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Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
li, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Holocaust is much discussed, much memorialized, and much portrayed. But there are major aspects of its history that have been overlooked. Spanning the entirety of the Holocaust, this sweeping history deepens our understanding. Dan Stone-Director of the Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London-reveals how the idea of "industrial murder" is incomplete: many were killed where they lived in the most brutal of ways. He...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Harper paperbacks edition.
Physical Desc
273 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The unforgettable true story of a girl born in the Kovno Ghetto, and the dangerous risk her parents faced in defying the barbarous Nazi law prohibiting childbirth. Elida Friedman was not supposed to have been born. In the Kovno Ghetto in Lithuania, Nazi law forbade Jewish women from giving birth. Yet despite the fear of death, Dr. Jonah Friedman and his wife Tzila, choose to bring a daughter into the world, a little girl they name Elida-meaning non-birth...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
National Book Award-winner Neal Shusterman and acclaimed artist Andres Vera Martinez present a multidimensional exploration of the Holocaust, delivered through surreal visions and a textured canvas of heroism and hope.
Prepare yourself for an unforgettable journey into impossible and wondrous things that never happened, set against a backdrop of impossible, unthinkable things that did. Brilliant storytelling plunges readers into one of the darkest...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1933, Hannah Pick-Goslar and her family fled Nazi Germany to live in Amsterdam, where she struck up a close friendship with her next-door neighbor, an outspoken and fun-loving young girl named Anne Frank. For several years, the inseparable pair enjoyed a carefree childhood of games, sleepovers, and treats with the other children in their neighborhood of Rivierenbuurt. But in 1942, Hannah and Anne's lives abruptly changed forever. As the Nazi occupation...
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xiv, 448 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Paris, 1940. The City of Light has fallen under German occupation. Among patriotic Parisians, the pursuit of art, culture, and jazz has become a bold act of defiance. So has forbidden love for talented and spirited Jewish teenager Annette Zelman, a student at the Beaux-Arts, and dashing young Catholic poet Jean Jausion. Despite their devout families' vehement opposition, the young couple finds acceptance at the famed Café de Flore, whose habitues...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Nico Crispi never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading towards "the east" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sophia Alexander, the beautiful daughter of a famous surgeon in Berlin, has had to grow up faster than most young women. When her mother falls ill, Sophia must take charge of her younger sister, Theresa, and look after her father and the household, while also volunteering at his hospital after school. Meanwhile, Hitler’s rise to power and the violence in her very own town have Sophia concerned, but only her mother is willing to share her fears openly.
After...
Author
Publisher
Rider
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
313 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In this never-before-seen memoir, Bergen-Belsen survivor Hannah Pick-Goslar shares incredibly powerful words on the final untold portrait of her childhood friend, Anne Frank. The inspiring and heartbreaking true story of two best friends torn apart and reunited against all odds. When Hannah Pick-Goslar's family fled Nazi Germany for Amsterdam, she struck up a close friendship with her next-door neighbour; precocious, outspoken and fun-loving Anne...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It's been years since the Nazis invaded Max Rosen's home country of Poland. All the Jewish people, including Max's family, have been forced to live in a ghetto. At least Max and his sister, Zena, had Papa with them... Until 2 months ago, when the Nazis took him away. Now Max and Zena are on their own.
One day, with barely enough food to survive, the siblings make a daring escape from Nazi soldiers into the nearby forests. They are found by Jewish...