World War II Memoirs (74 books)

World War II Memoirs

Memoirs written by people who lived through World War II.

1	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 903,240 ratings score: 3,186, and 32 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Night (The Night Trilogy, #1) by Elie Wiesel 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 321,282 ratings score: 1,975, and 20 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom 4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 82,759 ratings score: 1,478, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy by Thomas Buergenthal 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 2,032 ratings score: 592, and 6 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust by Edith Hahn Beer 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 6,424 ratings score: 492, and 5 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust by Livia Bitton-Jackson 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 6,926 ratings score: 492, and 5 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II by Darlene Deibler Rose 4.54 of 5 stars 4.54 avg rating — 1,240 ratings score: 490, and 5 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke 4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 3,500 ratings score: 378, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Cage by Ruth Minsky Sender 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 1,791 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family by Miep Gies 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 21,675 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Out of the Hitler Time, #1) by Judith Kerr 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 2,817 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (Goodreads Author) 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 21,676 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II by George MacDonald Fraser 4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 367 ratings score: 288, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Memoirs of the Second World War by Winston Churchill 4.45 of 5 stars 4.45 avg rating — 218 ratings score: 281, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Spandau: The Secret Diaries by Albert Speer 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 296 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss 3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 4,750 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Tumbler: A 16-year-old Boy's Live Chronicle of Auschwitz, Belsen, Hanover, Hildesheim, Wolgsberg and Wustegiersdorf Nazi Death Camps by Azriel Feuerstein 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Hiroshima by John Hersey 3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 17,653 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 3,703 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?': A Confrontation in the Desert by Spike Milligan 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 696 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Shanghai Diary: A Young Girl's Journey from Hitler's Hate to War-Torn China by Ursula Bacon 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 256 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	On Hitler's Mountain: Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood by Irmgard A. Hunt 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 881 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,215 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Six Days on a Raft by Bill Harrison 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	World War II London Blitz Diary: A Woman's Revelations Enduring War and Marriage by Ruby Side Thompson 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 123 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	German Boy: A Child in War by Wolfgang W.E. Samuel 4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 424 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Gertruda's Oath: A Child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape During World War II by Ram Oren 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 445 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Mischling, Second Degree: My Childhood in Nazi Germany by Ilse Koehn 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 89 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Those Devils in Baggy Pants by Ross S. Carter 4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 56 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Children of Willesden Lane by Mona Golabek 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 86 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Cut Off; Behind Enemy Lines in the Battle of the Bulge with Two Small Children, Ernest Hemingway, and Other Assorted Misanthropes by Bill Davidson 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Baa Baa Black Sheep by Gregory Boyington 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 623 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz by Rena Kornreich Gelissen 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 2,119 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Uncle Hitler: A Child's Traumatic Journey Through Nazi Hell to the Safety of Britain by Alfred Nestor (Goodreads Author) 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Little Girl That Could: A Memoir by Marianne Tong 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Brave Japanese by Kenneth Harrison 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Prisoner of War Number 21860: The World War II Memoirs of Oliver Omanson by Oliver Omanson 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Scars Of A Soldier: Vernon Heppe's True Story by Gordon Galloway 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Op zoek naar mijn huwelijksring by Florrie Rost van Tonningen-Heubel 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 99, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Last Jew of Treblinka by Chil Rajchman 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 402 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Road Past Mandalay: A Personal Narrative by John Masters 4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 63 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	If This Is a Man / The Truce by Primo Levi 4.51 of 5 stars 4.51 avg rating — 3,783 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz: A True Story of World War II by Denis Avey 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,140 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Barefoot Gen, Volume One: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima by Keiji Nakazawa 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 1,769 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Rifleman by Rick Stroud 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Balkenkreuz und Halbmond by Franz Wimmer-Lamquet 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Daily Telegraph Book of Airmen's Obituaries by Edward Bishop 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1) by Spike Milligan 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 1,793 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Bugles And A Tiger by John Masters 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 76 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The American Home Front: 1941-1942 by Alistair Cooke 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 89 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	To Life by Ruth Minsky Sender 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 96 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Flory: Survival in the Valley of Death by Flory A. Van Beek 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 78 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Going Solo by Roald Dahl (author) 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 7,563 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Happy Odyssey by Adrian Carton de Wiart 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Up Front by Bill Mauldin 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 360 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Seamstress by Sara Tuvel Bernstein 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 1,723 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Holocaust Lady by Ruth Minsky Sender 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered by Ruth Klüger 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 394 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Beyond the Chindwin by Bernard Fergusson 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain by Alex Kershaw (Goodreads Author) 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 358 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	One Man's Meat by E.B. White 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 566 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Jungle Is Neutral by F. Spencer Chapman 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 59 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Winston Churchill: Man of the Century by John Ramsden 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Two Rings: A Story of Love and War by Millie Werber 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 469 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Barefoot Gen, Volume Two: The Day After by Keiji Nakazawa 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 568 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Sisterhood of Spies by Elizabeth P. McIntosh 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 115 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Barefoot Gen, Volume Three: Life After the Bomb by Keiji Nakazawa 4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 370 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Barefoot Gen, Volume Four: Out of the Ashes by Keiji Nakazawa 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 264 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?: Growing Up German by Sabine Reichel 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Small Woman: Gladys Aylward by Alan Burgess 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 408 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945 by Stephen E. Ambrose 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 7,978 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Elly: My True Story of the Holocaust by Elly Berkovits Gross 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 280 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Girl Who Survived: A True Story of the Holocaust by Bronia Brandman 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 137 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Return to Auschwitz by Kitt Hart 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 84 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars