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The boy in the woods : a true story of survival during the Second World War / by Smart, Maxwell,1930-author.; Smart, Maxwell,1930-Chaos to canvas.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Smart, Maxwell, 1930-; Holocaust survivors; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Painters; Polish people;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The sound of freedom / by Kacer, Kathy,1954-;
Includes bibliographical references and Internet address.Life is becoming dangerous for the Jews of Krakow in 1936 with incidents of violence and persecution increasing day by day. Twelve-year-old Anna begs her father to leave Poland, but he is reluctant to give up his position as an acclaimed clarinetist in the Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra. After barely escaping from an attack by a group of violent thugs, it becomes clear that the family must leave. Anna's father auditions for the famous Bronislaw Huberman, a world renowned violinist, who is searching for Jewish musicians to play in a new orchestra in Palestine. This poignant story is based on real events in pre-war Poland and Palestine. After saving 700 Jews and their famiies, Bronislaw Huberman went on to establish what later became the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Jews; Fathers and daughters; Musicians; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The daughter of Auschwitz : my story of resilience, survival, and hope / by Friedman, Tova,1938-author.; Brabant, Malcolm,author.; Kingsley, Ben,1943-writer of foreword.;
A powerful memoir by one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz, Tova Friedman, following her childhood growing up during the Holocaust and surviving a string of near-death experiences in a Jewish ghetto, a Nazi labor camp, and Auschwitz.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Friedman, Tova, 1938-; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Holocaust survivors; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish children in the Holocaust;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The winter guest / by Jenoff, Pam,author.;
Subjects: Sisters; Soldiers; Nazis; Jewish men; Betrayal; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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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;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Treasure [videorecording] / by Dunham, Lena,1986-actor.; Fry, Stephen,1957-actor.; Heinz, Julia von,film director,screenwriter.; Zamachowski, Zbigniew,actor.; Bleecker Street (Firm),production company.; Decal (Firm),publisher.;
Lena Dunham, Stephen Fry, Zbigniew Zamachowski.A father-daughter road trip set in 1990s Poland, TREASURE follows Ruth, a journalist, and Edek, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While Ruth seeks to uncover her family's past, Edek has his own agenda.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: R for some language.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Dark comedy films.; Feature films.; Road films.; Family secrets; Children of Holocaust survivors; Holocaust survivors; Fathers and daughters; Women journalists;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The Goddess of Warsaw : a novel / by Barr, Lisa,author.;
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Woman on Fire, the harrowing and ultimately triumphant tale of a Jewish WWII assassin turned Hollywood star. In 2005, Siena Hayes is Hollywood's latest It Girl, but she has her sights set higher than the screen, she wants to be behind the camera. So when Siena meets Lena Browning, the enormously mysterious and famous actor from decades past, Siena sees her big break. Siena wants to direct Lena's biopic-but Lena's past may turn out to be more than Siena bargained for. Before she was a "Living Legend," Lena Browning was Bina Blonski, a member of Warsaw's Jewish elite whose life and family were destroyed by the Nazis. In 1943, in the ghettos of Warsaw, Bina lives with her husband, Jakub. Determined to fight back against Nazi rule, beautiful, blonde Bina acts as a spy on the Aryan side fearlessly protecting the remaining Warsaw Jews, gaining intel, and stealing weapons. Along the way, her feelings grow more complicated as she falls in love with Aleksander, an ally to her in resistance ... and Jakub's brother. But the cause prevails-and Lena accomplishes amazing feats of bravery, though she can't help but sacrifice so much in the process ... Over a decade after escaping the ghetto, Bina, who now goes by Lena, has risen to fame in Hollywood. She sees her old life at every turn and hungers for revenge against the Nazis who are still everywhere around her. This is Lena's chance to right the past's wrongs and perhaps even find the happy ending she never had."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Actresses; Man-woman relationships; Nazis; Revenge; Secrecy; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Goddess of Warsaw [text (large print)] : a novel / by Barr, Lisa,author.;
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Woman on Fire, the harrowing and ultimately triumphant tale of a Jewish WWII assassin turned Hollywood star. In 2005, Siena Hayes is Hollywood's latest It Girl, but she has her sights set higher than the screen, she wants to be behind the camera. So when Siena meets Lena Browning, the enormously mysterious and famous actor from decades past, Siena sees her big break. Siena wants to direct Lena's biopic-but Lena's past may turn out to be more than Siena bargained for. Before she was a "Living Legend," Lena Browning was Bina Blonski, a member of Warsaw's Jewish elite whose life and family were destroyed by the Nazis. In 1943, in the ghettos of Warsaw, Bina lives with her husband, Jakub. Determined to fight back against Nazi rule, beautiful, blonde Bina acts as a spy on the Aryan side fearlessly protecting the remaining Warsaw Jews, gaining intel, and stealing weapons. Along the way, her feelings grow more complicated as she falls in love with Aleksander, an ally to her in resistance ... and Jakub's brother. But the cause prevails-and Lena accomplishes amazing feats of bravery, though she can't help but sacrifice so much in the process ... Over a decade after escaping the ghetto, Bina, who now goes by Lena, has risen to fame in Hollywood. She sees her old life at every turn and hungers for revenge against the Nazis who are still everywhere around her. This is Lena's chance to right the past's wrongs and perhaps even find the happy ending she never had."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Actresses; Man-woman relationships; Nazis; Revenge; Secrecy; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Into the forest : a Holocaust story of survival, triumph, and love / by Frankel, Rebecca,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Rebecca Frankel's Into the Forest is a gripping story of love, escape, and survival, from wartime Poland to a wedding in Connecticut. In the summer of 1942, the Rabinowitz family narrowly escaped the Nazi ghetto in their Polish town by fleeing to the forbidding Bialowieza Forest. They miraculously survived two years in the woods--through brutal winters, Typhus outbreaks, and merciless Nazi raids--until they were liberated by the Red Army in 1944. After the war they trekked across the Alps into Italy where they settled as refugees before eventually immigrating to the United States. During the first ghetto massacre, Miriam Rabinowitz rescued a young boy named Philip by pretending he was her son. Nearly a decade later, a chance encounter at a wedding in Brooklyn would lead Philip to find the woman who saved him. And to discover her daughter Ruth was the love of his life. From a little-known chapter of Holocaust history, one family's inspiring true story of love, escape, and survival"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Rabinowitz family.; Lazowski, Philip.; Rabinowitz, Miriam Dworetsky, 1908-1981.; Rabinowitz, Morris, 1906-1982.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; World War, 1939-1945;
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The snow hare / by Lichtarowicz, Paula,author.;
"Lena has lived a long, quiet life on her farm in Wales, with her husband and child at her side. But as her end approaches, memories long buried begin to return. Of her childhood in 1930s Poland, when she was determined to become a doctor. Of the first days of her marriage, reluctant wife to an army officer. Of the birth of her daughter, whose arrival changed everything. Memories less welcome return to her, too. Her Polish town, transformed overnight by the Soviets, and the war that doomed her family to the frigid work camps of the Siberian tundra. And buried in that blinding snow, amongst the darkness of survival, the most fragile memory of all: that of an unspeakably tender new love"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Memory; Older women; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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