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The circus train : a novel / by Parikh, Amita,author.;
"Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the circus, even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Theo. Brilliant and curious, Lena yearns for the real-world magic of science and medicine, despite her father's overprotection and the limits her world places on her because she is disabled. Her unconventional life takes an exciting turn when she rescues Alexandre, an orphan with his own secrets and a mysterious past. Over several years, as their friendship flourishes and Alexandre trains as the illusionist's apprentice, World War II escalates around them. When Theo and Alexandre are contracted to work and perform in a model town for Jews set up by the Nazis, Lena becomes separated from everything she knows. Forced to make her own way, Lena must confront her doubts and dare to believe in the impossible--herself. A must-read for fans of The Night Circus and Water for Elephants, The Circus Train will take readers on a heart-wrenching and spectacular two-decade journey across Europe. When all is lost, how do you find the courage to keep moving forward?"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Circus; Fathers and daughters; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Orphans; People with disabilities; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The winter guest / by Jenoff, Pam,author.;
Subjects: Sisters; Soldiers; Nazis; Jewish men; Betrayal; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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When time stopped : a memoir of my father's war and what remains / by Neumann, Ariana,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In 1941, the first Neumann family member was taken by the Nazis, arrested in German-occupied Czechoslovakia for bathing in a stretch of river forbidden to Jews. He was transported to Auschwitz. Eighteen days later his prisoner number was entered into the morgue book. Of thirty-four Neumann family members, twenty-five were murdered by the Nazis. One of the survivors was Hans Neumann, who, to escape the German death net, traveled to Berlin and hid in plain sight under the Gestapo's eyes. What Hans experienced was so unspeakable that, when he built an industrial empire in Venezuela, he couldn't bring himself to talk about it. All his daughter Ariana knew was that something terrible had happened. When Hans died, he left Ariana a small box filled with letters, diary entries, and other memorabilia. Ten years later, Ariana finally summoned the courage to have the letters translated, and she began reading. What she discovered launched her on a worldwide search that would deliver indelible portraits of a family loving, finding meaning, and trying to survive amid the worst that can be imagined. When Time Stopped is a powerful detective story and an epic family memoir, spanning nearly ninety years and crossing oceans. Neumann brings each relative to vivid life. In uncovering her father's story after all these years, she discovers nuance and depth to her own history and liberates poignant and thought-provoking truths about the threads of humanity that connect us all."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Neumann, Hanus Stanislav, 1921-2001; Neumann, Hanus Stanislav, 1921-2001.; Newman family.; Holocaust survivors; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews;
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Me & Issy : a Four Seasons romance / by Sharp, Rosalie,author,illustrator.;
The rags to riches tale of a larger-than-life romance of over seven decades. 'Me & Issy' is a love story about how a troubled and deprived child chanced to meet a man who worshipped her, brought her a fantasy life of four boys and extraordinary opulence - and banished her self-doubt. She in turn was awestruck and mystified by his acumen and daring during his founding of the Four Seasons Hotels. Rosalie Wise Sharp lives in Toronto, ON.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Sharp, Rosalie; Sharp, Rosalie; Sharp, Rosalie.; Sharp, Isadore.; Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts.; Jewish women; Jews;
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Anne Frank in her own words / by Kennon, Caroline.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 31), Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Frank, Anne, 1929-1945; Jews; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Refugee / by Gratz, Alan,1972-author.; Goldstrom, Michael,1974-narrator.; Garcia, Kyla,narrator.; Cohen, Assaf,1972-narrator.;
Read by Michael Goldstrom, Kyla Garcia, and Assaf Cohen.8-12.Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Compact discs.; Juvenile works.; Children's audiobooks.; Audiobooks.; Children's audiobooks.; Fiction.; Juvenile works.; Historical fiction.; Children's audiobooks.; Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Jewish refugees; Refugees; Refugees; Refugees; Emigration and immigration; Survival; Jewish refugees; Refugees; Refugees; Refugees; Emigration and immigration; Survival; JUVENILE FICTION Action & Adventure / Survival Stories.; JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars.; JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration.; Emigration and immigration.; Jewish refugees.; Refugees.; Survival.;
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Your presence is mandatory : a novel / by Vasilyuk, Sasha,author.;
"A riveting debut novel of family secrets, based on real events, about a Jewish, Ukrainian veteran with a secret that could land him in the gulag, and his wife and children who are forced to live in the shadow of all he has not told them. Yefim Shulman, husband, father, grandfather, and war veteran, was beloved by his family and his coworkers. But in the days after his death, his widow finds an old letter to the KGB in his briefcase. Yefim had a lifelong secret, and his confession letter reveals what he'd hidden from all who knew him. Your Presence Is Mandatory moves between Yefim's struggles as a Ukrainian Jew in Hitler's Germany, his years concealing from the Soviet authorities and his family the choices he made to survive the war, and the effect his coverup had on the lives of his wife Nina and two children in Donbas, Ukraine between WWII and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. From Germany's prison camps and forced labor system to the Soviet culture of pride and paranoia, Sasha Vasilyuk grapples with the crushing weight of history on one family, and what grace they find in the course of their survival"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Families; Family secrets; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Veterans; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The tattooist of Auschwitz : a novel / by Morris, Heather,author.;
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Man-woman relationships; Tattoo artists; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Underground in Berlin : a young woman's extraordinary tale of survival in the heart of Nazi Germany / by Simon, Marie,1922-1998.; Bell, Anthea,translator.; Simon, Marie,1922-1998.Untergetaucht.English.;
Subjects: Simon, Marie, 1922-1998.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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What does Israel fear from Palestine? / by Shehadeh, Raja,1951-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Since the formation of the state of Israel in 1948, the Nakba, or disaster as the Palestinians call it, there have been many opportunities to move towards peace and equality between Palestine and Israel. After the 1967 War, the Oslo Agreement and even the 7 October 2023 war. All of them have been rejected by Israel which is why life is unbearable in the West Bank now and there is genocide in Gaza. This book explores what went wrong again and again, and why. And how it could still be different. It is human nature to feel prejudice. But in this haunting meditation on Palestine and Israel, Shehadeh suggests that this does not mean the two nations cannot live together to their mutual benefit and co-existence. In graceful, devastatingly observed prose, this is a fresh reflection on the conflict in a time of great need"--
Subjects: Essays.; Arab-Israeli conflict; Jewish-Arab relations.; Palestinian Nakba, 1947-1948.; Terrorism; Terrorism; Zionism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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