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The forgotten names : a novel / by Escobar, Mario,1971-author.; Abernathy, Gretchen,translator.; translation of:Escobar, Mario,1971-Vidas perdidas.English.;
Includes bibliographical references."Based on the true story of one ordinary woman who risked everything to reunite Jewish children with the true names they hadn't even realized they'd lost"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Perthuis, Valérie; Jewish children in the Holocaust; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The brothers of Auschwitz / by Adler, Malka,1946-author.; Canin, Noel,translator.; translation of:Adler, Malka,1946-Its'o u-Bernard.English.;
"Dov and Yitzhak live in a small village in the mountains of Hungary, isolated both from the world and from the horrors of the war. But one day in 1944, everything changes. The Nazis storm the homes of the Jewish villagers and inform them they have one hour before the train will take them to Auschwitz. Six decades later, from the safety of their living rooms at home in Israel, the brothers finally break their silence to a friend who will never let their stories be forgotten."--Cover flap.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Brothers; Jewish families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The sleep of apples : stories / by Brodoff, Ami Sands,author.;
"In her masterful new collection, The Sleep of Apples, Ami Sands Brodoff writes with passion and consummate skill about nine closely linked characters who walk the tightrope of survival. Set in a gritty Montreal neighbourhood that's been slowly gentrifying over the last two decades, troubled teenagers and an experienced psychiatrist, a truck driver permanently scarred by a near-fatal accident and a recreation therapist struggle to build a community and make their lives-and their deaths-meaningful. Readers are witnesses as these indelible characters gain strength, insight and empathy through their struggles and suffering. They each bear the scars of trauma but possess the gift of resilience. Fierce, original and bracingly honest, these unforgettable stories speak to the author's Jewish heritage, her experience as a cancer survivor and as loving mother to a gay son and a transgender son. The stories dramatize that families are what we create, not necessarily those we are born into, illuminating how we all live imperfect lives: We love what we have and mourn what we've lost."--
Subjects: Linked stories.; Short stories.; Death; Families; Interpersonal relations; Resilience (Personality trait); Suffering;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A reason to see you again : a novel / by Attenberg, Jami,author.;
"From New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling novel of family, following a troubled mother and her two daughters over forty years and through a swiftly changing American landscape as they seek lives they can fully claim as their own"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Dysfunctional families; Grief; Jewish families; Mothers and daughters; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women; Sisters;
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Hidden Gold : a true story of the Holocaust / by Burakowski, Ella,1957-author.;
The Gold family lived an idyllic life in pre-war Poland, each doing their part to run the family grocery store and tobacco concession. But that life is shattered in 1939 when Germany invades Poland and the Golds are forced to hide in a cramped, secret enclosure for twenty-six months.
Subjects: Biographies.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The book thief / by Zusak, Markus.; White, Trudy.;
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Books and reading; Storytelling; Death; Jews; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Button man / by Gross, Andrew,1952-author.;
"A stirring story of a Jewish family brought together in the dawn of the women's garment business and torn apart by the birth of organized crime in New York City in the 1930s"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Brothers; Jewish families; Organized crime; Clothing trade;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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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;
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The Holocaust : an unfinished history / by Stone, Dan,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The defining event of twentieth-century Europe-the extermination of millions of Jews-has been commemorated, institutionalised and embedded in our collective consciousness. But in this nuanced and perceptive new history, Dan Stone, Professor of Modern History and Director of the Holocaust Research Institute, contends that the true dimension of the horror wrought by the Nazis is inadvertently brushed aside in our current culture of commemoration. This is due in part to practical or conceptual challenges, such as the continent-wide scale of the crime and the multiplicity of sources in many languages; and in part to an unwillingness to confront the reality that the Holocaust could not have happened without the assistance of numerous non-Nazi states and agents. Structured around four themes-trauma, collaboration, genocidal fantasy and post-war consequences-The Holocaust demonstrates the genocidal logic of much European thinking in the wake of WWI, explores how the Holocaust's effects unfolded even after the liberation of the camps in 1945, and stresses the ways in which Europeans continue, even now, to draw on a reservoir of fascist vocabulary and imagery in times of crisis. It is a deeply researched and indispensable examination of a trauma that still reverberates today.
Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The girl from the garden / by Foroutan, Parnaz,author.;
When his marriage does not produce a male heir, the head of a prosperous Persian-Jewish family makes a fateful decision that shatters his household and drives his wife to desperate measures to preserve her status.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Infertility, Female; Jews; Married people;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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