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The pages In between The pages In between Erin Einhorn In a unique, intensely moving memoir, Erin Einhorn finds the family in Poland who saved her mother from the Holocaust. But instead of a joyful reunion, Erin unearths a dispute that forces her to navi… OL11929214W
Bending Toward the Sun Bending Toward the Sun Leslie Gilbert-Lurie A miraculous lesson in courage and recovery, Bending Toward the Sun tells the story of a unique family bond forged in the wake of brutal terror. Weaving together the voices of three generations of wo… OL15189752W
Kinder über den Holocaust Kinder über den Holocaust Andreas Eberhardt,Alfons Kenkmann,Feliks Tych,Elisabeth Kohlhaas Unmittelbar nach dem Ende der deutschen Besatzung in Polen befragten Vertreter der Jüdischen Historischen Kommission überlebende Kinder - eine einzigartige Quellensammlung entstand. Es handelt sich u… OL15392411W
Hope Hope Shalom Auslander Relocating his family to an unremarkable rural town in New York in the hopes of starting over, Solomon Kugel must cope with his depressive mother, a local arsonist, and the discovery of a believed-de… OL16342664W
In his father's footsteps In his father's footsteps Danielle Steel "When U.S. troops occupy Germany, friends Jakob and Emmanuelle are saved from the terrible fate of so many in the camps. With the help of sponsors, they make their way to New York. In order not to be… OL19748949W
In the king's arms In the king's arms Sonia Taitz Lily Taub escapes her parents' traumatized past by going to Oxford, where she meets Peter Aiken and his brother, Julian. OL19951639W
The watchmaker's daughter The watchmaker's daughter Sonia Taitz The Watchmaker's Daughter tells the story of a child of two refugees: a watchmaker who saved lives within Dachau prison, and his wife, a gifted concert pianist about to make her debut when the Nazis … OL19966825W
Born survivors Born survivors Holden, Wendy Among the millions of Holocaust victims sent to Auschwitz II-Birkenau in 1944, Priska, Rachel, and Anka each pass through its infamous gates with a secret. Strangers to one another, they are newly pr… OL20002644W
Breakdowns Breakdowns Art Spiegelman The creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus reflects on the comics form and its influence on his life and art as he traces his evolution from comics obsessed boy to a neurotic adult exploring the … OL2056815W
Maus I Maus I Art Spiegelman A story of a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father's story and history itself. OL2056818W
Once Once Morris Gleitzman,CORA TIEDRA GARCÍA Once by Morris Gleitzman is the story of a young Jewish boy who is determined to escape the orphanage he lives in to save his Jewish parents from the Nazis in the occupied Poland of the Second World … OL2402308W
On God's polishing wheel On God's polishing wheel Kurt Leichter Leichter's life journey has taken him from Vienna to Belgium, and eventually to Oklahoma, where he has been a prominent philanthropist for decades. At age 14, the Jewish-Protestant Leichter was force… OL24289965W
Your sad eyes and unforgettable mouth Your sad eyes and unforgettable mouth Edeet Ravel Maya and Rosie meet one day at the local dry cleaner's and their instant friendship quickly blossoms into an inseparable bond. Both are children of Holocaust survivors, but Maya refuses to become ent… OL24310145W
Poles apart Poles apart Audrey R. L. Wyatt "Chaim Schlessel lost his family to the Holocaust more than sixty years ago. He vowed to embrace life and protect his own wife and children from his painful memories and harrowing experiences. Findin… OL27959982W
At the entrance to the Garden of Eden At the entrance to the Garden of Eden Yossi Klein Halevi "In At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden, Halevi describes his unprecedented and extraordinary spiritual journey to discover, as a religious Israeli Jew, a common spiritual language with his Christi… OL2908807W
After long silence After long silence Helen Fremont Helen Fremont was raised as a Roman Catholic. It wasn't until she was an adult, practicing law in Boston, that she discovered her parents were Jewish--Holocaust survivors living invented lives. Not e… OL29196W
A tree still stands A tree still stands Yale Strom A collection of interviews in which young people from Eastern Europe describe what life is like as descendants of Holocaust survivors. OL2973332W
Clara Mondschein's melancholia Clara Mondschein's melancholia Anne Raeff When I was younger, I wished I had been born in a concentration camp like my mother, instead of in boring Englewood Hospital. I used to imagine all the prisoners crying mutely with joy while my grand… OL5952835W
Four Girls From Berlin Four Girls From Berlin Marianne Meyerhoff Lotte Meyerhoff thought she had lost everything when she came to the United States after escaping from an internment camp: her beloved Berlin home, and her past. But when a mysterious package arrived… OL8226829W
Wir wissen nicht was morgen wird, wir wissen wohl was gestern war Wir wissen nicht was morgen wird, wir wissen wohl was gestern war Peter Sichrovsky A collection of interviews of young Jews living in German and Austria. OL877686W
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