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The nine : the true story of a band of women who survived the worst of Nazi Germany / by Strauss, Gwen,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The Nine follows the true story of the author's great aunt Helene Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of WWII from Germany back to Paris. The nine women were all under thirty when they joined the resistance. They smuggled arms through Europe, harbored parachuting agents, coordinated communications between regional sectors, trekked escape routes to Spain and hid Jewish children in scattered apartments. They were arrested by French police, interrogated and tortured by the Gestapo. They were subjected to a series of French prisons and deported to Germany. The group formed along the way, meeting at different points, in prison, in transit, and at Ravensbrück. By the time they were enslaved at the labor camp in Leipzig, they were a close-knit group of friends. During the final days of the war, forced onto a death march, the nine chose their moment and made a daring escape. Drawing on incredible research, this powerful, heart-stopping narrative is a moving tribute to the power of humanity and friendship in the darkest of times"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Podliasky, Hélène, 1920-2012.; Ravensbrück (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945; Women political prisoners; Women concentration camp inmates; Prisoner-of-war escapes; Prisoners of war; Guerrillas; Guerrillas; World War, 1939-1945;
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The forgotten : Canadian POWs, escapers and evaders in Europe, 1939-45 / by Greenfield, Nathan M.,1958-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Rescue at Los Baños : the most daring prison camp raid of World War II / by Henderson, Bruce B.,1946-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The fall of Manila -- Prisoners of the Japanese -- Los Baños Internment Camp -- Sky soldiers -- "You'll be eating dirt" -- Return to the Philippines -- Freedom week -- Under the cover of darkness -- The killings -- "Do it right, joe" -- The escapes -- The Los Baños force -- "Rescue must come soon" -- "The world will be watching" -- The raid -- Rescue -- "God was with us" -- Epilogue: The fate of Sadaaki Konishi.
Subjects: Los Baños Internment Camp.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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The spitfire luck of Skeets Ogilvie : from the Battle of Britain to the great escape / by Ogilvie, Keith C.,1948-; Ogilvie, Keith C.,1948-You never know your luck.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.A young Canadian spitfire pilot finds adventure, love, and a remarkable dose of luck on the frontlines of the Second World War.LSC
Subjects: Ogilvie, Keith, 1915-1998.; Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 609.; Great Britain. Royal Air Force; Fighter pilots; Fighter pilots; World War, 1939-1945; Prisoners of war;
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The great escape [videorecording (DVD)] by Sturges, John,1911-1992.; McQueen, Steve,1930-1980; Garner, James.; Attenborough, Richard; Brickhill, Paul;
Director of photography: Daniel L. Fapp ; art director: Fernando Carrere ; film editor: Ferris Webster ; music by Elmer Bernstein.Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, James Coburn.The true story of 76 allied airmen who plot a massive escape from Stalag 3, a maximum security prison in World War II. They struggle against overwhelming odds to obtain freedom.Not rated.NTSC 1, DVD Dolby digital.
Subjects: Stalag Luft III; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Prisoners of war; War films; Feature films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired;
© c1998., MGM/UA Home Video,
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Maze [videorecording] / by Burke, Stephen,film director,screenwriter.; Doolan, Jane,film producer.; McCann, Martin,1983-actor.; Vaughan-Lawlor, Tom,actor.; Ward, Barry,actor.; Lightyear Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Bord Scannán na hÉireann,production company.;
Director of photography, David Grennan ; production designer, Owen Power ; original music, Stephen Rennicks.Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Barry Ward, Martin Mccann, Eileen Walsh.Based on the incredible true story of the 1983 mass breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from a high-security prison, the film charts how inmate Larry Marley engineered the largest European prison escape since World War II. Up against the most state-of-the-art and secure prison in the whole of Europe (a prison within a prison), Larry must coordinate with inmates across several cellblocks. While scheming his way towards pulling off this feat, Larry forms a close bond with prison warden Gordon Close.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Crime films.; Marley, Larry; Maze Prison (Lisburn, Northern Ireland); Provisional IRA; Escaped prisoners; Prisons;
For private home use only.
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My father's house / by O'Connor, Joseph,1963-author.;
In German-occupied Rome during World War II, as diplomats, refugees and escaped Allied prisoners flee for protection into Vatican City, a small band of unlikely friends led by a courageous Irish priest risk everything, including their lives, to help those seeking refuge.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; O'Flaherty, Hugh, 1898-1963; Catholic Church; Escapes; Irish; Priests; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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The beasts of Paris / by Penney, Stef,author.; Hawley, Nicola Howell,illustrator.;
Paris, 1870. Three wandering souls find themselves in a city set to descend into war. Anne is a former patient from the women's asylum, La Salpêtrière, trying to carve out a new life for herself in a world that doesn't understand her. Newcomer Lawrence is desperate to develop his talent as a photographer and escape the restrictions of his puritanical Canadian upbringing. Ellis, an army surgeon, has lived through the horror of the American Civil War and will do anything to avoid another bloodbath. Each keeps company with the restless beasts of Paris's famous Menagerie, home and prison to the glamorous predators that draw visitors from all walks of life. Yet these fearsome animals are innocents alongside the looming dogs of war.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes (Paris, France); Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871; Photographers; Surgeons; Survival; Winter;
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One final turn / by Weaver, Ashley,author.;
"The fifth and final installment in the Electra McDonnell series brings safecracker Ellie on a mission across World War II-era Europe to Lisbon, Portugal to rescue a key group of escaped POWs. Ellie McDonnell is about to embark on her most perilous mission yet: go to Lisbon, Portugal to save her beloved cousin Toby who has reportedly escaped from a German prisoner of war camp. Toby has been missing since the Battle of Dunkirk and Ellie had all but lost hope in ever seeing him again until Major Ramsey, the British military intelligence officer she had been working closely with over the past few months, shared the news he'd intercepted. Nothing will stop Ellie from finding her cousin, not even the awkward experience of having to travel to an unknown country with Ramsey after he'd dismissed her for being untrustworthy just as she'd realized she had fallen in love with him. Under the supervision of Captain Archie Blandings, a charming intelligence officer based in Lisbon, Ellie meets with undercover operatives to track down where Toby might be hiding from the Nazis and whether they are too late to safely recover him, all the while fighting her feelings for Ramsey and the incessant burden of war looming around her at every turn"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Spy fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; Cousins; Intelligence officers; Man-woman relationships; Prisoners of war; Safecrackers; Undercover operations; Women private investigators; World War, 1939-1945;
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Two for Texas [sound recording] / by Burke, James Lee,1936-; Patton, Will.;
Read by Will Patton.Son Holland and Hugh Allison escape from a Louisiana prison and join in the Texas revolution of 1835-36.
Subjects: War stories.; Western stories.; Audiobooks.; Fugitives from justice;
© p2012., Simon & Schuster Audio,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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