A Comprehensive Database of All Holocaust Survivor Autobiographies and Biographies
This website is designed to be a comprehensive database of all who lived to tell their stories, both of themselves and the 6 million others who were murdered. It’s intended to preserve in one place their stories and provide a direct and easily accessible way for readers to search for and purchase any of those stories. This is an entirely non-profit website, and we make no commission of any kind if you choose to purchase these books from the provided sources.
About This Archive
This website is a not-for-profit effort to create the most comprehensive online archive of Holocaust survivor autobiographies. With over 100 entries and growing, our mission is to ensure that these personal stories are never forgotten.
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Our Mission
To preserve and share the personal story of Holocaust survival, ensuring that future generations learn the truth, honor the victims, and stand against hatred, discrimination, and intolerance.
Our Vision
The Holocaust was not only the story of the destruction of millions of Jews but also the suffering of many others who were targeted by Hitler’s regime. Christians who opposed Nazi ideology, along with Roma (Gypsies), people with disabilities, political prisoners, and others, were persecuted and killed.
As a survivor, this story is not only about enduring unimaginable hardship, but also about remembering those who could not speak for themselves. The pain of losing family, friends, and community is carried for a lifetime, yet survival means having the duty to share the truth.
This testimony is a reminder that hatred and intolerance can destroy countless innocent lives. By telling this story, we honor all victims and ensure that future generations learn the lessons of history—so that such cruelty is never repeated again.
The Books
Inside the Gas Chambers: Eight Months in the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz
Inside the Gas Chambers: Eight Months in the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz
Name: Shlomo
Country of Origin : Greece
Camps : Auschwitz
Shlomo Venezia’s memoir offers a rare, first-hand account of life inside Auschwitz as a member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners forced to handle the bodies of gas chamber victims. Born into a poor Jewish-Italian family in Thessaloniki, Greece, Venezia was deported to Auschwitz after the German occupation, where his mother and sisters were killed upon arrival. Unaware of the role he was accepting, he became part of the Sonderkommando in exchange for extra food, and was thrust into the heart of the Nazi extermination system. His account describes the horrifying daily tasks, the brutality of figures like Otto Moll, and the desperate acts of resistance, including the 1944 revolt. Although most Sonderkommando were eventually murdered to keep their knowledge secret, Venezia survived and later shared his story. His testimony stands as a powerful witness to the atrocities committed and the resilience of those forced to endure them.
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