World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)

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The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating β€” 4,073,149 ratings
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest 4.44 avg rating β€” 136,012 ratings
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany 4.22 avg rating β€” 144,582 ratings
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Hiroshima
Hiroshima 4.04 avg rating β€” 86,440 ratings
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The Longest Day: June 6, 1944
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 4.34 avg rating β€” 25,785 ratings
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating β€” 989,195 ratings
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Night
Night 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,334,213 ratings
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa 4.49 avg rating β€” 45,837 ratings
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom 4.47 avg rating β€” 348,513 ratings
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Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany 4.24 avg rating β€” 24,326 ratings
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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 22,176 ratings
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A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far 4.27 avg rating β€” 21,303 ratings
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Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters 4.33 avg rating β€” 19,677 ratings
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Escape From Davao: The Forgotten Story of the Most Daring Prison Break of the Pacific War
Escape From Davao: The Forgotten Story of the Most Daring Prison Break of the Pacific War 4.23 avg rating β€” 1,268 ratings
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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin 3.89 avg rating β€” 215,185 ratings
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Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 4.32 avg rating β€” 40,054 ratings
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Flyboys: A True Story of Courage
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage 4.20 avg rating β€” 22,796 ratings
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D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches 4.31 avg rating β€” 30,948 ratings
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Flags of Our Fathers
Flags of Our Fathers 4.22 avg rating β€” 62,882 ratings
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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II 4.24 avg rating β€” 50,743 ratings
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Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War 4.30 avg rating β€” 67,945 ratings
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Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
by: Miep Gies
4.30 avg rating β€” 66,126 ratings
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2) 4.36 avg rating β€” 15,511 ratings
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The Forgotten Soldier
The Forgotten Soldier
by: Guy Sajer
4.39 avg rating β€” 11,838 ratings
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating β€” 832,445 ratings
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We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese
We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese 4.28 avg rating β€” 4,731 ratings
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The Third Reich at War (The History of the Third Reich, #3)
The Third Reich at War (The History of the Third Reich, #3) 4.39 avg rating β€” 5,926 ratings
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D-Day: The Battle for Normandy
D-Day: The Battle for Normandy 4.18 avg rating β€” 12,005 ratings
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour 4.35 avg rating β€” 11,393 ratings
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The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3)
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3) 4.48 avg rating β€” 10,569 ratings
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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy 4.22 avg rating β€” 80,458 ratings
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Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II
Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II 4.18 avg rating β€” 961 ratings
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Schindler’s List
Schindler’s List 4.34 avg rating β€” 164,326 ratings
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Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission 4.25 avg rating β€” 38,778 ratings
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Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War
Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War 4.27 avg rating β€” 2,101 ratings
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Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific 4.23 avg rating β€” 24,386 ratings
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The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust 4.17 avg rating β€” 48,563 ratings
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A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary
by: Anonymous
4.29 avg rating β€” 17,074 ratings
39.
Survival in Auschwitz
Survival in Auschwitz 4.34 avg rating β€” 83,599 ratings
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Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment 3.71 avg rating β€” 19,530 ratings
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Patton: A Genius for War
Patton: A Genius for War 4.25 avg rating β€” 4,271 ratings
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Inside the Third Reich
Inside the Third Reich 4.10 avg rating β€” 14,149 ratings
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Hiroshima Nagasaki
Hiroshima Nagasaki
by: Paul Ham
4.35 avg rating β€” 1,015 ratings
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When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II
When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II 3.92 avg rating β€” 8,412 ratings
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Miracle at Midway
Miracle at Midway 4.23 avg rating β€” 5,009 ratings
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The Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin
The Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin 4.25 avg rating β€” 7,006 ratings
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Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941 4.34 avg rating β€” 6,315 ratings
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The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice
The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice 4.26 avg rating β€” 4,612 ratings
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The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating β€” 245,663 ratings
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Berlin. The Downfall, 1945
Berlin. The Downfall, 1945 4.30 avg rating β€” 17,967 ratings
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If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story
If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story 4.23 avg rating β€” 3,877 ratings
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After the Reich: The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation
After the Reich: The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation 3.95 avg rating β€” 724 ratings
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Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II
Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II 4.24 avg rating β€” 4,921 ratings
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The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II 4.09 avg rating β€” 12,935 ratings
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Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II 3.87 avg rating β€” 46,528 ratings
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A Terrible Revenge: The Ethnic Cleansing of the East European Germans
A Terrible Revenge: The Ethnic Cleansing of the East European Germans 4.26 avg rating β€” 178 ratings
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Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II
Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II 4.14 avg rating β€” 4,009 ratings
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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal 4.14 avg rating β€” 19,738 ratings
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Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory 4.03 avg rating β€” 22,519 ratings
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We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance 4.08 avg rating β€” 10,341 ratings
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Storm of Steel
Storm of Steel 4.15 avg rating β€” 20,486 ratings
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story 3.49 avg rating β€” 90,815 ratings
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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942 4.61 avg rating β€” 9,758 ratings
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Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath
Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath 4.20 avg rating β€” 3,190 ratings
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Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 4.28 avg rating β€” 5,079 ratings
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The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45 3.98 avg rating β€” 10,473 ratings
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The Man Who Never Was
The Man Who Never Was 3.96 avg rating β€” 1,606 ratings
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Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal 4.30 avg rating β€” 7,224 ratings
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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA 3.95 avg rating β€” 14,508 ratings
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Auschwitz
Auschwitz 4.31 avg rating β€” 17,967 ratings
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The Third Reich in Power (The History of the Third Reich, #2)
The Third Reich in Power (The History of the Third Reich, #2) 4.35 avg rating β€” 7,084 ratings
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Heroes in Good Company: L Company, 86th Regiment, 10th Mountain Division 1943-1945
Heroes in Good Company: L Company, 86th Regiment, 10th Mountain Division 1943-1945 4.74 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
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Love and War in the Apennines
Love and War in the Apennines 4.24 avg rating β€” 1,967 ratings
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The Road Past Mandalay: A Personal Narrative
The Road Past Mandalay: A Personal Narrative 4.42 avg rating β€” 320 ratings
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Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II
Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II 4.51 avg rating β€” 9,537 ratings
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The Small Woman
The Small Woman 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,666 ratings
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Crabwalk
Crabwalk 3.47 avg rating β€” 4,041 ratings
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Once There Was a War
Once There Was a War 3.84 avg rating β€” 3,937 ratings
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Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan
Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan 4.08 avg rating β€” 2,580 ratings
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In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors 4.33 avg rating β€” 23,190 ratings
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The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers 3.92 avg rating β€” 16,916 ratings
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Private Battles and The Khaki Cage
Private Battles and The Khaki Cage 4.46 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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The Cage
The Cage 4.10 avg rating β€” 6,421 ratings
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Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 4.35 avg rating β€” 10,719 ratings
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The Second World War: A Complete History
The Second World War: A Complete History 4.26 avg rating β€” 1,892 ratings
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Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany 4.21 avg rating β€” 9,584 ratings
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Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baa Baa Black Sheep 4.04 avg rating β€” 3,552 ratings
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Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII 4.26 avg rating β€” 8,400 ratings
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Memoirs of the Second World War
Memoirs of the Second World War 4.49 avg rating β€” 1,193 ratings
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The Second World War
The Second World War 4.11 avg rating β€” 5,020 ratings
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The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War
The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War 4.18 avg rating β€” 4,424 ratings
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 4.44 avg rating β€” 7,333 ratings
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Hiroshima in America
Hiroshima in America 4.15 avg rating β€” 120 ratings
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The Railway Man
The Railway Man 4.13 avg rating β€” 7,980 ratings
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The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 4.25 avg rating β€” 79,659 ratings
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The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List
The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List 4.38 avg rating β€” 29,040 ratings
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
The Making of the Atomic Bomb 4.40 avg rating β€” 23,886 ratings
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In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer 4.26 avg rating β€” 15,186 ratings
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RavensbrΓΌck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women
RavensbrΓΌck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women 4.41 avg rating β€” 4,916 ratings
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Documents on the Rape of Nanking
Documents on the Rape of Nanking 4.57 avg rating β€” 107 ratings
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