a mysterious letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World…
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Post-Holocene Progress
by Samuel Miller McDonald
Samuel Miller McDonald's book, Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now…
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The Last Launch of the Gemini Program
by Jeffrey Kluger
On November 11, 1966, NASA launched Gemini 12, the last manned spaceflight in…
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