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On to victory : the Canadian liberation of the Netherlands, March 23 - May 5, 1945 / by Zuehlke, Mark.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Canada. Canadian Army; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
© 2010., Douglas & McIntyre,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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A place to hide / by Balson, Ronald H.,author.;
"Theodore "Teddy" Hartigan is the scion of a wealthy Washington, D.C. family who place him into a comfortable job at the State Department and a placid diplomat's career. In 1938, as Hitler's inexorable rise continues, Teddy is re-assigned to the US Consulate in Amsterdam to replace fleeing staff. Teddy's job is to process visa applications, and by 1939, refugees from Nazi-conquered Poland, Austria, and other countries are desperate to secure safe passage to America. As Hitler sweeps through France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, and Holland, the screws tighten and law after virulent law is passed to threaten the lives, indeed the very existence of the Jewish people. When Teddy and his girlfriend Sara are introduced to an orphaned young girl named Katy, who has been abandoned on the grounds of a nursery school, they agree to adopt her. Teddy comes to realize that he holds the key to saving lives, whether five, fifty, or five hundred--and makes the dangerous and selfless decision to join with underground groups and use his position at the Consulate to rescue those with no other avenue of escape."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Diplomats; Jews; Orphans; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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After Auschwitz : a story of heartbreak and survival by the stepsister of Anne Frank / by Schloss, Eva.; Bartlett, Karen.;
Subjects: Schloss, Eva.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Jewish children in the Holocaust; Jewish refugees; Jews; Jews, German;
© c2013., Hodder & Stoughton,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Canada and the liberation of the Netherlands, May 1945 / by Goddard, Lance;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Canada. Canadian Army; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2005., Dundurn Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Anne Frank [sound recording (CD)] : the diary of a young girl. -- by Frank, Anne,1929-1945.; Blair, Selma,1972-;
Read by Selma Blair.LSC
Subjects: Frank, Anne, 1929-1945; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Jews; Audiobooks.;
© p2010., Random House Audio,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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To die beautiful : a novel / by Jackson, Buzzy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A gripping and timely debut novel by award-winning nonfiction writer Buzzy Jackson based on a true story of the life of the heroic Hannie Schaft: a young Dutch woman who joined the Resistance in Holland during World War II and became one of the Nazis' most lethal adversaries. Hannie Schaft, a young woman living in Nazi-occupied Holland, never intended to be a fighter. Her dream was to finish law school in Amsterdam and join the League of Nations. But when Hannie's two Jewish best friends are in danger, and she crosses paths with Resistance recruiters while doing volunteer work with refugees, she realizes she cannot deny the urgent cause at hand and the changes happening around her. Driven by outrage and a fierce protectiveness for her friends, Hannie quickly becomes a valued member of the Resistance movement. As the simmering menace of Nazi-occupied Holland reaches a boiling point, Hannie becomes ever more daring, assassinating powerful Nazis point blank, blowing up munitions factories, and constantly improvising with last-minute Resistance orders, even getting Hitler's notice who dubs her 'the Girl with Red Hair.' She also falls deeply in love with a dashing fellow resister at a tremendous cost and finds a chosen family with the other women in the resistance. And while humanity falls apart around her, Hannie's greatest weapon is her determination not to become a monster herself: blijf altijd menselijk. Stay human. A mantra that is sorely tested as the war nears its bitter end ... To Die Beautiful, taken from a quote of Hannie's, is an unputdownable novel about love (for one's friends, family, and country) and loyalty, but with the emotional resonance of meticulously researched, lived history"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Schaft, Hannie, 1920-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The diary of a young girl : the definitive edition / by Frank, Anne,1929-1945,author.; Frank, Otto,1889-1980.; Pressler, Mirjam,editor.; Massotty, Susan,translator.;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.
Subjects: Diaries.; Frank, Anne, 1929-1945; Banned book sanctuary.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Jews;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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Our narrow hiding places : a novel / by Jansma, Kristopher,author.;
"For fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Nightingale: an elderly woman recounts her Dutch family's survival during the final years of Nazi occupation, shedding new light on old secrets that rippled through subsequent generations. Eighty-year-old Mieke Geborn's life is one of quiet routine. Widowed for many years, she enjoys the view from her home on the New Jersey shore, visits with friends, and tai chi at the local retirement community. But when her beloved grandson, Will, and his wife, Teru, show up for a visit, things are soon upended. Their marriage is threatening to unravel, and Will has questions for his grandmother-questions about family secrets that have been lost for decades and are now finally rising to the surface. But telling Will the truth involves returning to the past, and to Mieke's childhood in coastal Holland. There, in the last years of World War II, she survived the Hunger Winter, a brutal season when food and heat were cut off and thousands of Dutch citizens starved. Her memories weave together childhood magic and the madness of history, and carry readers from the windy beaches of The Hague to the dark cells of a concentration camp, through the bends of eel-filled rivers, and, finally, to the story of Will's father, absent since Will's childhood. Our Narrow Hiding Places is a sweeping story of survival and of the terrible cost of war-and a reminder that sometimes the traumas we inherit come along with a resilience we never imagined"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Families; Family secrets; Secrecy; Survival; Women; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Anne Frank : the biography / by Müller, Melissa,1967-; Kimber, Rita.; Kimber, Robert.; Müller, Melissa,1967-Mädchen Anne Frank.English.;
Foreword to the New Edition -- The Arrest -- Anne in Frankfurt -- Exodus -- A New Home -- Growing Danger -- Trapped -- Into Hiding -- The Secret Annex -- Living In Fear -- The Last Train to Auschwitz -- Longing -- Epilogue -- A Note by Miep Gies.
Subjects: Frank, Anne, 1929-1945.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish children in the Holocaust; Jews;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Three ordinary girls : the remarkable story of three Dutch teenagers who became spies, saboteurs, Nazi assassins, and WWII heroes / by Brady, Tim,1955-author.;
Tells the story of three fearless female resisters during World War II whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Subjects: Menger, Truus.; Oversteegen, Freddie.; Schaft, Hannie, 1920-1945.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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