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Daughters of the occupation : a novel / by Sanders, Shelly,1964-author.;
"Based on a true story, this is a powerful novel about a Jewish family who were victims of Nazi genocide in Latvia, one of the Baltic states. It is based on the little known, horrific Rumbula Massacre when 30,000 Jews were slaughtered in two days in 1941. In 1941, Miriam, the matriarch of the family, is the sole survivor of this horrendous massacre. She has had to make a 'Sophie's Choice' - and abandon her children to the care of a Gentile friend who hides them. She and her parents are rounded up and made to live in the Jewish Ghetto in Riga, the capital of Latvia. Miriam, along with thousands of other Jews, is forced marched to the execution pits. Incredibly, she manages to escape the carnage when night falls. Through a series of dramatic events, she finds sanctuary in the countryside - and manages to hide for three years to survive the war. Consumed by guilt, she is reunited finally with her daughter - but has lost her son. Thirty-five years later, living in Chicago with her family, Miriam's grand-daughter Sarah tries desperately to ferret out Miriam's family secret to find out what happened. Miriam does not want to revisit the past. But Sarah persists and eventually finds out enough to impel her to travel to Riga, then under Soviet control and at the height of the Cold War, to try to find her uncle, Miriam's lost son. But her search for the truth may threaten her freedom, when she comes face to face with the KGB. Told in alternating chapters between 1941 and 1976, this gripping novel delves into the trauma that survivors of genocide face down through the generations"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Jewish families; Rumbula Massacre, Rumbula, Latvia, 1941; World War, 1939-1945;
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The postcard / by Berest, Anne,1979-author.; Kover, Tina A.,translator.; translation of:Berest, Anne,1979-Carte postale.English.;
At once a gripping investigation into family secrets, a poignant tale of mothers and daughters, and an enthralling portrait of 20th century Parisian intellectual and artistic life, 'The Postcard' tells the story of a family devastated by the Holocaust and yet somehow restored by love and the power of storytelling. Perfect for readers of Kate Atkinson's 'Life After Life' and Anthony Doerr's 'All the Light We Cannot See'.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Berest, Anne, 1979-; Anonymous letters; Exiles; Jewish families; Jews; World War, 1939-1945;
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Prague winter : a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948 / by Albright, Madeleine Korbel.; Woodward, Bill.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Setting Out -- Part One: Before March 15, 1939 -- An Unwelcome Guest -- Tales of Bohemia -- The Competition -- The Linden Tree -- A Favorable Impression -- Out From Behind the Mountains -- "We Must Go On Being Cowards" -- A Hopeless Task -- Part Two: April 1939-April 1942 -- Starting Over -- Occupation and Resistance -- The Lamps Go Out -- The Irresistible Force -- Fire in the Sky -- The Alliance Comes Together -- The Crown of Wenceslas -- Part Three: May 1942-April 1945 -- Day of the Assassins -- Auguries of Genocide -- Terezin -- The Bridge Too Far -- Cried-out Eyes -- Doodlebugs and Gooney Birds -- Hitler's End -- Part Four: May 1945-November 1948 -- No Angels -- Unpatched -- A World Big Enough to Keep us Apart -- A Precarious Balance -- Struggle for a Nation's Soul -- A Failure to Communicate -- The Fall -- Sands Through the Hourglass -- The Next Chapter -- Guide to personalities -- Time Lines.
Subjects: Albright, Madeleine Korbel; Albright, Madeleine Korbel; Jewish families; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2012., Harper,
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Enemy territory [videorecording] / by Aghdashloo, Shohreh,1952-actor.; Blair, Wayne,1971-film director.; Brody, Adrien,actor.; Hayek, Salma,1968-actor.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Sofer, Dalia,1972-Septembers of Shiraz.; Videoville Showtime.;
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Salma Hayek, Adrien Brody.Based on true events, it follows a secular Jewish family whose lives are turned upside down in the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. When Isaac is suddenly arrested and taken to a secret prison, his wife is left to make sense of what has happened and must somehow secure Isaac's release and her family's safety.MPAA Rating: PG-13; for thematic content involving interrogation, brutality and disturbing images, and for some partial nudity and brief strong language.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Sofer, Dalia, 1972-; Children of prisoners; Husband and wife; Jewish families; Jews; Prisoners' spouses; Prisons;
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Fiddler on the roof [videorecording] / by Topol,1935-; Bock, Jerry.; Crane, Norma,1931-1973.; Frey, Leonard,1938-1988.; Harnick, Sheldon.; Jewison, Norman,1926-; Mann, Paul,1915-1985.; Picon, Molly.; Stein, Joseph.; Williams, John,1932-; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; Mirisch Production Company.;
Music, Jerry Bock; lyrics, Sheldon Harnick; music adapted and conducted by John Williams.Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann.Tevye is a poor milkman in czarist Russia, where he provides for three unmarried daughters and a sharp-tongued wife. Faced with mounting financial strain and growing anti-Semitism, Tevye strives to maintain balance despite the precarious nature of his situation.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD; widescreen presentation (2.35:1); 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (English), mono (Spanish), 5.1 DTS (French).
Subjects: Dating services; Fathers and daughters; Feature films.; Jewish families; Milk trade; Musical films.; Sisters; Tradition (Judaism); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2011., Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment,
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Across so many seas / by Behar, Ruth,1956-;
Includes bibliographical references."Spanning over five hundred years, a novel telling the stories of four girls from different generations of a Jewish family, many of them forced to leave their country and start a new life"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Jewish fiction.; Jewish girls; Jews; Families; Refugees;
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How to find what you're not looking for / by Hiranandani, Veera.;
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Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Middle school students; Learning disabled children; Sisters; Jewish families; Prejudices; Antisemitism; Interracial marriage; Interracial marriage; Bakeries;
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The Berlin shadow / by Lichtenstein, Jonathan,author.;
Subjects: Lichtenstein, Hans.; Lichtenstein, Jonathan; Lichtenstein, Jonathan; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Kindertransports (Rescue operations); World War, 1939-1945;
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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;
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The boy in the woods [videorecording] / by motion picture adaptation of (work):Smart, Maxwell,1930-Boy in the woods.; Armitage, Richard,1971-actor.; Klyne, Jett,actor.; Kohlsmith, David,actor.; Snow, Rebecca,1988-screenwriter,film director.; Kino Lorber, Inc.,publisher.;
Jett Klyne, David Kohlsmith, Richard Armitage.The remarkable true story of Max, a Jewish boy escaping Nazi persecution in Eastern Europe. After he is separated from his family, Max finds refuge with Christian peasant Jasko, who hides him in plain sight until a tense standoff with Nazi police. Afraid for his own family's life, Jasko sends Max to live in the woods, where he learns to survive alone. With echoes of a Grimms' fairy tale, Max's experience is both terrifying and magical. He inhabits a landscape crawling with Nazis and partisans and haunted by ghosts.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; War films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Smart, Maxwell, 1930-; Jewish families; Jews; Nazis; World War, 1939-1945; Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Wilderness survival; Male friendship;
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