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On the battlefields : two world wars that shaped a nation : Canada at war, volume II / by Benedict, Michael,1947-;
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2002., Penguin,
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SS-GB [videorecording] / by Kadelbach, Philipp,1974-television director.; Schweitzer, Patrick,television producer.; Purvis, Neal,screenwriter.; Wade, Robert,1961-screenwriter.; Riley, Sam,1980-actor.; Bosworth, Kate,1983-actor.; Bock, Rainer,actor.; Eidinger, Lars,1976-actor.; Cosmo, James,actor.; Dermody, Maeve,actor.; Flemyng, Jason,actor.; Rhind-Tutt, Julian,1968-actor.; television adaptation of (work):Deighton, Len,1929-SS-GB.; Sid Gentle Films Ltd.,production company.; British Broadcasting Corporation,broadcaster.; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.,publisher.;
Sam Riley, Kate Bosworth, Rainer Bock, Lars Eidinger, James Cosmo, Maeve Dermody, Jason Flemyng, Julian Rhind-Tutt.It is 1941 and Nazi Germany, having won the Battle of Britain, is the occupying force in the UK. Based on SS-GB, the bestselling novel by Len Deighton, renowned London murder detective Douglas Archer is caught between his brutal new SS superiors and a ruthless British resistance as he investigates what looks like a black market-related murder. Determined to uphold the law and protect the ones he loves, Archer soon finds himself drawn into a treacherous plot with global implications. In a country under hostile occupation, how do you do the right thing when you're on the wrong side?Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television mini-series.; Thrillers (Television programs); Historical television programs.; Spy television programs.; World War, 1939-1945;
For private home use only.
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Checkmate in Berlin : the Cold War showdown that shaped the modern world / by Milton, Giles,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The lively, immersive story of the race to seize Berlin in the aftermath of World War II that fired the starting gun for the Cold War"--
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Cold War.;
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The willow wren : a novel / by Schott, Philipp,author.;
"The touching and nuanced portrait of the rise and fall of Nazi Germany through the eyes of a resourceful German boy. Ludwig is an odd and introverted child, growing up in Hitler's Germany. While Ludwig's father, Wilhelm, is a senior Nazi and a true believer, Ludwig escapes the unfolding catastrophe by withdrawing into nature and books. Eventually, when the Allied bombing campaign intensifies, Ludwig is sent to a Hitler Youth camp, where his oddness makes him a target for bullying. As the war turns against Germany, the Hitler Youth camp becomes ever more severe and militaristic, and the atmosphere spirals towards chaos. After the Nazis abandon the camp, Ludwig returns home, and his father is presumed dead. With Ludwig's mother descending into depression, the 11-year-old bears increasing responsibility for the survival of the family as starvation sets in under Russian occupation. Soon, it will be impossible to leave the Russian zone, so Ludwig decides that he must rally his despondent mother and lead her and his three younger siblings in an escape attempt to the west. Based on a true story, The Willow Wren is a unique, touching exploration of extremism, resilience, and the triumph of the small."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Survival; World War, 1939-1945;
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The occupied garden : recovering the story of a family in the war-torn Netherlands / by Kasaboski, Tracy; Den Hartog, Kristen,1965-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-311) and Internet addresses.
Subjects: Den Hartog family.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2008., McClelland & Stewart,
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The letters : postmark prejudice in black and white / by White, Sheila,author.;
"Vivian Keeler is an intelligent, attractive and determined white woman from a traditional Nova Scotia family who risks it all by falling in love with a Black man. Billy White is a charismatic and gifted member of a prominent Black family; he's the brother of celebrated classical singer Portia White and the son of a renowned Black minister who garnered fame as an officer during the First World War. Vivian and Billy meet at a lunch counter in Halifax. During the next several months their casual friendship blossoms into romance. But the courtship that follows unleashes a torrent of racist rants that expose the pervasive bigotry of the late 1940s. The Letters: Postmark Prejudice in Black and White chronicles a passion that transcends deeply rooted taboos and sparks an orchestrated campaign to persuade Vivian "not to marry outside her race." As the pressure mounts, Vivian and Billy find strength in their shared affection. But will it be enough to overcome their own doubts about the viability of a future together?"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Black people; Interracial marriage; Racism;
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Hidden Gold : a true story of the Holocaust / by Burakowski, Ella,1957-author.;
The Gold family lived an idyllic life in pre-war Poland, each doing their part to run the family grocery store and tobacco concession. But that life is shattered in 1939 when Germany invades Poland and the Golds are forced to hide in a cramped, secret enclosure for twenty-six months.
Subjects: Biographies.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; World War, 1939-1945;
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The World Will Tremble. by Geller, Lior,film director.; Lesser, Anton,actor.; MacGechan, Charlie,actor.; Kross, David,actor.; Neumark Jones, Jeremy,actor.; Epp, Michael,actor.; Jackson-Cohen, Oliver,actor.; Vertical Entertainment (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Anton Lesser, Charlie MacGechan, David Kross, Jeremy Neumark Jones, Michael Epp, Oliver Jackson-CohenOriginally produced by Vertical Entertainment in 2025.The incredible, untold true story of how a group of prisoners attempt a seemingly impossible escape from the first Nazi death camp in order to provide the first eyewitness account of the Holocaust.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; War films.; Historical films.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).; World War, 1939-1945.; War.; Nineteen forties.; National socialism.;
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One hundred Saturdays : Stella Levi and the search for a lost world / by Frank, Michael J.,1948-author.; Kalman, Maira,artist.;
With nearly a century of life behind her, Stella Levi had never before spoken in detail about her past. Then she met Michael Frank. He came to her Greenwich Village apartment one Saturday afternoon to ask her a question about the Juderia, the neighborhood in Rhodes where shed grown up in a Jewish community that had thrived there for half a millennium. Neither of them could know this was the first of one hundred Saturdays over the course of six years that they would spend in each others company. During these meetings Stella traveled back in time to conjure what it felt like to come of age on this luminous, legendary island in the eastern Aegean, which the Italians conquered in 1912, began governing as an official colonial possession in 1923, and continued to administer even after the Germans seized control in September 1943. The following July, the Germans rounded up all 1,700-plus residents of the Juderia and sent them first by boat and then by train to Auschwitz on what was the longest journey measured by both time and distanceof any of the deportations. Ninety percent of them were murdered upon arrival. Probing and courageous, candid and sly, Stella is a magical modern-day Scheherazade whose stories reveal what it was like to grow up in an extraordinary place in an extraordinary time and to construct a life after that place has vanished. One Hundred Saturdays is a portrait of one of the last survivors drawn at nearly the last possible moment, as well as an account of a tender and transformative friendship that develops between storyteller and listener as they explore the fundamental mystery of what it means to collect, share, and interpret the deepest truths of a life deeply lived.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Levi, Stella.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Holocaust survivors.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
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The secret messenger / by Robotham, Mandy,author.;
Venice, 1943: The world is at war, and Stella Jilani is leading a double life. By day she works in the lion's den as a typist for the Reich; by night, she risks her life as a messenger for the Italian resistance. Against all odds, Stella must impart Nazi secrets, smuggle essential supplies and produce an underground newspaper on her beloved typewriter. But when German commander General Breugal becomes suspicious, it seems he will stop at nothing to find the mole, and Stella knows her future could be in jeopardy. London, 2017: Years later, Luisa Belmont finds a mysterious old typewriter in her attic. Determined to find out who it belonged to, Luisa delves into the past and uncovers a story of fierce love, unimaginable sacrifice and, ultimately, the worst kind of betrayal. Set between German-occupied 1940s Venice and modern-day London, this is a fascinating tale of the bravery of everyday women in the darkest corners of WWII.
Subjects: War fiction.; Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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