Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Clara's war Clara's war Clara Kramer A young girl's true story of miraculous survival under the NazisOn 21 July 1942 the Nazis invaded Poland. In the small town of Zolkiew, life for Jewish 15-year-old Clara Kramer was never to be the sa… OL11979602W
In the Polish secret war In the Polish secret war Marian S. Mazgaj "Born in Poland 1923, Marian Mazgaj was just a teenager when Germany invaded his country and launched Poland into the combat of World War II. Although he was too young to join the army, within a few … OL13614603W
Joseph Rotblat Joseph Rotblat Reiner Braun Sir Joseph Rotblat (1908-2005), British physicist and one of the most prominent critics of the nuclear arms race, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995 in conjunction with the Pugwash Conferences on… OL15171778W
Kaia, heroine of the 1944 Warsaw Rising Kaia, heroine of the 1944 Warsaw Rising Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm Kaia, Heroine of the 1944 Warsaw Rising tells the story of one woman, whose life encompasses a century of Polish history. Full of tragic and compelling experiences such as life in Siberia, Warsaw bef… OL16362512W
You saved me, too You saved me, too Susan Kushner Resnick "An extraordinary and literary "love story" between a young mother and a much older Holocaust survivor that celebrates the unique and powerful bonds of friendship. It explores a complex relationship … OL16599958W
The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl Arthur Allen Describes the true story of how the eccentric Polish scientist tasked by the Nazis to create a typhus vaccine hid the intelligentsia from the Gestapo by hiring them to work in his laboratory. OL17053056W
Chasing portraits Chasing portraits Elizabeth Rynecki "The memoir of one woman's emotional quest to find the art of her Polish-Jewish great-grandfather, lost during World War II. Moshe Rynecki's body of work reached close to eight hundred paintings and … OL19762047W
From Buchenwald to Carnegie Hall From Buchenwald to Carnegie Hall Marian Filar,Charles Patterson "Before the Nazis sent members of the Filar family to Treblinka, these were the last words Marian Filar's mother said to him. "I bless you. You'll survive this horror. You'll become a great pianist, … OL19790939W
Helena Rubinstein Helena Rubinstein Mason Klein This is the first exhibition to explore the ideas, innovations, and influence of the legendary cosmetics entrepreneur Helena Rubinstein. Madame (as she was universally known) helped break down the st… OL21085590W
Bridging the Gap Bridging the Gap Ralph Smorczewski xii, 308 p. : 24 cm OL27782331W
A dream of belonging A dream of belonging Janina Bauman 202 p. ; 20 cm OL4934629W
Man in the middle Man in the middle Witold Sagajllo On the first of September 1939 forty-five German divisions supported by 15,000 aircraft attacked Poland and two weeks later, under the terms of the Nazi - Soviet agreement, the Russians occupied east… OL5192339W
The Lost Childhood The Lost Childhood Yehuda Nir Describes six years in the life of a daring and resourceful Polish Jewish boy and his family, who survived the Holocaust by using false papers and posing as Catholics. OL550451W
The labyrinth of dangerous hours The labyrinth of dangerous hours Lilka Trzcinska-Croydon xviii, 152 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm OL5854313W
The 23rd Psalm The 23rd Psalm George Lucius Salton "In September 1939. George Lucius Salton's (Luzek Saltzman) boyhood in Tyczyn, Poland, was shattered by escalating violence and terror under German occupation. His father, a lawyer, was forbidden to … OL9251312W
From Auschwitz to Ithaca From Auschwitz to Ithaca Jake Geldwert "Most Holocaust testimonials focus on the wartime experience, to document the atrocities that occurred. What happened during the war clearly is important but also crucial is how subjects come to unde… OL9845532W
Mein Leben Mein Leben Marcel Reich-Ranicki "Marcel Reich-Ranicki was born of Polish Jewish parents in the Polish town of Wloclawek in 1920. At the age of nine he moved to Berlin and it was at school there that he discovered his deep passion f… OL988589W