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- The zookeeper's wife / by Ackerman, Diane;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust; World War, 1939-1945; Zoo keepers;
- © c2007., W.W. Norton,
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- The keeper of hidden books : a novel / by Martin, Madeline,author.;
All her life, Zofia has found comfort in two things: books and her best friend, Janina. But no one could have imagined the horrors of the Nazi occupation in Warsaw. As the bombs rain down and Hitler's forces loot and destroy the city, Zofia finds that now books are also in need of saving. With the death count rising, Zofia jumps to action to save her friend and salvage whatever books she can from the wreckage, hiding them away and even starting a clandestine book club. She and her dearest friend never surrender their love of reading, even when Janina is forced into the newly formed ghetto. As Warsaw creeps closer toward liberation, Zofia must fight to save her friend and preserve her culture and community using the only weapon they have left: literature.- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Books and reading; Female friendship; Nazis; World War, 1939-1945;
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- The pianist : the extraordinary true story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 / by Szpilman, Wladyslaw.; Hosenfeld, Wilm.;
LSC- Subjects: Szpilman, Wladyslaw.; Jews; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish musicians;
- © c1999., Picador,
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- Once / by Gleitzman, Morris.;
After living in an Catholic orphanage for nearly four years, a naive Jewish boy runs away and embarks on a journey across Nazi-occupied Poland to find his parents.- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Separation (Psychology); World War, 1939-1945; Survival; Orphans; Jews;
- © 2013., Square Fish,
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- Corpus Christi [videorecording] / by Bielenia, Bartosz,actor.; Komasa, Jan,1981-film director.; Konieczna, Aleksandra,1965-actor.; Kurzaj, Barbara,actor.; Lichota, Leszek,actor.; Rycembel, Eliza,1992-actor.; Wardejn, Zdzisław,actor.; Ziętek, Tomasz,1989-actor.; Film Movement (Firm),film distributor.;
Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel, Tomasz Zietek, Barbara Kurzaj, Leszek Lichota, Zdzislaw Wardejn.After spending years in a Warsaw prison for a violent crime, twenty-year-old Daniel is released and sent to a remote village to work as a manual laborer. The job is designed to keep the ex-con busy, but Daniel has a higher calling. While in prison, he found Christ and aspires to join the clergy, but his criminal record means no seminary will accept him. When Daniel arrives in town, one quick lie allows him to be mistaken for the town's new priest, and he sets about leading his newfound flock.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.- Subjects: Motion pictures, Polish.; Foreign films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Religious films.; Clergy; Ex-convicts; False personation;
- For private home use only.
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- Pianoforte [videorecording] / by Armellini, Leonora,1992-on-screen participant.; Candotti, Michelle,on-screen participant.; Gadjiev, Alexander,1994-on-screen participant.; Gevorgyan, Eva,on-screen participant.; Piatek, Jakub,film director.; Kino Lorber, Inc.,publisher.;
Leonora Armellini, Michelle Candotti, Alexander Gadjiev, Eva Gevorgyan.The world's most talented young pianists compete in the International Chopin Piano Competition, held every five years in Warsaw, Poland. A rare behind-the-scenes look at the triumphant highs and crushing lows of competition, Pianoforte is both a testament to the remarkable power of music and an intimate coming-of-age portrait.E.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary films.; Frederic Chopin International Competition.; Piano music; Piano; Music; Pianists; Women pianists; Competition (Psychology);
- For private home use only.
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- Rywka's diary : the writings of a Jewish girl from the Lodz Ghetto, found at Auschwitz in 1945 and published seventy years later / by Lipszyc, Rywka,1929-; Friedman, Anita.; Markoff, Malgorzata.; Wiatr, Ewa.; Lipszyc, Rywka,1929-Diary of Rywka Lipszyc.;
Includes bibliographical references.LSC- Subjects: Lipszyc, Rywka, 1929-; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Jews; Jewish ghettos;
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- Rachel's gift / by Ungar, Richard.;
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- Subjects: Jews; Passover;
- © c2003., Tundra Books,
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- Ida. In Polish with English subtitles [1 DVD - 80 min. + insert] / by Kulesza, Agata,1971-; Trzebuchowska, Agata,actress.; Ogrodnik, Dawd,1986-actor.;
Director, Pawel Pawlikowski.Dawd Ogrodnik, Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska.On the eve of her vows, 18-year-old novice Anna (Trzebuchowska) meets her estranged aunt Wanda (Kulesza), a cynical Communist judge who shocks the naïve Anna with a stunning revelation: Anna is Jewish and her real name is Ida. Tasked with this new identity, Ida and Wanda embark on a revelatory journey to their old family home to discover the fate of Ida's birth parents and unearth dark secrets dating back to the Nazi occupation.MPAA rating: PG-13. No CHV rating.Bonus features not rated.DVD, 1.37:1 presentation ; Dolby digital.1 7 10 26- Subjects: Foreign films.; Drama films.; Nazi occupation; Nuns; Family secrets; Poland;
- © c2014., Music Box Films,
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- My mother's secret : based on a true Holocaust story / by Witterick, J. L.;
In 1939, the Nazis come to Poland and start to persecute the Jews. Providing shelter to a Jew has become a death sentence, but despite this, Franciszka and her daughter hide Jewish families and a German soldier in their small home. For all of them to survive, she will have to outsmart the German commander and her neighbors.LSC- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Jewish fiction.; Hiding places; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945;
- © 2013., Penguin Group,
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