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The Holocaust / by Tonge, Neil.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.Describes the roots of anti-Semitism, the growth of anti-Semitism in Germany prior to the War, and the murder of Jewish people by Nazi Germany.
Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
© 2009., Rosen Central,
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Breaking the chains of gravity : the story of spaceflight before NASA / by Teitel, Amy Shira.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
Subjects: United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Aeronautics; Astronautics; Aeronautics and state; Aeronautics and state; Space race.;
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Hidden on the high wire / by Kacer, Kathy,1954-;
Irene grew up traveling around Germany with her familys circus, surrounded by her loved ones and thrilling the crowds with her performance on the high wire... until one day, the audience boos. The Lorch family is Jewish, and the increasing power of Adolf Hitlers Nazis has put them all in grave danger. When the circus is forced to shut down and Irenes father is taken away, Irene and her mother must go into hiding with another circus.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Circus performers; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish children in the Holocaust; World War, 1939-1945;
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Appeasement : Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the road to war / by Bouverie, Tim,1987-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A new history of the British appeasement of the Third Reich on the eve of World War II"--
Subjects: Chamberlain, Neville, 1869-1940.; Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.; World War, 1939-1945;
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A light beyond the trenches / by Hlad, Alan,author.;
By April 1916, the fervor that accompanied war's outbreak has faded. In its place is a grim reality. Throughout Germany, essentials are rationed. Hope, too, is in short supply. Anna Zeller, whose fiancé, Bruno, is fighting on the western front, works as a nurse at an overcrowded hospital in Oldenburg, trying to comfort men broken in body and spirit. But during a visit from Dr. Stalling, the director of the Red Cross Ambulance Dogs Association, she witnesses a rare spark of optimism: as a German shepherd guides a battle-blinded soldier over a garden path, Dr. Stalling is inspired with an idea--to train dogs as companions for sightless veterans. Anna convinces Dr. Stalling to let her work at his new guide dog training school. Some of the dogs that arrive are themselves veterans of war, including Nia, a German shepherd with trench-damaged paws. Anna brings the ailing Nia home and secretly tends and trains her, convinced she may yet be the perfect guide for the right soldier. In Max Benesch, a Jewish soldier blinded by chlorine gas at the front, Nia finds her person. War has taken Max's sight, his fiancée, and his hopes of being a composer. Yet despite all he's given for his country, the tide of anti-Semitism at home is rising, and Max encounters it first-hand in one of the school's trainers, who is determined to make Max fail. Still, through Anna's prompting, he rediscovers his passion for music. But as Anna discovers more about the conflict's escalating brutality--and Bruno's role in it--she realizes how impossible it will be for any of them to escape the war unscathed ...
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Blind; Dogs; Dogs; Guide dogs; Jewish soldiers; Man-woman relationships; Nurses; World War, 1914-1918;
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Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution. by Siebert, Detlef,film director.; Sutherland, Dominic,film director.; Heidenreich, Gert,actor.; Hunt, Linda,actor.; West, Samuel,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel WestOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2005.It was the site of the largest mass murder the world has ever seen, yet few people know its full history. This landmark series builds into the most complete history of Auschwitz, the evolution of the camp and the mentality of the perpetrators. With the help of computer graphics, dramatic reconstructions and interviews with people who were there, including former members of the SS, the steps taken towards the 'Final Solution' are revealed.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Military history..; History, Modern.; Judaism.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Ethnicity.; History.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).; World War, 1939-1945.; War.; Europe--History.; Jews--History.; National socialism.; Germany.; Documentary television programs.;
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The librarian of burned books : a novel / by Labuskes, Brianna,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Berlin, 1933. Following the success of her debut novel, American writer Althea James receives an invitation from Joseph Goebbels himself to participate in a cultural exchange program in Germany. To a girl from a small town in Maine, Berlin seems sparklingly cosmopolitan, blossoming in the midst of a great change with its charismatic new chancellor at the helm. When Althea meets a beautiful woman who promises to show her the real Berlin, she's drawn into a group of resisters who make her question everything ... Paris, 1936. She may have escaped Berlin for Paris, but Hannah Brecht discovers the City of Light is no refuge from the anti-Semitism and Nazi sympathizers she thought she'd left behind. Heartbroken and tormented by the role she played in the betrayal that destroyed her family, Hannah throws herself into her work at the German Library of Burned Books ... New York, 1944. Since her husband, Edward, was killed fighting the Nazis, Vivian Childs has been waging her own war: preventing a powerful senator's attempts to censor the Armed Services Editions, portable paperbacks that are shipped by the millions to soldiers overseas ... As Viv unknowingly brings her censorship fight crashing into the secrets of the recent past, the fates of these three women will converge, changing all of them forever."--Dust jacket flap.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Censorship; Librarians; Widows; Women authors; World War, 1939-1945;
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Lightning down : a World War II story of survival / by Clavin, Thomas,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The incredible true story of fighter pilot Joe Moser's war in the sky and secret survival at Buchenwald during World War II. On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser set off on his 44th combat mission over occupied France. Soon, he would join almost 150 other Allied airmen as prisoners in Buchenwald, one of the most notorious and deadly of Nazi concentration camps. Tom Clavin's Lightning Down tells this largely untold and riveting true story. Moser was just 22 years old, a farmboy from Washington State who fell in love with flying. During the war he realized his dream of piloting a P-38 Lightning, one of the most effective weapons the Army Air Corps had against the powerful German Luftwaffe. But on that hot August morning he had to bail out of his damaged, burning plane. Captured immediately, Moser's journey into hell began. Joe Moser and his courageous comrades from England, Canada, New Zealand, and elsewhere endured against impossible odds in the most horrific surroundings ... until the day the orders are issued by Hitler himself to execute them. Only a most desperate plan might save them. The page-turning momentum of Lightning Down is like that of a thriller, but the stories of imprisoned and brutalized airmen are true and told in unforgettable detail, led by the distinctly American voice of Joe Moser, who prays every day to be reunited with his family. Lightning Down is a can't-put-down inspiring saga of brave men confronting great evil and great odds against survival"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Moser, Joseph F.; United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 429th; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Fighter pilots; Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945;
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The radio operator : a novel / by Lenze, Ulla,1973-author.; Yarbrough, Marshall,translator.; translation of:Lenze, Ulla,1973-Empfänger.English.;
Includes bibliographical references."Based on a true story, a gripping historical novel about a German immigrant who becomes embroiled in a Nazi spy ring operating in New York City in the early days of World War II. At the end of the 1930s, Europe is engulfed in war. Though America is far from the fighting, the streets of New York have become a battlefield. Anti-Semitic and racist groups spread hate, while German nationalists celebrate Hitler's strength and power. Josef Klein, a German immigrant, remains immune to the troubles roiling his adopted city. The multicultural neighborhood of Harlem is his world, a lively place full of sidewalk tables where families enjoy their dinner and friends indulge in games of chess. Josef's great passion is the radio. His skill and technical abilities attract the attention of influential men who offer him a job as a shortwave operator. But when Josef begins to understand what they're doing, it's too late; he's already a little cog in the big wheel-part of a Nazi espionage network working in Manhattan. Discovered by American authorities, Josef is detained at Ellis Island, and eventually deported to Germany. Back in his homeland, fate leads him to his brother Carl's family, soap merchants in Neuss-where he witnesses the seductive power of the Nazis and the war's terrible consequences-and finally to South America, where Josef hopes to start over again as José. Eventually, Josef realizes that no matter how far he runs or how hard he tries, there is one indelible truth he cannot escape: How long can you hide from your own past, before it catches up with you?"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; World War, 1939-1945; Germans; Secrecy;
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Inkheart / by Funke, Cornelia,1958-;
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Fiction.; Juvenile works.; Fantasy fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Books and reading; Characters and characteristics in literature; Magic; Bookbinding; Authorship; Books and reading; Characters in literature; Magic; Bookbinding; Authorship; Fantasy.; Authorship.; Bookbinding.; Books and reading.; Characters and characteristics in literature.; Magic.; Books and reading; Characters and characteristics in literature; Magic; Authorship; Books and reading; Characters in literature.; Magic; Authorship;
© [2005], ©2003., Scholastic,
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