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A Mother's Day Tribute to Jean

My mom passed away about six weeks ago, and we just finished cleaning out her house, so I figured as kind of a Mother's Day tribute I would make a list of the books on her bedroom shelf. They're all on my shelf now. The vast majority are about the Holocaust or otherwise about history or Judaism. My mom was always passionate about history and especially about the Holocaust after she married my dad, whose father was a Holocaust survivor, and converted to Judaism almost 40 years ago.
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Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
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Elie Wiesel
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City
2
Erik Larson
Last Chain on Billie (Carol Bradley)
Last Chain on Billie
3
Carol Bradley
The Nazi Doctors (Robert Jay Lifton)
The Nazi Doctors
4
Robert Jay Lifton
Lodz Ghetto: Inside a Community Under Siege (Robert Lapides, Alan Adelson)
Lodz Ghetto: Inside a Community Under Siege
5
Robert Lapides, Alan Adelson
A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman)
A Man Called Ove
6
Fredrik Backman
The Librarian of Auschwitz (Antonio Iturbe)
The Librarian of Auschwitz
7
Antonio Iturbe
Neighbors (Jan Gross)
Neighbors
8
Jan Gross
A Mad Desire to Dance (Elie Wiesel)
A Mad Desire to Dance
9
Elie Wiesel
The Fifth Son (Elie Wiesel)
The Fifth Son
10
Elie Wiesel
My Name Is Asher Lev (Chaim Potok)
My Name Is Asher Lev
11
Chaim Potok
The Gift of Asher Lev (Chaim Potok)
The Gift of Asher Lev
12
Chaim Potok
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen
13
Chaim Potok
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
14
Sara Gruen
Five Chimneys (Olga Lengyel)
Five Chimneys
15
Olga Lengyel
Roman's Journey (Roman Halter)
Roman's Journey
16
Roman Halter
In the Beginning (Chaim Potok)
In the Beginning
17
Chaim Potok
In My Brother's Image (Eugene L. Pogeny)
In My Brother's Image
18
Eugene L. Pogeny
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
19
Abraham Verghese
The Heavens Are Empty (Avrom Bendavid-Val)
The Heavens Are Empty
20
Avrom Bendavid-Val
Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers (Filip Müller)
Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers
21
Filip Müller
The Boys (Martin Gilbert)
The Boys
22
Martin Gilbert
Letting It Go (Miriam Katin)
Letting It Go
23
Miriam Katin
Old Men at Midnight (Chaim Potok)
Old Men at Midnight
24
Chaim Potok
The Drowned and the Saved (Primo Levi)
The Drowned and the Saved
25
Primo Levi
Survival in Auschwitz (Primo Levi)
Survival in Auschwitz
26
Primo Levi
Moments of Reprieve (Primo Levi)
Moments of Reprieve
27
Primo Levi
Davita's Harp (Chaim Potok)
Davita's Harp
28
Chaim Potok
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
29
Markus Zusak
The Mascot: Unraveling the Mystery of My Jewish Father's Nazi Boyhood (Mark Kurzem)
The Mascot: Unraveling the Mystery of My Jewish Father's Nazi Boyhood
30
Mark Kurzem
Child of the Holocaust (Jack Kuper)
Child of the Holocaust
31
Jack Kuper
Into the Tunnel (Götz Aly)
Into the Tunnel
32
Götz Aly
Maus: The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus: The Complete Maus
33
Art Spiegelman
The Reawakening (Primo Levi)
The Reawakening
34
Primo Levi
Topaz (Leon Uris)
Topaz
35
Leon Uris
The Hidden Life of Otto Frank (Carol Ann Lee)
The Hidden Life of Otto Frank
36
Carol Ann Lee
In Case We're Separated (Alice Mattison)
In Case We're Separated
37
Alice Mattison
My Own Country (Abraham Verghese)
My Own Country
38
Abraham Verghese
In My Hands (Irene Gut Opdyke)
In My Hands
39
Irene Gut Opdyke
The Lemon Tree (Sandy Tolan)
The Lemon Tree
40
Sandy Tolan
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