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- Wedding station / by Downing, David,1946-author.;
"Germany, 1933. The world is not yet at war, but the influence of the Nazi party is spreading like wildfire through Berlin. The prequel to the bestselling Station series introduces us to John Russell, an Englishman with a political past who must keep his head down as the Nazis solidify their power. The Reichstag parliament building has burned down, just four weeks after Hitler's appointment as German Chancellor. The torching will be used to justify the Nazi reign which followed. John Russell's recent separation from his wife is threatening his right to reside in Germany, and any meaningful relationship with his six year-old son Paul. He has just secured work as a crime reporter on a Berlin newspaper, and three of the stories with which he becomes involved--the gruesome murder of a rent boy, the apparently accidental running over of a professional genealogist, the suspicious disappearance of a Nazi-supporting celebrity fortune-teller--may not look alike in any way, but are seemingly connected. All these investigations carry the risk of Russell falling foul of the authorities at a time when the rule of law has completely vanished and the Nazis are running scores of pop-up detention centres complete with torture chambers in every corner of Berlin"--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; Russell, John (Fictitious character); World War, 1939-1945;
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- Letters across the sea / by Graham, Genevieve,author.;
Inspired by a little-known chapter of World War II history, a young Protestant girl and her Jewish neighbour are caught up in the terrible wave of hate sweeping the globe on the eve of war. 1933: At eighteen years old, Molly Ryan dreams of becoming a journalist, but instead she spends her days working any job she can to help her family through the Depression crippling her city. The one bright spot in her life is watching baseball with her best friend, Hannah Dreyfus, and sneaking glances at Hannah's handsome older brother, Max. But as the summer unfolds, more and more of Hitler's hateful ideas cross the sea and "Swastika Clubs" and "No Jews Allowed" signs spring up around Toronto, a city already simmering with mass unemployment, protests, and unrest. When tensions between the Irish and Jewish communities erupt in a riot one smouldering day in August, Molly and Max are caught in the middle, with devastating consequences for both their families. 1939: Six years later, the Depression has eased and Molly is a reporter at her local paper. But a new war is on the horizon, putting everyone she cares about most in peril. As letters trickle in from overseas, Molly is forced to confront what happened all those years ago, but is it too late to make things right? From the desperate streets of Toronto to the embattled shores of Hong Kong, Letters Across the Sea is a poignant novel about the enduring power of love to cross dangerous divides even in the darkest of times.- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Antisemitism; World War, 1939-1945; Depressions; Riots; Protestants; Jews; Best friends; Interfaith dating;
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- My friend Anne Frank : the inspiring and heartbreaking true story of best friends torn apart and reunited against all odds / by Pick-Goslar, Hannah,author.; Kraft, Dina,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In 1933, Hannah Pick-Goslar and her family fled Nazi Germany to live in Amsterdam, where she struck up a close friendship with her next-door neighbor, an outspoken and fun-loving young girl named Anne Frank. For several years, the inseparable pair enjoyed a carefree childhood of games, sleepovers, and treats with the other children in their neighborhood of Rivierenbuurt. But in 1942, Hannah and Anne's lives abruptly changed forever. As the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam progressed, Anne and the Frank family seemingly vanished, leaving behind unmade beds and dishes in the sink--but no trace of Anne's precious diary. Torn from her dear friend without warning, Hannah spent the next two years tormented by questions about Anne's fate, wondering if she had, by some miracle, managed to escape danger. In this long‑awaited memoir, Hannah shares the story of her childhood during the Holocaust, from the introduction of anti-Jewish laws in Amsterdam to the gradual disappearance of classmates and, eventually, the Frank family, to Hannah and her family's imprisonment in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. As Hannah chronicles the experiences of her own life during and after the war, she provides a searing look at what countless children endured at the hands of the Nazi regime, as well as an intimate, never‑before‑seen portrait of the most recognizable victim of the Holocaust. Culminating in an astonishing fateful reunion, My Friend Anne Frank is the profoundly moving story of childhood and friendship during one of the darkest periods in the world's history."--- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Pick-Goslar, Hannah; Frank, Anne, 1929-1945; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews;
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- Final account [videorecording] / by Holland, Luke,film director.; Universal Pictures (Firm),publisher.;
An urgent portrait of the last living generation of everyday people to participate in Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Over a decade in the making, the film raises vital, timely questions about authority, conformity, complicity and perpetration, national identity, and responsibility, as men and women ranging from former SS members to civilians in never-before-seen interviews reckon with their memories, perceptions and personal appraisals of their own roles in the greatest human crimes in history.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material and some disturbing images.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Motion pictures, German.; Foreign films.; Documentary films.; Historical films.; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.; Nazis; National socialism;
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- La voleuse de livres : roman / by Zusak, Markus.; Girod, Marie-France;
LSC- Subjects: Roman historique.; Historical fiction.; Livres et lecture; Art de conter; Mort; Juifs; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945; Books and reading; Storytelling; Death; Jews; World War, 1939-1945;
- © [2008], c2007., Pocket,
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- Assassination [videorecording] / by Choi, Dong-hoon,film director,screenwriter,producer.; Lee, Jung-jae,actor.; Lee, Ki-cheol,screenwriter.; Soo-hyun, Ahn,producer.; Well Go USA, Inc.,film distributor.;
Cinematography, Yoo Sang-Sub ; editor, Sin Min-Kyung.Gianna Jun, Jung-woo Ha, Jung-Jae Lee, Dal-su Oh, Jin-woong Jo.While Korea is occupied by the Japanese Army in 1933, the resistance plans to kill the Japanese Commander. But their plan is threatened by a traitor within their group and also the enemies' forces are hunting them down.14A.DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and stereo.- Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Assassins; Escapes; Feature films.; Feature films.; Foreign films; Korean resistance movements, 1905-1945; Motion pictures, Korean.; Traitors;
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