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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
La Nuit La Nuit Elie Wiesel Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie… OL14856842W
The Violinist The Violinist Sarah Gaitanos 'The Violinist' tells the life story of Clare Galambos Winter. A talented violinist in Budapest when the Germans occupied Hungary in March 1944, Klari, as she then was, went home to her family in Szo… OL15680173W
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
And no more sorrow And no more sorrow Liliane Pelzman-Kiek Pelzman (née Kiek) relates the experiences of her mother, Sonja, during the Holocaust, based on taped interviews. Sonja was born in 1922 in Hertogenbosch to an affluent Jewish family, the Cohens; dur… OL16561276W
The hidden girl The hidden girl Lola Rein Kaufman After deciding to donate the dress her mother had made for her to a museum, Lola Rein Kaufman, survivor of the Nazi Holocaust, decides that it is finally time to speak publicly about her experiences. OL17735494W
The Holcroft covenant The Holcroft covenant Robert Ludlum Noel Holcroft is shown a thirty-year-old document, drawn up by his father and other Third Reich high officials--a document which, upon Noel's signature, will supposedly release eight hundred million … OL17783583W
Good night, Maman Good night, Maman Norma Fox Mazer After spending years fleeing from the Nazis in war-torn Europe, twelve-year-old Karin Levi and her older brother Marc find a new home in a refugee camp in Oswego, New York. OL1841631W
La vie d'une Juive errante La vie d'une Juive errante Judith Hemmendinger J'ai quatre-vingt quatre ans, et j'ai l'impression d'avoir vécu plusieurs vies. Toujours optimiste, Judith Hemmendinger livre ici ses pérégrinations. D'abord l'Allemagne, où elle est née, puis la Fra… OL18560430W
The last seven months of Anne Frank The last seven months of Anne Frank Willy Lindwer The "unwritten" final chapter of "Anne Frank: Diary Of A Young Girl" tells the story of the time between Anne Frank's arrest and her death through the testimony of six Jewish women who survived the h… OL18875108W
Virtually Jewish Virtually Jewish Ruth Ellen Gruber "More than half a century after the Holocaust, in countries where Jews make up just a tiny fraction of the population, products of Jewish culture (or what is perceived as Jewish culture) have become … OL1965493W
City of Secrets City of Secrets Stewart O'Nan "In 1945, Jewish refugees by the thousands set out for Palestine. Those who made it relied on the underground to shelter them; taking false names, they blended with the population, joining the wildly… OL19662542W
Night with Related Readings Night with Related Readings Elie Wiesel The life and work of Elie Wiesel [Night](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14856842W/Un_di_Velt_Hot_Geshvign) / Elie Wiesel Plot analysis of Night Related readings Creative writing activities … OL20496552W
Resilience and Courage Resilience and Courage Nechama Tec "In this, Nechama Tec's fifth book on the Holocaust, vivid individual stories blend effortlessly with detailed comparisons of wartime experiences of women and men. The result is a gripping account of… OL2066463W
How sweet it is! How sweet it is! Thane Rosenbaum Set in Miami Beach, Florida in 1972, the novel follows the Posner family?two Holocaust survivors, Sophie and Jacob, and their son, Adam?doing everything they can to avoid one another in a city with a… OL20895740W
Narrative Reflections Narrative Reflections Bea Hollander-Goldfein xiii, 121, [2] p. ; 23 cm OL21067957W
The odyssey of the ship with three names The odyssey of the ship with three names Renato Barahona "Singular history of the S.S. Kefalos, a tramp steamer crewed mainly by exiled Spanish Republicans that, among its many lives, transported arms and refugees from Mexico and the Balkans to the fledgin… OL23186063W
Frenchy Frenchy Tracy L. Shaler On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. Jeannette Marx was just twelve years old at the time but still recalls being "frightened" at the news. Her Uncle Benno, a prominent Soc… OL24266058W
Auschwitz escape Auschwitz escape Klara Wizel "Klara Wizel is full of life at sixteen years old. But a horrific chain of events puts her in one of the most terrifying places imaginable: Auschwitz-Birkenau. There she comes face to face with one o… OL27957861W
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
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