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The Holocaust : an unfinished history / by Stone, Dan,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The defining event of twentieth-century Europe-the extermination of millions of Jews-has been commemorated, institutionalised and embedded in our collective consciousness. But in this nuanced and perceptive new history, Dan Stone, Professor of Modern History and Director of the Holocaust Research Institute, contends that the true dimension of the horror wrought by the Nazis is inadvertently brushed aside in our current culture of commemoration. This is due in part to practical or conceptual challenges, such as the continent-wide scale of the crime and the multiplicity of sources in many languages; and in part to an unwillingness to confront the reality that the Holocaust could not have happened without the assistance of numerous non-Nazi states and agents. Structured around four themes-trauma, collaboration, genocidal fantasy and post-war consequences-The Holocaust demonstrates the genocidal logic of much European thinking in the wake of WWI, explores how the Holocaust's effects unfolded even after the liberation of the camps in 1945, and stresses the ways in which Europeans continue, even now, to draw on a reservoir of fascist vocabulary and imagery in times of crisis. It is a deeply researched and indispensable examination of a trauma that still reverberates today.
Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945;
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Ruthless vows : a novel / by Ross, Rebecca(Rebecca J.),author.;
Two weeks after returning home from the front, Iris and Attie seize another chance to report on Dacre's movements, while Roman, who has lost his memory and is stuck in Dacre's realm, becomes entangled in a mysterious pen pal correspondence, leading to a pivotal decision that could impact the course of the war and his relationship with Iris.013-018.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Letter writing; Magic; War; Letter writing; Magic; War;
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Occupied City. by McQueen, Steve,film director.; Hyams, Melanie,actor.; Films We Like (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Melanie HyamsOriginally produced by Films We Like in 2023.The past collides with the present in this excavation of the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam: a journey from World War II to recent years of pandemic and protest and a provocative, life-affirming reflection on memory, time and what's to come.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; History, Military.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; History.;
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Stella Bain : a novel / by Shreve, Anita.;
"An epic story, set against the backdrop of World War I, from bestselling author Anita Shreve. When an American woman, Stella Bain, is found suffering from severe shell shock in an exclusive garden in London, surgeon August Bridge and his wife selflessly agree to take her in. A gesture of goodwill turns into something more as Bridge quickly develops a clinical interest in his houseguest. Stella had been working as a nurse's aide near the front, but she can't remember anything prior to four months earlier when she was found wounded on a French battlefield. In a narrative that takes us from London to America and back again, Shreve has created an engrossing and wrenching tale about love and the meaning of memory, set against the haunting backdrop of a war that destroyed an entire generation."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War neuroses; World War, 1939-1945;
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50 Children : One Ordinary American Couple's Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany / by Pressman, Steven.; Shapiro, Paul.; Holocaust Memorial Museum.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Based on the acclaimed HBO documentary, the astonishing true story of how one American couple, Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus, transported fifty Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Austria to America in 1939 -- the single largest group of unaccompanied refugee children allowed into the United States during a time when deep-seated anti-Semitism and isolationism gripped much of the country.
Subjects: Kraus, Eleanor, -1989.; Kraus, Gilbert, -1975.; Children; Children; Jewish children in the Holocaust.; Jewish refugees; Refugee children; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Let us descend : a novel / by Ward, Jesmyn,author.;
In the years before the Civil War, Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, struggles through the miles-long march, seeks comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother, opening herself to a world beyond this world.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Enslaved women; Mothers and daughters; Racially mixed people; Slavery;
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Still life / by Winman, Sarah,1964-author.;
1944, in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa, as bombs fall around them, two strangers meet and share an extraordinary evening. Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner is a sexagenarian art historian and possible spy. She has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the wreckage and relive memories of the time she encountered EM Forster and had her heart stolen by an Italian maid in a particular Florentine room with a view. Evelyn's talk of truth and beauty plants a seed in Ulysses' mind that will shape the trajectory of his life -and of those who love him - for the next four decades.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Art historians; Families; Fate and fatalism; Life change events; Reminiscing; Soldiers; Strangers; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Let us descend [sound recording] : a novel / by Ward, Jesmyn,author,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by the author.In the years before the Civil War, Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, struggles through the miles-long march, seeks comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother, opening herself to a world beyond this world.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Enslaved women; Mothers and daughters; African American women; Racially mixed people; Slavery;
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Green papayas / by Tran-Davies, Nhung N.; Newland, Gillian.;
While Oma (grandmother) lies in her hospital bed, Mama reminds them all of Oma's courage in shepherding her family through war and across the ocean to safety. After Oma passes away, they cherish the memory of this remarkable woman, and the sacrifices she made to ensure that her children, and her grandchildren, would be free to dream.
Subjects: Picture books.; Grandmothers; Dementia; Children of immigrants;
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The singing forest / by McCormack, J. A.(Judith A.),author.;
In attempting to bring a suspected war criminal to justice, a Toronto lawyer wrestles with power, accountability, and her Jewish identity. Lyrical and wrenching by turns, 'The Singing Forest' is a profound investigation of memory, truth, and the stories that tell us who we are. Judith McCormack lives in Toronto, ON.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Deportation; Justice; Mass burials; War criminals;
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