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The teacher of Auschwitz : a novel / by Holden, Wendy,1961-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From the bestselling author of Born Survivors, a novel inspired by the powerful true story of a man who risked everything to protect children in Auschwitz. Fredy built a wall against suffering in their hearts ... Amid the brutality of the Holocaust, one bright spot shone inside the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. In the shadows of the smokestacks was a wooden hut where children sang, staged plays, wrote poetry, and learned about the world. Within those four walls, brightly adorned with hand-painted cartoons, the youngest prisoners were kept vermin-free, received better food, and were even taught to imagine having full stomachs and a day without fear. Their guiding light was a twenty-seven-year-old gay, Jewish athlete: Fredy Hirsch. Being a teacher in a brutal concentration camp was no mean feat. Forced to beg senior SS officers for better provisions, Fredy risked his life every day to protect his beloved children from mortal danger. But time was running out for Fredy and the hundreds in his care. Could this kind, compassionate, and brave man find a way to teach them the one lesson they really needed to know: how to survive? The Teacher of Auschwitz shines a light on a truly remarkable individual and tells the inspiring story of how he fought to protect innocence and hope amid depravity and despair"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Hirsch, Fredy, 1916-1944; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945;
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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 girl from the Channel Islands / by Lecoat, Jenny,author.; Lecoat, Jenny.Hedy's war.;
Inspired by true events, 'The Girl From the Channel Islands' is the riveting story of a young Jewish woman trapped on the occupied island of Jersey during WWII, the man who loves her, and the friends who risk everything to hide her. A Dewey Diva Pick.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Jewish women; Man-woman relationships; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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White bird : a novel : a wonder story / by Palacio, R. J.; Perl, Erica S.;
Includes bibliographical references."Sara Blum lives an idyllic life with her adoring parents in Vichy France. But her world comesc crashing down when the Nazi occupation separates the family and forces the young Jewish girl into hiding. Her classmate Julien and his family will risk everything to ensure her survival, and, together, Sara and Julien manage to find beauty in a secret world of their creation."--From publisher.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Jewish fiction.; Grandmothers; Jews; Survival; People with disabilities; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
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The flight portfolio / by Orringer, Julie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The long-awaited new work from the best-selling author of The Invisible Bridge takes us back to occupied Europe in this gripping historical novel based on the true story of Varian Fry's extraordinary attempt to save the work, and the lives, of Jewish artists fleeing the Holocaust. In 1940, Varian Fry--a Harvard educated American journalist--traveled to Marseille carrying three thousand dollars and a list of imperiled artists and writers he hoped to rescue within a few weeks. Instead, he ended up staying in France for thirteen months, working under the veil of a legitimate relief organization to procure false documents, amass emergency funds, and set up an underground railroad that led over the Pyrenees, into Spain, and finally to Lisbon, where the refugees embarked for safer ports. Among his many clients were Hannah Arendt, Franz Werfel, Andre Breton, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, and Marc Chagall. The Flight Portfolio opens at the Chagalls' ancient stone house in Gordes, France, as the novel's hero desperately tries to persuade them of the barbarism and tragedy descending on Europe. Masterfully crafted, exquisitely written, impossible to put down, this is historical fiction of the very first order, and resounding confirmation of Orringer's gifts as a novelist"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Fry, Varian, 1907-1967; Jewish refugees; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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When we flew away : a novel of Anne Frank before the diary / by Hoffman, Alice.; Frank, Anne,1929-1945.Achterhuis.;
Includes bibliographical references.In May 1940, Anne Frank is a young girl not quite eleven with all the ordinary problems of a little sister, but Amsterdam is about to be invaded by Nazis and after that everything changes.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Frank, Anne, 1929-1945; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish children in the Holocaust; Jews; Families;
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The light in hidden places : a novel based on the true story of Stefania Podgórska / by Cameron, Sharon,1970-;
Sixteen-year-old Catholic Stefania Podgórska has worked in the Diamant family's grocery store for four years, even falling in love with one of their sons, Izio; but when the Nazis came to Przemyâsl, Poland, the Jewish Diamants are forced into the ghetto (and worse) but Izio's brother Max manages to escape, and Stefania embarks on a dangerous course--protecting thirteen Jews in her attic, caring for her younger sister, Helena, and keeping everything secret from the two Nazi officers who are living in her house.LSC
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Burzminski, Stefania Podgórska; Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust; Jews; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945;
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Briar Rose / by Yolen, Jane.;
A retelling of the German folktale Briar Rose, also known as Sleeping Beauty, set amid forests patrolled by the German army during World War II.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Sleeping Beauty (Tale); Fairy tales; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945;
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The war girls / by Alexander, V. S.,author.;
During one of the darkest periods of World War II, two Jewish sisters and a family friend living on the Aryan side of the Warsaw Ghetto form a trio called The War Girls who fight to rescue their loved ones, finding courage through sisterhood to keep hopealive.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; Jewish women; Sisters; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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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;
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