False identities. Perpetual mortal danger. Only a combination of resourcefulness and pure luck can save them. Poland, 1939. Joseph and Yitzhak are two young brothers living a happy, peaceful life in their hometown. But without prior warning, World War II breaks out and changes everything. Forced to flee their home, and understanding what terrible fate awaits them should they be caught, the boys and their parents must hide under fake Christian identities in the exceedingly dangerous Aryan Poland. The smallest mistake can expose their true identities and from there the road to the Nazi death camps is short. The brothers do everything in their power to survive - but they will need each other, and more than a little luck, to get safely through the war. Courage and Grace is the chilling and inspiring story that will leave you riveted to your seat, flood you with heartbreaking emotions and, at the same time, fill you with enormous hope for a better future.

Courage and Grace (World War II True Story)

Biographies & Memoirs

Komem, Yoseph

ReadMore Press

Community & Culture

Independently published

A young girl’s survival story against all odds in the face of pure evilKrystyna's childhood was full of happy moments, it was filled with friends, both Polish and Ukrainian and a lovely family. But her happy childhood did not last long; World War II changed it forever.
Krystyna’s family, together with the Jewish community of her small village, was forced to live in the Kołomyja ghetto, where people died of hunger and physical exhaustion.
And yet the worst was about to come…Her parents and two older sisters were brutally murdered, and young Krystyna was left all by herself. Now, with no one to look after her, she had to survive on her own.
She faced unimaginable hunger, thirst and fear. Yet, against all odds, she managed to survive.
Providence has chosen for her to live.The book contains a unique collection of more than 100 photos, taken by Krystyna’s father, a professional photographer, who sent them to his family in Israel before the war.
Krystyna’s powerful memoir will leave you breathless and heartbroken, but full of inspiration and hope.

The Strange Ways of Providence In My Life (Heroic Children of World War II)

Carmi, Krystyna

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The fate of the entire family depends on herVittoria is a noble Jewish woman living in northern Italy.
With the onset of World War II, her life changes completely.
When the Nazis arrive in the quiet town, the entire family is forced to flee and cross the border to Switzerland using fake identities.
But not everything goes according the plan. One of her children is not allowed to cross the border with the rest of the family and must be left behind.
Now, Vittoria must make a critical decision that could scar her and the family forever.
This is the story of one unforgettable woman acting under impossible conditions and the entire Italian Jewish community in the face of the Holocaust.
It is a drama based on thorough research, interviews and original historical manuscripts about loss and despair, survival and human triumph. This book will stay with you long after finishing the last page.
“My Name Is Vittoria” is the second book in the "World War II Brave Women" series

My Name Is Vittoria (Gripping World War 2 Resistance Stories)

Vitale Ben Bassat, Dafna

A young girl holding a false identity. two families. and an incredible tale of survival…Relli, a Jewish girl in Poland, was denied a normal childhood.
When Relli was just a baby, the Nazis occupied Poland and she, together with her parents, were imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto, a way station before death.
Her parents correctly assessed the new situation and decided to act heroically in order to save their only child. They succeeded in smuggling her out of the Ghetto and entrusted her to a Gentile Polish couple who agreed to hide her for the duration of the war under a false identity.
Overnight, Relli became Lala.
Yet hope did not remain alive for long.
Destruction and devastation engulfed Poland and soon little Lala was forced to escape and hide along with her new parents, merely to survive.
This is the amazing story of Relli Robinson, who, thanks to kindhearted, courageous people and a tenacious capacity for survival, was able to get through the most difficult times in the history of humankind. An orphan girl, the sole survivor of her entire family.

Raking Light from Ashes (Heroic Children of World War II)

Robinson, Relli

Three mass deportations. A death sentence. One remarkable story of survival. When Leosz was only six, his life changed unimaginably. World War II broke out in 1939, sweeping the young boy into the whirlwind of the Holocaust. For six long torturous years, Leosz witnessed and experienced every imaginable suffering: myriads of overcrowded transports headed for concentration camps, life on the streets of occupied Poland as an abandoned child, hiding from cruel Nazis, forced labor under conditions of starvation and the constant threat of death. Only one thing kept him safe--his unwavering will to go on living. This is the incredible and inspiring story of a little Jewish boy who managed to survive all possible levels of hell by clinging on to life.

I Only Wanted to Live (World War II True Story)

Tamir, Arie

A little girl is smuggled out of a Ghetto. Two courageous women. And an inspirational story of survival. In 1941, the height of World War II, in a Polish ghetto a baby girl named Rachel was born. Her parents, Jacob and Zippa, were willing to do anything to keep her alive. They nicknamed her Lalechka. Just before Lalechka's first birthday, the Nazis began to systematically murder everyone in the ghetto. Her father, understood that staying in the ghetto would mean certain death for his child.In a desperate but hope-filled move, Lalechka's parents decided to save their daughter, no matter at what cost. Jacob smuggled them outside the boundaries of the ghetto where Zippa's Polish friends, Irena and Sophia, were waiting. She entrusted her beloved Lalechka to them and returned to the ghetto to remain with her husband and parents - unaware of the fate that awaited her. Irena and Sophia took on the burden of caring for Lalechka during the war, pretending that she was part of their family despite the grave danger of being discovered and executed. Lalechka is based on the unique journal written by the young mother during the annihilation of the ghetto, as well as on interviews with key figures in the story, rare documents, and authentic letters.

Lalechka (Heroic Children of World War II)

Keidar, Amira

Again, Never

Travel

Five shots on Saturday morning changed their fate …She was a beautiful and happy young woman who lived a fairytale life. Shurka, her beloved husband and their two small children lived in a pretty house in a village in Poland, surrounded by a little garden with lilies. This was their life and nothing could harm it, or so they thought…
WWII broke out and though the happy family thought the Germans would never reach their idyllic village, they quickly understood they were wrong and their happiness came to a brutal end. The family had to flee their house and find shelter in a neighboring Ghetto where they realized that the Gestapo was taking Jews away on trucks every night, and they were never seen again.
The family decided to escape into the deep dark forest. There, surrounded by animals, they knew that this was their only chance to get away from the real beasts. They had no idea what would await them, but they knew that doing nothing was not an option if they wanted to survive.
“Surviving The Forest” is the second book in the "World War II Brave Women" series

Surviving The Forest (World War II Brave Women Fiction)

Geffen, Adiva

The Parisian Dancer: A WW2 Historical Novel Based on a True Story (Unforgettable World War 2 Stories)

Darmon, Doron

Press, Never Again

Beneath the Winds of War: A WW2 Historical Novel, Based on a True Story of a Jewish Holocaust Survivor (World War II Brave Women Fiction)

Literature & Fiction

Wawer, Pola

Never Again Press

Genre Fiction

The Boy From Block 66: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story (Heroic Children of World War II)

Regev, Limor

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