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The Honorary Consul The Honorary Consul Graham Greene In a provincial Argentinean town, Charley Fortnum, a British consul with dubious authority and a weakness for drink, is kidnapped by Paraguayan revolutionaries who have mistaken him for the American … OL106068W
Resistance and emancipation Resistance and emancipation Arturo Casas,Ben Bollig vii, 409 p. ; 23 cm OL16014557W
Muriel's war Muriel's war Sheila Isenberg "An American heiress turned resistance hero, Muriel Gardiner was an electrifying woman who impressed everyone she met with her beauty, intelligence, and powerful personality. Her adventurous life led… OL16113330W
Die Insel der tausend Quellen Die Insel der tausend Quellen Christiane Gohl Tras la muerte de su primer amor, Nora, la hija de un comerciante londinense, se une, a través de un matrimonio de conveniencia, a Elias, un viudo propietario de un plantación de azúcar. La vida en e… OL16802702W
Banditen, Spione oder Helden? Banditen, Spione oder Helden? Karl-Heinz Brenndörfer Rumänien nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Dargestellt werden aus Akten der kommunistischen Geheimpolizei und aus Erinnerungen von Betroffenen Handlungen gegen die von den Sowjets eingesetzten Machthabern.… OL17333659W
Long Walk to Freedom Long Walk to Freedom Chris Van Wyk,Nelson Mandela,Paddy Bouma The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, Long Walk to Freedom brilliantly recreates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny. Emo… OL1783377W
Into the inferno Into the inferno Yoel Palgi,Phyllis Palgi "In the spring of 1944, a group of thirty-two young Palestinian Jews parachuted into Nazi-held Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Their goal was to encourage Jewish resistance where possible and to orga… OL17950345W
Aimée & Jaguar Aimée & Jaguar Erica Fischer Berlin 1942. Lilly Wust, twenty-nine, married, four children, led a life as did millions of German women. But then she met the twenty-one-year-old Felice Schragenheim. It was love almost at first … OL1913924W
The Tree of liberty The Tree of liberty Nicholas N. Kittrie Contains primary source material. OL19494120W
Resisting the Holocaust Resisting the Holocaust Ruby Rohrlich This reader seeks to redress the imbalance of members of the Holocaust resistance from male non-Jews to Jewish females. leading scholars from various disciplines, including Anthrolpology, history, po… OL20605305W
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
Gott will Taten sehen Gott will Taten sehen Anke Silomon,Margot Kässmann For many resisters to Nazism, their Christian faith was a moral compass and the source of their courage. They were very different kinds of people: theologians disappointed with the churches, governme… OL23426558W
Make me! Make me! Eric Toshalis "In this groundbreaking book, Eric Toshalis explores student resistance through a variety of perspectives, arguing that oppositional behaviors can be not only instructive but productive. All too ofte… OL26200046W
Das Schweigen der Eulen Das Schweigen der Eulen Jan De Leeuw Arnoud, fast 14, verbringt den Sommer 1996 unfreiwillig im kleinen flämischen Heimatdorf seiner Grosseltern. Die Oma ist gestorben und er soll seinem Vater dabei helfen, das Haus zu entrümpeln. Arnou… OL27060460W
The Holocaust The Holocaust Maron L. Waxman,Morrison David Beal,Bea Stadtler Describes the experiences of Jews in Germany and other European countries during the twelve years of the Third Reich when more than six million of their number were systematically destroyed. OL3522255W