Now more than ever recognising Holocaust Memorial Day is so important. Anti-Semitism is on the rise and there are pretty prominent figures publicly denying that it ever happened. There are obviously a lot of forms of Jewish media that should be celebrated now and always but as a book girl I am going to share some Holocaust books I’ve read and greatly enjoyed. Please take time right now to engage with a novel that focuses on someone affected by the atrocity and do what you can to make sure nothing like it happens again and that Jewish people can feel seen. Title taken from my Black American literature post but I don’t like it much. Please think of it as a general good starting point and not an assumption that you’ve never read any Holocaust literature before (or if the only thing you know is The B0y in the Striped Pyjamas which is actually blacklisted by the Auschwitz Museum and other Holocaust memorial organisations). Only including the best of the Holocaust novels I’ve read and so if there are some notable omissions I have not gotten to them yet. Continue reading “an introduction to Holocaust literature: book recommendations”