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The listeners [text (large print)] : a novel / by Stiefvater, Maggie,1981-author.;
"January 1942. The Avallon Hotel & Spa is where high society goes to see and be seen. Located deep in the West Virginia mountains, where healing sweetwater flows, the hotel is managed by a local, June Hudson, whose skills were noted by the wealthy Guilfoyles who own the place. War has begun, and June is trying to shield the Avallon from it, but when the owner's son makes a deal with the State Department to house dozens of Axis diplomats, June must convince her staff -- many of whom have sons and husbands heading to battle -- to offer luxury to Nazis for the war effort. Peacefully. Meanwhile, FBI agent Tucker Minnick is searching for a spy among the detainees. He has his own history with West Virginia and would have done anything to avoid coming back, but this mission is an exile that he can't escape unless he earns it. As tension grows between locals and the detainees, Tucker's spy games disturb the peace, and the eerie sweetwater proves more dangerous than once thought. June's future at the Avallon hangs in the balance -- but who is she without the hotel? And what is it without her? Maggie Stiefvater makes her adult fiction debut in this mesmerizing portrait of an unlikely heroine, a hotel-and a world-in peril, and the love that can bloom even in such unlikely circumstances"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Health resorts; Hotelkeepers; Hotels; Nazis; Spies; World War, 1939-1945;
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Fatherland : a memoir of war, conscience, and family secrets / by Bilger, Burkhard,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."What do we owe the past? How to make peace with a dark family history? Burkhard Bilger hardly knew his grandfather growing up. His parents immigrated to Oklahoma from Germany after World War II, and though his mother was an historian, she rarely talked about her father or what he did during the war. Then one day a packet of letters arrived from Germany, yellowing with age, and a secret history began to unfold. Karl Gönner was a schoolteacher and Nazi party member from the Black Forest. In 1940, he was sent to a village in occupied France and tasked with turning its children into proper Germans. A fervent Nazi when the war began, he grew close to the villagers over the next four years, till he came to think of himself as their protector, shielding them from his own party's brutality. Yet he was arrested in 1946 and accused of war crimes. Was he guilty or innocent? A vicious collaborator or just an ordinary man, struggling to atone for his country's crimes? Bilger goes to Germany to find out"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Gönner, Karl, 1899-1979.; Bilger, Burkhard; Ex-Nazis; Teachers; World War, 1939-1945;
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Last twilight in Paris / by Jenoff, Pam,author.;
"London, 1953. Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop. The box is marked with the name of a department store in Paris, and she is certain she has seen the necklace before, when she worked with the Red Cross in Nazi-occupied Europe--and that it holds the key to the mysterious death of her friend Franny during the war. Following the trail of clues to Paris, Louise seeks help from her former boss Ian, with whom she shares a romantic history. The necklace leads them to discover the dark history of Lévitan--a once-glamorous department store that served as a Nazi prison, and Helaine, a woman who was imprisoned there, torn apart from her husband when the Germans invaded France. Louise races to find the connection between the necklace, the department store and Franny's death. But nothing is as it seems, and there are forces determined to keep the truth buried forever. Inspired by the true story of Lévitan, Last Twilight in Paris is both a gripping mystery and an unforgettable story about sacrifice, resistance and the power of love to transcend in even the darkest hours"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Department stores; Jews; Nazi concentration camps; Necklaces; Women; World War, 1939-1945;
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Resistance [videorecording] : they fought back / by Wolfinger, Kirk,television director.; Apsell, Paula S.,television director,screenwriter.; Owens, Jay,screenwriter.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company,broadcaster.;
We've all heard of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, but most people have no idea how widespread and prevalent Jewish resistance to Nazi barbarism was. Instead, it's widely believed "Jews went to their deaths like sheep to the slaughter." Filmed in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Israel, and the U.S., Resistance, They Fought Back provides a much-needed corrective to this myth of Jewish passivity. There were uprisings in ghettos large and small, rebellions in death camps, and thousands of Jews fought Nazis in the forests. Everywhere in Eastern Europe, Jews waged campaigns of non-violent resistance against the Nazis.E.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; War television programs.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Nazi concentration camps;
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Fort McCoy [videorecording] / by Cassel, Seymour,1935-; Connor, Kate.; Manheim, Camryn.; Stoltz, Eric,1961-; Monterey Home Video (Firm); Monterey Media Inc.;
Camryn Manheim, Kate Connor, Seymour Cassel, Eric Stoltz.Frank Stirn moves with his family to become a barber for the American Army and POW camp at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, in the summer of 1944. Embittered that he cannot fight, Frank must take a stand when a Nazi SS Officer threatens his wife.MPAA Rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround sound.
Subjects: Barbers; Feature films.; Nazis; Prisoner-of-war camps; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
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The novelist from Berlin / by Alexander, V. S.,author.;
"1920s Germany: Though the world has changed in the wake of the Great War, it is still ruled by men. Even a woman as resourceful and intelligent as Niki Rittenhaus needs alliances in order to survive. Her marriage to Rickard Länger, a movie producer for Berlin's Passport Pictures, seems convenient for them both. When Rickard succumbs to increasing pressure from the Nazis to make propaganda movies, a horrified Niki turns away from her own film aspirations and instead, begins to write. Niki's first novel, The Berlin Woman, is published under a pseudonym to great success. But Niki knows she cannot stay anonymous for long. The Nazis are cementing their power over Germany--and over her husband. Though she succeeds in escaping Rickard, he directs Hitler's Brownshirts to do the unthinkable: kidnap their daughter. With her books blacklisted, her life in danger, and Europe descending into war, Niki travels to Amsterdam, joins the Dutch Resistance, and then returns to war-torn Berlin determined to claim freedom for herself and her child, and to write her own story at last."--Back cover.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Married people; Mothers and daughters; Nazis; Women novelists; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Overlord [videorecording] / by Adepo, Jovan,actor.; Asbaek, Pilou,1982-actor.; Avery, Julius,film director.; De Caestecker, Iain,1987-actor.; Magaro, John,1983-actor.; Ollivier, Mathilde,actor.; Russell, Wyatt,1986-actor.; Paramount Pictures, Inc.,film distributor.;
Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Pilou Asbaek, John Magaro, Iain De Caestecker.On the eve of D-Day, a handful of American paratroopers who survived their unit's ill-fated drop over France pushed ahead with their assignment to take out a Nazi radio tower. The mission, however, would deliver more than just the anticipated terrors--as they stumbled upon a German science project tasked with resurrecting their fallen soldiers as unstoppable zombies.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Zombie films.; Human experimentation in medicine; Resurrection; Supernatural; Nazis; Parachute troops; World War, 1939-1945; Zombies;
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Overlord [videorecording] / by Adepo, Jovan,actor.; Asbaek, Pilou,1982-actor.; Avery, Julius,film director.; De Caestecker, Iain,1987-actor.; Magaro, John,1983-actor.; Ollivier, Mathilde,actor.; Russell, Wyatt,1986-actor.; Paramount Pictures, Inc.,film distributor.;
Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Pilou Asbaek, John Magaro, Iain De Caestecker.On the eve of D-Day, a handful of American paratroopers who survived their unit's ill-fated drop over France pushed ahead with their assignment to take out a Nazi radio tower. The mission, however, would deliver more than just the anticipated terrors--as they stumbled upon a German science project tasked with resurrecting their fallen soldiers as unstoppable zombies.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format ; Dolby Atmos ; Dolby digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Zombie films.; Human experimentation in medicine; Resurrection; Supernatural; Nazis; Parachute troops; World War, 1939-1945; Zombies;
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Mother daughter traitor spy : a novel / by MacNeal, Susan Elia,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-315)."From the New York Times bestselling author of the Maggie Hope series comes a tantalizing standalone novel about a mother and daughter who stumble upon an underground Nazi cell in Los Angeles during the early days of World War II-and find the courage to go undercover. June 1940. France has fallen to the Nazis, Britain is next-but to many Americans, the war is still something happening "over there." Veronica Grace has just graduated from college; she and her mother, Violet, the widow of a Navy commander, are looking for a fresh start in Los Angeles, where the sun always shines and the opportunities feel riper. Having taken a misstep that cost her a prestigious career opportunity back in New York, Veronica is relieved to take a temporary typing job-only torealize that she's working for one of L.A.'s most vicious anti-Semitic propagandists. Overnight, Veronica is exposed to the dark underbelly of the place she now calls home, where German Nazis are recruiting new American members and building a bunker in the Pacific Palisades for Hitler's anticipated visit to the West Coast. After the FBI dismisses their concerns for "lack of evidence," Veronica and Violet decide to call on an old friend of Violet's late husband-who introduces them to Ari Lewis, L.A.'s anti-Nazi spymaster. At once, the two blonde-haired, blue-eyed German American women go undercover and infiltrate the heart of Nazism in Los Angeles. Risking their lives, Veronica and Violet aim to gather enough information about the California Reich to taketo the authorities. But as the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor ripples through the Nazi population in Southern California, and President Roosevelt declares war, the Grace women realize that the plots they're investigating are far more sinister than they feared-and even a single misstep could cost them everything. Inspired by real events, Mother Daughter Traitor Spy is a powerful portrait of family, duty, and deception that raises timeless questions about America-and what it means to have courage in theface of terror"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; Novels.; Anti-Nazi movement; Mothers and daughters; Undercover operations; World War, 1939-1945;
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The secret history of Audrey James : a novel / by Marshall, Heather(Heather J.),author.;
Northern England, 2010 After a tragic accident upends her life, Kate Mercer leaves London to work at an old guest house near the Scottish border, where she hopes to find a fresh start and heal from her loss. When she arrives, she begins to unravel the truth about her past, but discovers the mysterious elderly proprietor is harbouring her own secrets ... Berlin, 1938 Audrey James is weeks away from graduating from a prestigious music school in Berlin, where she's been living with her best friend, Ilse Kaplan. As she prepares to finish her piano studies, Audrey dreads the thought of returning to her father in England and leaving Ilse behind. Families like the Kaplans are being targeted, and the stakes grow higher by the day. Restrictions tighten, the borders close to Jews, and rumours swirl about people being apprehended in the street and shipped off to work camps. When Ilse's parents and brother suddenly disappear, two high-ranking Nazi party members confiscate the Kaplans' upscale home, believing it to be empty. In a desperate attempt to keep Ilse safe, Audrey becomes housekeeper for the officers while Ilse is forced into hiding in the attic--a prisoner in her own home. As war in Europe threatens, it isn't long before a shocking turn of events pushes Audrey to become embroiled in cell of the anti-Hitler movement: clusters of resisters working to bring down the Nazis from within Germany itself. But resistance comes with risk, and before the war is over, Audrey must decide what matters most: saving herself, her friend, or sacrificing everything for the greater good.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Anti-Nazi movement; Female friendship; Jewish families; Jewish women; Music students; Secrecy; World War, 1939-1945;
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