BEYOND TROCHENBROD: The Betty Gold Story
Betty Gold with Mark Hodermarsky
(The Kent State University Press, $19.95)
In Trochenbrod, Poland, in 1942 Betty Gold and 15 other Jews hid in a secret wall in her family's shed, listening to Nazi machine gunfire. Gold, a former docent at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage who died July 23, 2014, recounts her horrifying and inspiring story of surviving the Holocaust with immaculate detail, continuing with her move to Cleveland after World War II and persevering, despite persisting anti-Semitism. // Patrick Williams
AMERICA'S FIRST REGIONAL THEATRE: The Cleveland Play House and Its Search for a Home
Jeffrey Ullom
(Palgrave MacMillan, $90)
Like the Cleveland Play House itself, this unflinching history by Case Western Reserve University professor Jeffrey Ullom makes waves. From examining its homes at Ammon House and Playhouse Square, Ullom's insights on previously brushed over topics — such as union tensions surrounding a 1937 drive-by bombing of the theater — make this well-researched read worth the price tag. // Sheehan Hannan
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