Inseparable
The Hess Twins' Holocaust Journey through Bergen-Belsen to America

I have read and continue to read many historical fiction books whose setting is World War II, but this is the first non-fiction book that I have read. It is amazing to me how much I continue to learn, and this book imparts a great deal of knowledge! The author goes into great detail about the war fr......more

I won this book from a giveaway on Goodreads. I think it's one of the best books I've ever read about the Holocaust. The Third Reich was collapsing and still the Germans sent Jews to the camps. The twins are Stefan & Marion Hess and when they were 6, they were deported to the infamous concentration......more

Thank you for the advance copy! The first 20% of this book was kind of slow for me, as a lot of basic facts about the early war was presented but I’m so glad I kept going. Once the family actually started dealing with trying to evade capture it was so well-written, I felt like I was reading a novel......more

This was an incredibly comprehensive history of the development of Nazism in the years leading up to and including World War II. Historically speaking, the author does an excellent job of documenting the way Hitler and his cohorts plotted the take-over of all of Europe with their eyes also set on En......more

I received this in a Goodreads giveaway, and it proved to be history just the way I like it: well researched yet as readable as fiction. In addition to the Hess family's compelling story it sheds light on the question those of us who did not live through that time often ask - "how could something so......more