Recs if you like Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz...

books about the second world war that investigate race, class, and gender and/or the human cost of the war. these aren’t the pop history books you buy your dad for christmas, i promise.

primarily (but not exclusively) academic history books read during my history MA program! consequently some may be a bit dense and/or dry.

Fiction and nonfiction picks from the staff of the The New York Times Book Review

Tough, illuminating memoirs from and about the Nazi era. Insightful, disturbing, and deeply human accounts that challenge preconceptions and reveal complex truths.

Read the world! Goal is to read at least one book from each country (the author must be from the country).