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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Schindler's list Schindler's list Thomas Keneally Winner of the Booker Prize Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction Schindler's List is a remarkable work of fiction based on the true story of German industrialist and war profitee… OL103688W
Schindler's ark Schindler's ark Thomas Keneally "Keneally wrote the Booker Prize-winning novel in 1982, inspired by the efforts of Poldek Pfefferberg, a Holocaust survivor. In 1980 Pfefferberg met Keneally in his shop, and learning that he was a n… OL10619574W
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
Hiding from the Nazis Hiding from the Nazis David A. Adler The true story of Lore Baer who as a four-year-old Jewish child was placed with a Christian family in the Dutch farm country to avoid persecution by the Nazis. OL121554W
What's cooking, Jamela? What's cooking, Jamela? Niki Daly Jamela is responsible for fattening up the chicken intended for Christmas dinner, but instead she gives it a name and makes it her friend. OL1842576W
Number the Stars Number the Stars Lois Lowry Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend, Ellen Rosen, often think about life before the war. But it's now 1943, and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the… OL1846074W
Righteous Gentiles in the Hebrew Bible Righteous Gentiles in the Hebrew Bible Jeffrey K. Salkin Who are the ancient role models for the sacred relationship between Jews and non-Jews today? Now more than ever, gentiles are an integral part of the Jewish community. But they are not new to the Jew… OL1945072W
The monuments men The monuments men Robert M. Edsel "In a race against time, a group of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others--called the Monuments Men--risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destructio… OL19971954W
In defiance of Hitler In defiance of Hitler Carla Killough McClafferty At a time when most Americans ignored the atrocities going on in Europe in 1940, American journalist Varian Fry put himself in great danger to save strangers in a foreign land. He was instrumental in… OL2917935W
The Righteous The Righteous Martin Gilbert "Having chronicled the horrors of Nazi-dominated Europe in major works on the Holocaust and the Second World War, the distinguished historian Sir Martin Gilbert now turns his attention to the subject… OL582143W
Die Schoene Frau Seidenman Die Schoene Frau Seidenman Andrzej Szczypiorski An extraordinary novel covering a few days in Warsaw in 1943...or covering most of the 20th century, depending on how you see the book. Although concerned with rescuing Mrs Erma Seidenman--a Jew who… OL9057090W