For International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust on January 27th, we are sharing books that honor the memory of victims and survivors of the Holocaust and educate others on the atrocities that took place and altered the generations that followed.
Books for International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
By Coll Rowe | January 23 2026 | General
Edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler, the Definitive Edition of Anne Frank’s diary features 30% new material. It restores all of the entries omitted from previous publications—including Anne’s observations about her emerging sexuality and her stormy relationship with her mother.
- English > Comparative Literature > Literature of Peace and War
- English > Comparative Literature > Literature of the Holocaust
- History > Global Conflicts > Holocaust
- History > Global Conflicts > World War II
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Jewish Literature and Drama
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Jewish Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and Literature
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Edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler, the Definitive Edition of Anne Frank’s diary features 30% new material. It restores all of the entries omitted from previous publications—including Anne’s observations about her emerging sexuality and her stormy relationship with her mother.
- English > Comparative Literature > Literature of Peace and War
- English > Comparative Literature > Literature of the Holocaust
- History > Global Conflicts > Holocaust
- History > Global Conflicts > World War II
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Jewish Literature and Drama
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Jewish Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and Literature
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- History > Global Conflicts > Holocaust
- History > Global Conflicts > World War II
- History > Period History: Russia and Eastern Europe > History of Modern Russia
- History > Period History: Russia and Eastern Europe > History of the Soviet Union
- History > Period History: Western Europe (Continental) > 20th Century Europe
- History > Period History: World History > 20th Century World History
- History > Race and Gender Studies > Jewish History
- History > Regional History: Russia and Eastern Europe > Eastern Europe
- History > Regional History: Russia and Eastern Europe > Russia and Former USSR
- History > Regional History: Western Europe (Continental) > European Military History
- History > Regional History: Western Europe (Continental) > Germany
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Jewish History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Russian and Eastern European Studies
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A courageous and remarkably accomplished Holocaust survivor’s powerfully vivid account of his transformation from a 13-year-old music student, to smuggling food and arms for the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and tenaciously enduring a series of brutal concentration camps, fighting for life against impossible odds.
Frankl’s account of his time in the Nazi concentration camps—and his insights into our ability to find meaning despite great adversity—has offered solace and guidance to generations of readers since it was first published in 1946.
- Management > Organizational Behavior > Leadership
- English > Comparative Literature > Literature of the Holocaust
- English > Comparative Literature > Psychology and Literature
- History > Global Conflicts > Holocaust
- History > Period History: Western Europe (Continental) > 20th Century Europe
- History > Race and Gender Studies > Jewish History
- History > Topical History > History of Philosophy
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Jewish History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Jewish Studies
- Philosophy > Core Topics > Existentialism
- Philosophy > Core Topics > Philosophy of Religion
- Philosophy > Ethics > World Ethics
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Trauma Counseling
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Violence / Abuse
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Applied Social Psychology
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Humanistic Psychology
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
- Criminal Justice > Corrections
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A highly anticipated, rediscovered collection from Viktor Frankl, published for the first time in the United States, exploring freedom, responsibility, and how we can draw meaning from the temporary nature of our lives.
Impeccably researched and thoroughly compelling, Samuel D. Kassow’s Who Will Write Our History? tells the tragic story of Polish historian Emanuel Ringelblum and his heroic determination to use historical scholarship to preserve the memory of a threatened people.
- English > Comparative Literature > Literature of the Holocaust
- History > Global Conflicts > Holocaust
- History > Historiography
- History > Period History: Russia and Eastern Europe > History of Eastern Europe
- History > Race and Gender Studies > Jewish History
- History > Regional History: Russia and Eastern Europe > Eastern Europe
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Jewish History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Jewish Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Russian and Eastern European Studies
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Find hope even in these dark times with this rediscovered masterpiece, a companion to his international bestseller Man’s Search for Meaning.
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