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[2015]
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English
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"An allegorical tale about Nazi occupied Poland in which a town's residents are forced to turn over their musical instruments. A young student rescues the hurdy-gurdy of her teacher, who has presumably befallen a terrible fate, and later, a young boy finds the instrument and intends to pass it--and the importance of remembering--on to his future grandchildren"--
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2020.
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English
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"Miep Gies, who as a girl was a refugee during World War I, recognized that the world had once again become a dark place. Especially in danger were Jewish people during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, like her boss's family. This is the story of how Miep helped hide the Frank family"--
10) The survivors
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1998.
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English
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Describes the conditions of Holocaust survivors when they were liberated as well as their struggle as they attempt to rebuild their lives.
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"It is 1939 in Berlin, Germany, and twelve-year-old Lillian and her Papa are on the run from Nazi soldiers. Because they are Jewish, they are in danger of being arrested and put in prison. Lillian's father is blind and it seems no one is willing to help them, until they meet Otto Weidt. Mr. Weidt runs a factory that makes brushes for the Nazi army, and his secret is that he employs blind Jewish workers. Lillian learns that Otto Weidt is determined...
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Holocaust survivor true stories WWII volume 17
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Rosie was always told her red hair was a curse, but she never believed it. She often dreamed what it would look like under a white veil with the man of her dreams by her side. However, her life takes a harrowing turn in 1944 when she is forced out of her home and sent to the most gruesome of places: Auschwitz. Upon arrival, Rosie's head is shaved and along with the loss of her beautiful hair, she loses the life she once cherished. Among the chaos...
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[2015]
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English
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The Holocaust was the widespread slaughter of more than 11 million people--including 6 million Jews--by the Nazis. To isolate the Jews of Germany and Poland, Adolf Hitler ordered that they be rounded up and imprisoned in run-down sections of cities--in bleak places called ghettos. In Warsaw, Lodz, Vilna : The Holocaust Ghettos, author Linda Jacobs Altman examines this often overlooked chapter of the Holocaust in which tens of thousands of Jews died,...
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[2015]
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English
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"Discusses the experiences of people who survived the Holocaust, the trials of Nazi leaders at Nuremberg, the establishment of the state of Israel, the search for justice, and efforts of the survivors to begin new lives"--Provided by publisher.
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[2006]
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English
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The remarkable true story of a young girl named Edith and the French village of Moissac that helped her and many other children during the Holocaust. The town's mayor and citizens concealed the presence of hundreds of Jewish children who lived in a safe house, risking their own safety by hiding the children from the Nazis in plain site, saving them from being captured and detained and most certainly saving their lives.
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