Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Courageous teen resisters Courageous teen resisters Ann Byers "Examines the stories of children and teen resisters in Europe during the Holocaust, including resistance groups, unarmed resistance, armed resistance in the ghettos and camps, and partisan units"--P… OL1978646W
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
Defiance Defiance Nechama Tec The prevailing image of European Jews during the Holocaust years is one of helpless victims under a death sentence, unable to fight consignment to the ghettos, to the camps, and to the gas chambers. … OL2066467W
Flee the captor Flee the captor Herbert Ford The story of the French Jean Weidner, the head of a resistance group, who saved the lives of many Jews during the Nazi occupation of France, Belgium and the Netherlands. OL2441118W
W kanałach Lwowa W kanałach Lwowa Marshall, Robert Account of Polish Jews living and surviving in the sewers of Lvov when the Nazis launched the final destruction of the ghetto in May of 1943. OL26177504W
The resistance The resistance Deborah Bachrach Discusses the efforts of Jews and non-Jews in various countries to stop the deadly persecution of Germany's Jewish population by the Nazis. OL2692833W
Ordinary heroes Ordinary heroes Hay, Peter Safe in Palestine during World War II, Hannah Senesh volunteered for a mission to help rescue fellow Jews in her native Hungary. She was captured by the Nazis, endured imprisonment and torture, and w… OL3904909W
The Holocaust heroes The Holocaust heroes David K. Fremon Details the efforts of people who risked their own lives to save thousands of Jews and others from Nazi persecution. OL476059W