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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
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
Odyssey Odyssey John Bierman Recounts the voyage of 500 Jews aboard the Pentcho, a decrepit paddle steamer, from Bratislava in May 1940. OL2011734W
Two suns in the sky Two suns in the sky Miriam Bat-Ami In 1944, an Upstate New York teenager named Christine meets and falls in love with Adam, a Yugoslavian Jew living in a refugee camp, despite their parents' conviction that they do not belong together. OL2040581W
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