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The boy in the striped pajamas : a fable / by Boyne, John,1971-author.;
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Concentration camps; Friendship; Nazis; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945;
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Gabriële / by Berest, Anne,1979-author.; Berest, Claire,author.; Kover, Tina A.,translator.; translation of:Berest, Anne,1979-Gabriële.English.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-350).The year is 1908, the height of the Belle Époque, and a brilliant, young French woman named Gabriële, newly graduated from the most elite music school in Europe, meets a volcanic Spanish artist named Francis. Following a whirlwind romance, they marry and fall headlong into a Paris that is experimenting with new forms of living, thinking, and creating. Soon after marrying Francis, Gabriële meets Marcel, another young artist, five years her junior. Soon, Francis, Marcel, and Gabriële are all involved in a fervent affair that will change the course of art history and redefine the avant-garde.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Buffet-Picabia, Gabrielle; Artists; Dadaism; Interpersonal relations; Jewish families; Musicians; Women musicians;
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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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The only woman in the room / by Benedict, Marie,author.;
Hedy Kiesler is lucky. Her beauty leads to a starring role in a controversial film and marriage to a powerful Austrian arms dealer, allowing her to evade Nazi persecution despite her Jewish heritage. But Hedy is also intelligent. At lavish Vienna dinner parties, she overhears the Third Reich's plans. One night in 1937, desperate to escape her controlling husband and the rise of the Nazis, she disguises herself and flees her husband's castle. She lands in Hollywood, where she becomes Hedy Lamarr, screen star. But Hedy is keeping a secret even more shocking than her Jewish heritage: she is a scientist. She has an idea that might help the country and that might ease her guilt for escaping alone -- if anyone will listen to her. A powerful novel based on the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist whose groundbreaking invention revolutionized modern communication.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000; World War, 1939-1945; Women scientists; Jewish women; Motion picture actors and actresses; Austrian Americans;
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The child on platform one / by Thompson, Gill,author.;
Prague 1939. Young mother Eva has a secret from her past. When the Nazis invade, Eva knows the only way to keep her daughter Miriam safe is to send her away, even if it means never seeing her again. But when Eva is taken to a concentration camp, her secret is at risk of being exposed. In London, Pamela volunteers to help find places for the Jewish children arrived from Europe. Befriending one unclaimed little girl, Pamela brings her home. It is only when her young son enlists in the RAF that Pamela realises how easily her own world could come crashing down.
Subjects: War fiction.; Historical fiction.; Jewish refugees; Kindertransports (Rescue operations); Mother and child; Secrecy; World War, 1939-1945;
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Alone in Berlin [videorecording] / by Brühl, Daniel,1978-actor.; Gleeson, Brendan,actor.; Perez, Vincent,1962-film director.; Persbrandt, Mikael,1963-actor.; Thompson, Emma,actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Fallada, Hans,1893-1947.Jeder stirbt für sich allein.English.; IFC Films,film distributor.;
Emma Thompson, Daniel Brühl, Brendan Gleeson, Mikael Persbrandt, Louis Hofmann, Katharina Schuttler, Godehard Giese.How did an ordinary, middle-aged couple become a symbol of defiance against Nazi brutality? This tale of courage unfolds against the tumultuous backdrop of Berlin in 1940. Otto and Anna Quangel are a working class husband and wife doing their best to ride out the war. Their son is killed fighting on the frontlines. They begin pouring their rage and grief into postcards emblazoned with anti-Nazi slogans, risking everything to disseminate their messages of protest across the city.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Historical films.; Anti-Nazi movement; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Nazis;
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The matchmaker's gift : a novel / by Loigman, Lynda Cohen,author.;
"From Lynda Cohen Loigman, the bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters, comes a heartwarming story of two extraordinary women from two different eras who defy expectations to utilize their unique gift of seeing soulmates in themost unexpected places in The Matchmaker's Gift. Is finding true love a calling or a curse? Even as a child in 1910, Sara Glikman knows her gift: she is a maker of matches and a seeker of soulmates. But among the pushcart-crowded streets of New York's Lower East Side, Sara's vocation is dominated by devout older men-men who see a talented female matchmaker as a dangerous threat to their traditions and livelihood. After making matches in secret for more than a decade, Sara must fight to take her rightful place among her peers, and to demand the recognition she deserves. Two generations later, Sara's granddaughter, Abby, is a successful Manhattan divorce attorney, representing the city's wealthiest clients. When her beloved Grandma Sara dies, Abby inheritsher collection of handwritten journals recording the details of Sara's matches. But among the faded volumes, Abby finds more questions than answers. Why did Abby's grandmother leave this library to her and what did she hope Abby would discover within itspages? Why does the work Abby once found so compelling suddenly feel inconsequential and flawed? Is Abby willing to sacrifice the career she's worked so hard for in order to keep her grandmother's mysterious promise to a stranger? And is there really sucha thing as love at first sight?"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Arranged marriage; Dating services; Family secrets; Grandmothers; Jewish women; Man-woman relationships; Women lawyers;
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Our darkest night : a novel of Italy and the Second World War / by Robson, Jennifer,1970-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Hiding from the Nazis in the guise of a Christian farmer's wife, a Jewish woman is met with suspicion by a Nazi official who harbors a vendetta against the former seminary student posing as her husband.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Jewish women; Jews; World War, 1939-1945; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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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;
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The jar of fools : eight Hanukkah stories from Chelm / by Kimmel, Eric A.; Gerstein, Mordicai.;
Drawing on traditional Jewish folklore, these Hanukkah stories relate the antics of the people of Chelm, thought--perhaps incorrectly--to be a town of fools.
Subjects: Hanukkah; Jews; Short stories, Jewish.; Channukah; Hanukah; Fasts and feasts—Judaism;
© c2000., Holiday House,
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