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The girl who survived Auschwitz / by Leibovits, Sara,author.; Elboim, Ety,author.; Frumkin, Esther,translator.; revision of:Leibovits, Sara.One girl in Auschwitz.;
""Poland, 1944 The train slowed and halted with a squeal of the breaks. It felt like we waited in the carriage for an eternity, but eventually, the heavy doors opened, directly into the chaos inside." Sara Leibovitz, a 16-year-old Jewish girl, was a passenger on the train with her family. They spent their final moments together on the platform in Auschwitz before their horrific fates were sealed. Sara's mother and baby brothers were sent straight to their deaths. Her father was made to work in the Sonderkommando as one of the men forced to remove the bodies from the gas chambers, and was later executed. Sara survived. This is the powerful true story of Sara Leibovits and the incredible pain and hardships she went through during her time in the death camp. Yet despite the horrors she faced, she always tried to maintain her family's values of courage, faith and kindness to others. In this compelling memoir, Sara's story is intertwined with that of her daughter, Eti. Seventy years after the horrors of the Holocaust, Eti reveals the inherited trauma of the second generation and completes the Holocaust survivor's tale."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Leibovits, Sara.; Elboim, Ety.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Children of Holocaust survivors; Holocaust survivors; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews;
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Once we were brothers / by Balson, Ronald H.,author.;
The gripping tale about two boys, once as close as brothers, who find themselves on opposite sides of the Holocaust. Elliot Rosenzweig, a respected civic leader and wealthy philanthropist, is attending a fundraiser when he is suddenly accosted and accused of being a former Nazi SS officer named Otto Piatek, "the butcher of Zamosc." Although the charges are denounced as preposterous, his accuser, Ben Solomon, is convinced he is right. Solomon persuades attorney Catherine Lockhart to take his case, revealing that the true Piatek was abandoned as a child and raised by Solomon's family only to betray them during the Nazi occupation. But has he accused the right man? Once we were brothers is the compelling tale of two boys and a family who struggle to survive in war-torn Poland and a young love that incredibly endures through the unspeakable cruelty of the Holocaust. Two lives, two worlds, and sixty years converge in an explosive race to redemption that makes for an enthralling tale of love, survival, and ultimately the triumph of the human spirit.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Philanthropists; Holocaust survivors; Nazis; World War, 1939-1945; Jews;
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The choice : embrace the possible / by Eger, Edith Eva,author.; Weigand, Esmé Schwall,author.; Zimbardo, Philip G.,writer of foreword.;
At the age of sixteen, Edith Eger, a trained ballet dancer and gymnast, was sent to Auschwitz. Hours after her parents were killed, the 'Angel of Death, ' Nazi officer Dr. Josef Mengele, forced Edie to dance for his amusement -- and her survival. He rewarded her with a loaf of bread that she shared with her fellow prisoners -- an act of generosity that would later save her life. Edie and her sister survived multiple death camps and the Death March. When the American troops liberated the camps in 1945 they found Edie barely alive in a pile of corpses. Edie spent decades struggling with flashbacks and survivor's guilt, determined to stay silent and hide from the past. Today, at ninety years old, Edie is a renowned psychologist and speaker who specializes in treating patients suffering from traumatic stress disorders. She weaves her remarkable personal account of surviving the Holocaust and overcoming its ghosts of anger, shame, and guilt with the moving stories of those she has helped heal. She explores how we can be imprisoned in our own minds and shows us how to find the key to freedom.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Eger, Edith Eva.; Psychologists; Holocaust survivors; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
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The cloister : a novel / by Carroll, James,1943-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164; Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142; Catholic Church; Cloisters (Museum); Holocaust survivors; Priests;
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The daughter of Auschwitz : my story of resilience, survival, and hope / by Friedman, Tova,1938-author.; Brabant, Malcolm,author.; Kingsley, Ben,1943-writer of foreword.;
A powerful memoir by one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz, Tova Friedman, following her childhood growing up during the Holocaust and surviving a string of near-death experiences in a Jewish ghetto, a Nazi labor camp, and Auschwitz.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Friedman, Tova, 1938-; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Holocaust survivors; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish children in the Holocaust;
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Broken strings / by Walters, Eric,1957-; Kacer, Kathy,1954-;
In the aftermath of the twin towers and the death of her beloved grandmother, Shirli Berman is intent on moving forward. She auditions for the lead role in Fiddler on the Roof, but is given the part of the old Jewish mother. While looking for props in her grandfather's attic, Shirli discovers an old violin in the corner. Showing it to her grandfather unleashes an anger in him she has never seen before.LSC
Subjects: Grandparent and child; Holocaust survivors; Music; Children's plays; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Family secrets;
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The double image / by MacInnes, Helen.;
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Holocaust survivors; Absence and presumption of death; War criminals; Historians; Americans;
© 2013., Titan,
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Counting lost stars : a novel / by Alkemade, Kim van,author.;
"1960, New York City: College student Rita Klein is a pioneering woman in the new field of computer programming--until she unexpectedly becomes pregnant. At the Hudson Home for Unwed Mothers, social workers pressure her into surrendering her baby for adoption. Rita is struggling to get on with her life when she meets Jacob Nassy, a charming yet troubled man from the Netherlands who is traumatized by his childhood experience of being separated from his mother during the Holocaust. When Rita learns that Hitler's Final Solution was organized using Hollerith punch-card computers, she sets out to find the answers that will help Jacob heal. 1941, The Hague: Cornelia Vogel is working as a punch-card operator at the Ministry of Information when a census of Holland's population is ordered by the Germans. After the Ministry acquires a Hollerith computer made in America, Cornelia is tasked with translating its instructions from English into Dutch. She seeks help from her fascinating Jewish neighbor, Leah Blom, an unconventional young woman whose mother was born in New York. When Cornelia learns the census is being used to persecute Holland's Jews, she risks everything to help Leah escape. After Rita uncovers a connection between Cornelia Vogel and Jacob's mother, long-buried secrets come to light. Will shocking revelations tear them apart, or will learning the truth about the past enable Rita and Jacob to face the future together?"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Dutch; Holocaust survivors; Jews; Mothers and sons; Unplanned pregnancy; Women college students; World War, 1939-1945;
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Escape from the edge / by Schnitzer, Morris,author.; Azrieli Foundation,publisher.;
"Narrow escapes and bold decisions define the life of young Morris Schnitzer during World War II. Fleeing from Nazi Germany after the violence of Kristallnacht, with his father's warning to never set foot in a concentration camp echoing in his mind, Morris resolves to fight--and survive. As he assumes three different false identities and crosses countless borders in search of safety, Morris poses as a farmhand in the Netherlands, is arrested and turned away from safety in Switzerland, is jailed in France, joins the resistance in Belgium, and, ultimately, enlists in the American army, vowing to take revenge for all that he has lost. (Holocaust survivor memoir by a prominent Canadian who was a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He grew up in Germany and witnessed Kristallnacht, and escaped from Germany to the Netherlands on a Kindertransport.)"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Schnitzer, Morris.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish children in the Holocaust; Jews, German; Holocaust survivors;
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They went left / by Hesse, Monica.;
"Zofia, a teenage Holocaust survivor, travels across post-war Europe as she searches for her younger brother and seeks to rebuild her shattered life"--Provided by publisherLSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Holocaust survivors; Brothers and sisters; Jews; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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