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Nicholas Winton's lottery of life Nicholas Winton's lottery of life Matej Mináč Details and pictures of the so called “Czech Kindertransport” which saved 669 children from the Holocaust by Sir Nicholas Winton, the man known as “the British Schindler”. OL11804829W
Refugee Treasure Refugee Treasure Robert Elmer In 1947 two teenagers from different backgrounds are thrown together once again as the United Nations votes to create the state of Israel. OL15026561W
The Last Brother The Last Brother Nathacha Appanah-Mouriquand,Nathacha Appanah Translated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan OL15667661W
A hero of our own A hero of our own Sheila Isenberg "In 1940, a young Harvard-educated American named Varian Fry, inexperienced and not at all certain that he possessed any courage, went on a secret mission to Marseille. There, with only three thousan… OL15843226W
Witness to the Holocaust Witness to the Holocaust Eisenberg, Azriel Louis Here, in one definitive volume, are over one hundred spellbinding eyewitness accounts of a brutal period in history that claimed the lives of millions of innocent victims. After years of painstaking … OL16785979W
To Hope and Back - The Journey of the St. Louis To Hope and Back - The Journey of the St. Louis Kathy Kacer The tragic true story of the ship St. Louis. It left Germany in May 1939 full of Jewish passengers seeking refuge in Cuba, but was denied port in Cuba, the US and Canada before returning to Europe. w… OL16794178W
Margot Margot Jillian Cantor In the spring of 1959, The Diary of Anne Frank comes to the silver screen to great acclaim, and a young woman named Margie Franklin works in Philadelphia as a secretary at a Jewish law firm. She live… OL17931878W
Rescuing the children Rescuing the children Deborah Hodge Discusses the efforts of the Kindertransport, which rescued ten thousand Jewish children from Nazi occupied countries before the start of World War II. OL18143559W
Jewish exile in India, 1933-1945 Jewish exile in India, 1933-1945 Anil Bhatti Papers presented at a symposium held in Jawaharlal Nehru University, 15-16 Mar. 1995. OL18335833W
Generation exodus Generation exodus Walter Laqueur "Some half a million Jews lived in Germany when Hitler came to power in 1933. Over the next decade, thousands would flee. Among these refugees, teens and young adults formed a remarkable generation. … OL18391504W
Liberation Liberation Betty N. Hoffman "Discusses the liberation of Europe and the aftermath of the Holocaust, including the displaced persons camps, primary source accounts from Holocaust survivors, and how those survivors started new li… OL18746120W
They dared return They dared return Patrick K. O'Donnell A never-before-told World War II story of Jewish soldiers on a dangerous mission within the Third Reich--a tale of adventure, espionage, love, and revenge. OL18809468W
The fortunate ones The fortunate ones Ellen Umansky One very special work of art--a Chaim Soutine painting--connects the lives and fates of two different women, generations apart, in a novel that moves from World War II Vienna to contemporary Los Ange… OL20049950W
The girl with no name The girl with no name Diney Costeloe Speaking no English and carrying a precious photograph of the family she left behind in Germany crammed into her small suitcase thirteen-year-old Lisa escapes from Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport… OL20887902W
Y a pesar de todo-- Y a pesar de todo-- Alfredo José Schwarcz "Valuable contribution to immigration history examines background, economic integration, degree of adaptation and/or assimilation, interaction with older Jewish groups, retention of culture and langu… OL2399376W
The whirlwind The whirlwind Carol Matas Ben flees Nazi Germany only to find himself in a battle for his life and his soul. OL24063214W
Bessie's pillow Bessie's pillow Linda Bress Silbert "May this pillow bring you peace. So reads the pillow entrusted, in 1906, to 18-year-old Boshka Markman as she prepares to board a train in Vilna, Lithuania. One of hundreds of thousands of Jewish im… OL24439170W
A friend in need A friend in need Kathy Kacer Now that Margit and her family have settled into their new life in Toronto's Kensington Market, they agree to take in a Polish orphan. OL27958190W
In love and friendship In love and friendship Hilary Norman "There is a price for everything, Bobbi, and I think the time has come for me to pay the price in full. . .to tell you the truth." Beautiful Ali Craig had to tell her daughter, Bobbi, that shatter… OL2961533W
Reclaiming Heimat Reclaiming Heimat Jacqueline Vansant "In Reclaiming Heimat, Jacqueline Vansant focuses on nine memoirs by seven Austrian reeimigres - Ernst Lothar, Stella Klein-Low, Hans Thalberg, Minna Lachs, Franziska Tausig, Hilde Spiel, and Elisabe… OL4976686W
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