The story is not a cookie cutter “feel good” one, but it seems more realistic, I wouldn’t be surprised if the author based this story on actual events.

Rosa Feurmann found herself in the Hotel Polski in Nazi Occupied Warsaw as part of an investigation of Jewish partisans as to exactly what is going on in there. Rumors were afloat that rich Jews were able to buy their way to freedom using false documents. However, Rosa is detected by the Gestapo Colonel in charge of the hotel and becomes his personal servant.

Auschwitz: A Doctor’s Eyewitness Account by Dr. Miklós Nyiszli is a non-fiction memoir of a Jewish medical doctor who performed “research” on other Jews

Decades after being liberated, the world treats the survivors differently. The perspective is not only that of the survivors themselves, but also of society

The unique book “The Fifth Servant” a smart mystery which is funny and interesting. The book is an interesting read about the Jewish ghetto in Prague

There is great insight on how Jews were persecuted and the struggles they faced. However, the author uses these adversities to highlight the Jewish spirit

In A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True the author fashions the tale in a fairytale like narrative spiced with European / Yiddish humor

The book touches on many themes, such as the role Jewish writers and artists played in American pop culture (like it or not comics are American mythology).