‍BOOKS

Benzaquin, Paul, Holocaust! The shocking story of the Boston Cocoanut Grove Fire, Henry Holt and Company, 1959.
Benzaquin, Paul, Fire in Boston’s Cocoanut Grove: Holocaust!, Branden Press, 1967.
Chambers, Julie and David, Cocoanut Grove: The Sirens Call, 2021.
Esposito, John, Fire in the Grove: The Cocoanut Grove Tragedy and its Aftermath, Grand Central Publishing, 2006.
Keyes, Edward, Cocoanut Grove, Atheneum, 1984.
Ravage, Barbara, Burn Unit: Saving Lives After the Flames, Hachette Books, 2005.
Schorow, Stephanie, The Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire: A Boston Tragedy, History Press, 2022.
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Articles

Grant, Casey C., “Last Dance at the Cocoanut Grove,” NFPA Journal, May/June,1991.
Beller, Doug and Sapochetti, Jennifer, “Searching for answers to the Cocoanut GroveFire of 1942,” NFPA Journal, May/June, 2000.
Vahey, John P. Design for Disaster. Cocoanut Grove Fire, November 28, 1942, Boston Sparks Association, 1982.

Feature Films

Six Locked Doors: The Legacy of the Cocoanut Grove, documentary
https://www.sixlockeddoors.com

Links

‍Overview of the fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afcwtk-KVbc
Boston Fire Historical Society
‍https://bostonfirehistory.org/the-story-of-the-cocoanut-grove-fire/‍
‍Reilly Report on the fire
‍https://bostonfirehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/51/2016/11/reportconcerningcocoanutgrovefire.pdf‍
‍Police archives of witness testimony
https://archive.org/details/statementsinreco01bost‍
‍https://archive.org/details/statementsinreco02bost
‍‍https://archive.org/details/statementsinreco03bost

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Recent News Stories

https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/12/01/cocoanut-grove-fire-boston-descendants-remember
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7tU7XdHWKE
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/28/nx-s1-5613905/83-years-ago-the-cocoanut-grove-nightclub-fire-changed-safety-codes-and-burn-care
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=522hSJxFOko