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In February 1943, four thousand Jews went underground in Berlin. By the end of the war, all but a few hundred of them had died in bombing raids or, more commonly, in death camps. This is the real-life story of some of the few of them - a young mother,…
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2 authors picked The Last Jews in Berlin as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Eye-opening nonfiction, this book reads like a high-stakes adventure, revealing stories of real Jews who lived the day-by-day horror of hiding from the Gestapo in the capital city of the Third Reich.
I first read this book more than thirty years ago, and over the years, I have recommended it to readers who want to know more about Jewish life in Germany during WWII. Ten years ago, I reread it and found the book as interesting and gripping as I remembered.
What a pleasure to again meet this handful of “underground” Jews who survived with the help of friends and…
From K.'s list on Jewish experiences in WWII: beyond Auschwitz.
When the Nazis came to power in 1933 the Jewish population of Berlin was 160,000. By the start of the war, it had fallen to 80,000 due to people emigrating. By late 1943 almost the entire Jewish population of Berlin had been deported to the death camps, but around 4,000 remained in the city, living in hiding, with false identities, underground, and in constant fear. This book was first published in 1982 and is a remarkable account of how some of these people survived (though the majority of those who went underground were eventually caught and murdered). The book reads…
From Alex's list on to get a sense of Berlin under the Nazis.
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