Books like In My Hands by Irene Opdyke

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

The diary of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl hiding with her family in Amsterdam during WWII, recorded daily life, hopes, and fears, becoming a global testament to the Holocaust.

In 1943 Copenhagen, ten‑year‑old Annemarie Johansen helps her Jewish friend Ellen Rosen escape Nazi persecution, learning courage and resilience while navigating war‑time hardships.

An account of Leon Leyson’s childhood in Poland, his forced migration to ghettos and concentration camps during the Holocaust, and his rescue by Oskar Schindler.

Schindler's List is a fictional account of German industrialist Oskar Schindler who saved 1,300 Jews from the Holocaust.

Inge Auerbacher recounts her childhood in Germany, the abrupt arrest in 1942, her three‑year ordeal in Theresienstadt concentration camp, and the eventual liberation—made accessible for young readers.

Trapped in the horrors of World War II, a woman and a child embark on a journey of survival in this page-turning true story that recalls the power and the poignancy of Schindler's List. Michael Stolowitzky, the only son of a wealthy Jewish family in Poland, was just three years old when war broke out and the family lost everything. His father, desperate to settle his business affairs, travels to France, leaving Michael in the care of his mother and Gertruda Bablinska, a Catholic nanny devoted to the family. When Michael's mother has a stroke, Gertruda promises the dying woman that she will make her way to Palestine and raise him as her own son. Written with the invaluable assistance of Michael, now seventy-two and living in New York City, GERTRUDA'S OATH re-creates Michael and Gertruda's amazing journey. Gripping vignettes bring to life the people who helped ensure their survival, including SS officer Karl Rink, who made it his mission to save Jews after his own Jewish wife was murdered; Rink's daughter, Helga, who escaped to a kibbutz, where she lived until her recent death; and the Jewish physician Dr. Berman, who aided Michael and Gertruda through the worst of times. GERTRUDA'S OATH is a story of extraordinary courage and moral strength in the face of horrific events. Like Schindler's List, it transcends history and religion to reveal the compassion and hope that miraculously thrives in a world immersed in war without end.From the Hardcover edition.

Elie Wiesel chronicles the harrowing realities of his childhood in Nazi concentration camps, and how witnessing the loss of family and friends transformed his faith.

Gerda Weissmann Klein’s memoir recounts her six years as a Nazi victim, from her childhood in Polish Bielsko to her liberation by American troops in 1945.

Irene Gut Opdyke’s memoir traces her transformation from a 17‑year‑old Polish nurse into a courageous rescuer who hid food, smuggled Jews, and sheltered twelve victims in a Nazi officer’s home during the Holocaust.