After 1945, numerous autobiographies were published on the German book market written by ‘Yekkes’ – Israelis who mostly immigrated to the establishing Israeli state during National Socialism. Reading them critically, these autobiographies can function as sources for the history of German￾Jewish-Israeli relations after the Shoah in several respects. On the one hand, the publication histories of the books reveal general trends and developments in this relationship. Beyond that, a close reading highlights the authors as actors who consciously negotiate their relationship to post-Nazi society in their texts.