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Phoenix [German] [1 DVD - 98 min.] / by Petzold, Christian,1960-film director.; Hoss, Nina,actor.; Zehrfeld, Ronald,1977-actor.; Kunzendorf, Nina,1971-actor.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.;
Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf.Set in a rubble-strewn Berlin in 1945, is like no other film about post-World War II Jewish identity. After surviving Auschwitz, a former cabaret perfromer, her face disfigured and reconstructed, returns to her war-ravaged hometown to seek out the gentile husband who may or may not have betrayed her to the Nazis. Without recognizing her, he enlists her to play his wife in a bizarre hall-of-shattered-mirrors story that's as richly metaphorical as it is preposterously engrossing.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Foreign films.; Motion pictures, German.; Film noir.; Feature films.; World War, 1939-1945; Married people; Betrayal; Holocaust survivors;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Now / by Gleitzman, Morris.;
Includes bibliographical references.While her physician-parents are working in Africa, eleven-year-old Zelda is living with her grandfather, eighty-year-old Holocaust-survivor Felix Salinger, in Australia, when a disaster leads them both to deal wtih unresolved feelings about the first Zelda, Felix's childhood friend.AR: 4.0 / Lexile: HL610L"--T.p. verso.LSC
Subjects: Holocaust survivors; Grandfathers; Jews; Separation (Psychology); Wildfires;
© 2013, c2010., Square Fish,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The sisters of Auschwitz : the true story of two Jewish sisters' resistance in the heart of Nazi territory / by Iperen, Roxane van,author.; Zwart, Joni,1979-translator.; translation of:Iperen, Roxane van.Hooge Nest.English.;
'The Sisters of Auschwitz' is an unforgettable story of two unsung heroes of WWII: sisters Janny and Lien Brilleslijper, who joined the Dutch Resistance, helped save dozens of lives through their safehouse in the countryside of Holland, were captured by the Nazis, and ultimately survived the Holocaust. Based on meticulous research and unprecedented access to the Brilleslijpers personal archives of memoirs and photos.
Subjects: Biographies.; Brilleslijper, Janny.; Brilleslijper, Lien.; Brilleslijper family.; Holocaust survivors; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Maus : a survivor's tale / by Spiegelman, Art.;
My father bleeds history -- And here my troubles began.This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.LSC
Subjects: Graphic books.; Spiegelman, Vladek; Spiegelman, Art; Banned book sanctuary.; Graphic novels.; Holocaust survivors; Children of Holocaust survivors;
© 2011., Pantheon Books,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Return to Auschwitz [videorecording] : the survival of Vladimir Munk / by Frederick, Paul,film director.; Kino Lorber, Inc.,publisher.; Virgil Films,production company.;
Vladimir Munk.What makes one person a survivor? Return to Auschwitz: The Survival of Vladimir Munk is the moving story of a Czech Holocaust survivor and retired SUNY Plattsburgh professor Vladimir Munk. The film follows Vladimir, now 95, as he returns to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp, the camp where he was held prisoner during World War II. It will be his last chance to honor thirty of his close relatives, including his parents, who perished there. Accompanied by his dear friend, the trip from his home in the United States will be filled with painful memories and unforeseen hardships but it is a journey he knows he must take. The challenges continue upon his return when Covid-19, the isolation of lockdown and serious heart problems threaten the health and well-being of this true survivor.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Munk, Vladimir.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Holocaust survivors; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Nazi concentration camp inmates;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Shadows of Berlin : a novel / by Gillham, David R.,author.;
"1955 in New York City, the city of progress. But in the Perlman residence, the past is as close as the present. Rachel Perlman, a child of Berlin and an artist bearing her mother's legacy, arrives in New York as part of the wave of Jewish Displaced persons who managed to survive the brutalities of the war. But despite her efforts, Rachel is unable to live the "normal" life of an American housewife, not until she can shake the ghosts of her past and the tremendous guilt that weighs down on her, her own "crime" of survival"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Choice (Psychology); Guilt; Holocaust survivors; Jewish refugees; Women artists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Three minutes [videorecording] : a lengthening / by Bonham Carter, Helena,1966-narrator.; Clemens, Guy,voice actor.; Dudkiewcz, Thomas,voice actor.; Kurtz, Glenn,screenwriter.; Sterke, Wilko,composer (expression); Stigter, Bianca,screenwriter,film director.; Wartena, Katharina,editor of moving image work.;
Editor, Katharina Wartena ; composer, Wilko Sterke.Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter ; voices, Thomas Dudkiewcz & Guy Clemens.Three Minutes: A Lengthening presents a home movie shot by David Kurtz in 1938 in a Jewish town in Poland and tries to postpone its ending. As long as we are watching, history is not over yet. The three minutes of footage, mostly in color, are the only moving images left of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk before the Holocaust. The existing three minutes are examined to unravel the human stories hidden in the celluloid. The footage is imaginatively edited to create a film that lasts more than an hour.E.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Kurtz, Glenn; Kurtz, Glenn; Amateur films; Community life; Holocaust survivors.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Primo Levi's journey [videorecording (DVD)] / by Belpoliti, Marco,1954-; Cooper, Chris,1951-; Ferrario, Davide.; New Yorker Video (Firm); Rossofuoco.;
Directors of photography, Gherardo Gossi, Massimiliano Trevis ; editor, Claudio Cormio ; music, Daniele Sepe.Narrator: Chris Cooper.Follows the writer Primo Levi on his thousand-mile journey to his home in Turin, Italy after being liberated from the Auschwitz concentration camp. Narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Chris Cooper.E.DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation, enhanced for 16x9 TVs; Dolby Digital; NTSC.
Subjects: Levi, Primo.; Holocaust survivors; Politics and culture; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2008., Cinema Guild ; Distributed by New Yorker Video,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The hidden girl : a true story of the Holocaust / by Kaufman, Lola Rein.; Metzger, Lois.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [100-105]) and Internet addresses.LSC
Subjects: Kaufman, Lola Rein.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945; Jewish children in the Holocaust; Holocaust survivors; Jews;
© [2010], c2008., Scholastic,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Not nothing / by Forman, Gayle.;
When troubled twelve-year-old Alex is assigned to spend his summer volunteering at a senior living facility, he forms a unique bond with a Holocaust survivor and learns lessons that change the trajectory of his life.Ages 10 up.
Subjects: Jewish fiction.; Self-esteem; Friendship; Old age; Holocaust survivors; Jews;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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