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The Holocaust The Holocaust Marty Gitlin An examination of the Holocaust from its inception to the liberation of the concentration camps and the war crimes trials at Nuremberg and elsewhere. OL15883292W
The street sweeper The street sweeper Elliot Perlman "From the author of Seven Types of Ambiguity, an epic that reaches across generations and spans continents, revealing the interconnectedness and interdependence of humanity and the profound impact of… OL16342588W
The girl who survived The girl who survived Bronia Brandman Bronia helped her family survive during the occupation of Poland by smuggling goods to trade for food. Then Bronia and her sisters were deported to Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp and with … OL16527595W
Escape Escape Allan Zullo Features seven true stories of brave boys and girls who lived through the Holocaust. Their compelling accounts are based on exclusive, personal interviews with the survivors. Using real names, dates … OL16560428W
The keeper of secrets The keeper of secrets Julie Thomas Following a priceless violin across five decades, this stunning debut novel tells the story of orchestra conductor Rafael Gomez who, inspired by the playing of an aspiring violin virtuoso who suddenl… OL17644013W
E/96 E/96 Paul-Henri Rips The son of a diamond merchant in Antwerp's famous diamond exchange, Paul Henri Rips was ten years old when the Nazis invaded Belgium in May 1940 and ended what he calls his "golden childhood: forever. OL17915531W
The Holocaust odyssey of Daniel Bennahmias, Sonderkommando The Holocaust odyssey of Daniel Bennahmias, Sonderkommando Rebecca Fromer Daniel Bennahmias is one of the few persons in the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz-Birkenau to have survived the war, and the recounting of his experiences reveals details heretofore unknown about the "i… OL1810383W
The girl from Human Street The girl from Human Street Roger Cohen An expansive yet intimate memoir of modern Jewish identity, following the diaspora of the author's own family to assay the impact of memory, displacement, and disquiet. The award-winning New York Tim… OL19992671W
Lilli's quest Lilli's quest Lila Perl Germany on the cusp of World War II. Hitler has risen to power, and the Jews are being taken away from their homes in the middle of the night, forced to wear yellow stars, their businesses smashed, t… OL20015072W
Life and death in Hitler's Europe Life and death in Hitler's Europe Jane Shuter An account of what life was like in Europe for both Jews and non-Jews while Adolf Hitler was in power. OL20604077W
Perpetrators Perpetrators Guenter Lewy ix, 195 pages : 25 cm OL21144694W
Shoah Shoah Claude Lanzmann Shoah is not an easy film to talk about. There is a magic in this film that defies explanation. After the war we read masses of accounts of the ghettos and the extermination camps, and we were devast… OL2229095W
Libre para sonar Libre para sonar Miguel Alvarez A novelized biography of Anne Frank--a brave thirteen-year-old girl who hid from the Nazis for over two years. OL24282120W
"Nous ne savions pas" "Nous ne savions pas" Peter Longerich Que savaient les Allemands de l'Holocauste? Quelle représentation de la propagande antijuive le régime nazi donnait-il à la population allemande et quelles informations filtraient hors des camps? Cet… OL24289187W
Jacob's rescue Jacob's rescue Michael Halperin,Malka Drucker In answer to his daughter's questions, a man recalls the terrifying years of his childhood when a brave Polish couple, Alex and Mela Roslan, hid him and other Jewish children from the Nazis. Based on… OL2909278W
In defiance of Hitler In defiance of Hitler Carla Killough McClafferty At a time when most Americans ignored the atrocities going on in Europe in 1940, American journalist Varian Fry put himself in great danger to save strangers in a foreign land. He was instrumental in… OL2917935W
Anne Frank Anne Frank Sandor Katz Traces the life of the young Jewish girl whose diary chronicles the years she and her family hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic. OL2931021W
Escape or die Escape or die Ina R. Friedman Twelve true stories of young men and women, both Jews and non-Jews, who endured the horrors of the Holocaust. OL3371592W
Bar mitzvah lessons Bar mitzvah lessons Martin Elsant David's fear over his approaching bar mitzvah causes him to alienate five rabbis who try to help him, but something surprising happens when he is placed in the hands of the eccentric former teacher R… OL3899870W
The Mozart question The Mozart question Michael Morpurgo,Michael Foreman,Michael Foreman When cub reporter Lesley is sent to Venice to interview a world-renowned violinist, the journalist is told she can ask Paolo Levi anything about his life and career as a musician, but on no account m… OL42719W
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