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Books like The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust

12 books with a reading profile close to The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust by Edith Hahn Beer. Inward-looking and contemplative; a moderate read.

1

Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots

by Deborah Feldman

Also inward-looking · history, memoir

Deborah Feldman details her youth within the Satmar Hasidic community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a world defined by strict gender roles and the trauma of the Holocaust.
2

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

by Loung Ung

Also inward-looking · history, memoir

In 1975, five-year-old Loung Ung lived a comfortable life in Phnom Penh as the daughter of a high-ranking government official.
3

The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45

by Władysław Szpilman

Also inward-looking and contemplative · history, memoir

Władysław Szpilman, a Jewish pianist for Polish Radio, provides a first-hand account of the Nazi occupation of Warsaw.
4

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

by Austin Channing Brown

Also inward-looking · history, memoir

Austin Channing Brown narrates her life navigating predominantly white religious and corporate organizations, beginning with the story of how her parents chose her name to ensure she would reach the interview stage of e…
5

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

by Eugene B. Sledge

history, memoir

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6

Infidel

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

history, memoir

Infidel follows Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s life from her childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya to her career as a Dutch parliamentarian.
7

Life of Black Hawk, Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak

by Black Hawk

history, memoir

In this 1833 autobiography, Sauk leader Black Hawk recounts his military life and the territorial disputes leading to the Black Hawk War.
8

Assata: An Autobiography

by Assata Shakur

history, memoir

Assata Shakur recounts her life as a member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, structured around her 1973 arrest on the New Jersey Turnpike and subsequent imprisonment.
9

Shadows of the Workhouse

by Jennifer Worth

Also contemplative · history, memoir

In this second volume of her memoirs, Jennifer Worth documents the lives of people in London’s East End who were shaped by the British Victorian workhouse system.
10

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

by Ishmael Beah

Also inward-looking and contemplative · history, memoir

Ishmael Beah recounts his transition from a twelve-year-old fleeing rebel attacks in Sierra Leone to a government soldier fueled by cocaine, gunpowder, and trauma.
11

The Complete Persepolis

by Marjane Satrapi

Also contemplative · history, memoir

Marjane Satrapi chronicles her upbringing in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and the subsequent Iran-Iraq War.
12

The Best We Could Do

by Thi Bui

Also inward-looking and contemplative · history, memoir

Thi Bui narrates her family’s history through a graphic memoir format, beginning with the birth of her own child in the present day.

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