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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Hidden teens, hidden lives	Linda Jacobs Altman	"Explores the lives of children and teens who went into hiding during the Holocaust; looks at various places used as hiding spots, such as barns and attics, and different ways to hide, like assuming …	OL14865566W
The World at War	Richard Holmes	The World at War is the definitive television work on the Second World War. It set out to tell the story of the war through the testimony of key participants - from civilians to ordinary soldiers, fr…	OL14929617W
World War II (1939-1946)	Salem Press	This 2-volume resource contains 80 primary source documents that provide a compelling view of this unique period of American history. World War II is remembered not only for its violent encounters on…	OL17099754W
Rescuers defying the Nazis	Toby Axelrod	Relates the stories of courageous non-Jewish teenagers who rescued Jews from the Nazis.	OL1934642W
Leaving China	James McMullan	Illustrator James McMullan discusses how his early childhood in China and his wartime journeys with his mother influenced his life and career. This memoir, presented in paintings and words by intern…	OL19710071W
Lost youth of the ghettos	Ann Byers	"Examines the lives of Jewish children and teens in the ghettos during the Holocaust, including the formation of the ghettos, the miserable conditions, hard labor, and the deportations to camps"--Pro…	OL1978659W
Landscapes of the metropolis of death	Otto Dov Kulka	"Otto Dov Kulka's memoir of a childhood spent in Auschwitz is a literary feat of astounding emotional power, exploring the permanent and indelible marks left by the Holocaust... As a child, the disti…	OL19966143W
Classic Stories of World War II	Nancy Wake,Richard Hillary,Evelyn Waugh,Guy Gibson,Kurt Vonnegut,Norman Mailer,John Steinbeck,Joseph Heller,Nicholas Monsarrat,John Richard Hersey,J. G. Ballard,Raymond Paull,Irwin Shaw,James A. Michener,James Jones,Ronald Seth	A perfect morning (from The Young Lions) / Irwin Shaw -- Lunghua camp (from Empire of the Sun) / J. G. Ballard -- The big day (from From Here to Eternity) / James Jones -- The landing on Kuralei (…	OL20185155W
Bailout Over Normandy	Ted Fahrenwald	286 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : 23 cm	OL20197422W
Remember World War II	Dorinda Makanaōnalani Stagner Nicholson	Allows readers to understand World War II, not as seen through the eyes of soldiers, but through the eyes of children who survived the bombings, the blackouts, the hunger, the fear, and the loss of l…	OL20888118W
World War II	Jon E. Lewis	"How is the Second World War best remembered? Not in terms of strategic battles but as a great turning point in world history, recorded through the personal records, diaries and speeches of those who…	OL21414962W
Carrier	Jean Hood	A century of vivid eye-witness accounts by aircraft carrier crews and their embarked naval air squadrons taken from interviews, correspondence, archived memoirs, published autobiographies and officia…	OL21579684W
D-Day	Francis Crosby,Peter Liddle	Fotoboek over de geallieerde invasie in Normandië op 6 juni 1944.	OL21587060W
Heroes all	Steve Bond	For years, Steve Bond has been interviewing and recording veterans from all sides of the conflict, including air and ground crew. His aim was to transmit their engaging stories faithfully to a wider …	OL21768107W
Evidence not seen	Darlene Deibler Rose	The true story of one woman's triumph of faith. Newlywed American missionary Darlene Deibler Rose survived four years in a notorious Japanese prison camp set deep in the jungles of New Guinea. Thinki…	OL4467504W
June 6, 1944	Gerald Astor	In ships and planes, they crossed the English Channel.On the other side Hitler's army waited.And the longest day was about to begin....In the spring of 1944, 120,000 Allied soldiers crossed the Engli…	OL480850W
The Hitler kiss	Radomír Luža	"This autobiography is at once a heart-pounding adventure story, a moving recollection of a larger-than-life father, and an important account of the Czech resistance.". "Radomir Luza's father was a …	OL5592837W
The Allied resupply effort in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II	Leo J. Daugherty	"This volume takes an in-depth look at the situation the Allies faced in China, India and Burma exploring the realities of the politic-laden campaign waged in this 'forgotten theatre' during World Wa…	OL5771856W
Ian Fleming's secret war	Craig Cabell	While Ian Fleming's extravagant and glamorous lifestyle is well known, little has been published concerning his contribution during the Second World War. As this book reveals, Fleming, the creator th…	OL5873670W
Resistance, imprisonment & forced labor	Metod M. Milač	"Resistance, Imprisonment, and Forced Labor recalls the author's struggle for survival as a prisoner and forced laborer following the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia in 1941. He describes a dizzying an…	OL6214679W