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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
288 pages cm
Description
"A dazzling debut novel--the story of a turbulent, unlikely romance, a harrowing account of the lasting horrors of the Second World War, and a searing examination of one man's search for forgiveness and acceptance"--
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"From Heather Morris, the New York Times bestselling author of the multi-million copy bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey: a story of family, courage, and resilience, inspired by a true story. Against all odds, three Slovakian sisters have survived years of imprisonment in the most notorious death camp in Nazi Germany: Auschwitz. Livia, Magda, and Cibi have clung together, nearly died from starvation and overwork, and the brutal...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
417 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Description
In 1960's Manhattan, patrons flock to Masha's to savor its brisket Wellington and impeccable service, and to admire its dashing owner and head chef, Peter Rashkin. With his movie-star good looks and tragic past, Peter, a survivor of Auschwitz, is the most eligible bachelor in town. But he does not care for the parade of women who come to the restaurant hoping to catch his eye. He has resigned himself to a solitary life. Running Masha's consumes him...
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"Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis 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 to "new homes" 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...
Publisher
LIVE Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998], c1982
Physical Desc
1 DVD (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A drama set in post-World War II Brooklyn revolves around Sophie, a Polish Catholic beauty who survived Auschwitz, her lover, Nathan, and Stingo, a would-be writer. As the three grow closer, Stingo discovers the captivating and moving truths that each harbors.
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Formats
Description
"An allegorical tale about Nazi occupied Poland in which a town's residents are forced to turn over their musical instruments. A young student rescues the hurdy-gurdy of her teacher, who has presumably befallen a terrible fate, and later, a young boy finds the instrument and intends to pass it--and the importance of remembering--on to his future grandchildren"--
11) Sophie's choice
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (157 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Polish Catholic woman who survived Auschwitz but lost her children settles in America after World War II.
12) The last days
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Traces the experiences of five Hungarian Holocaust survivors who fell victim to Hitler's brutal war against the Jews during the final days of World War II, and later returned from the United States to their hometowns and ghettos and the concentration camps in which they were imprisoned.
13) MetaMaus
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
299 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Description
The New York cartoonist traces the creative process that went into drawing his Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, revealing the sources of his inspiration and describing his parents' emotional struggles as Holocaust survivors after the end of World War II.
Author
Formats
Description
1955 in New York City, the city of progress. But in the Perlman residence, the past is as close as the present. Rachel Perlman, a child of Berlin and an artist bearing her mother's legacy, arrives in New York as part of the wave of Jewish Displaced persons who managed to survive the brutalities of the war. But despite her efforts, Rachel is unable to live the "normal" life of an American housewife, not until she can shake the ghosts of her past and...
Series
Film Movement volume 9, film 5
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Human Resources Manager of Jerusalem's largest bakery is in trouble. He is separated from his wife, distanced from his daughter, and stuck in a job he hates. When one of his employees, a foreign worker, is killed in a suicide bombing, the bakery is accused of indifference, and the HR Manager is sent to the victim's hometown in Romania to make amends. Far from home, on a mission to honor a woman he didn't even know but has somehow grown to admire,...
16) Magpie murders
Author
Series
Magpie murders volume 1
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Description
Susan Ryeland is a London book editor who has just received the latest manuscript from one of her most irascible authors, Alan Conway. But the manuscript?s ending appears to be missing and she learns that Conway has committed suicide. As Ryeland learns more about his death, she starts to question whether a murder has occurred and begins to investigate.
17) iMordecai
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Mordecai, a Holocaust survivor, is given a new iPhone, an unexpected series of events upends his world. A heartwarming Miami-set comedy based on a true story.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
271 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Sixty year-old Doriel Waldman, a Polish Jew born in 1936, is on the verge of insanity until Dr. The?re?se Goldschmidt draws him out with his story of surviving the Holocaust in hiding with his father while his mother made a reputation for herself in the Polish resistance--only to die in an accident shortly after the war.
19) The last suit
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Polish-born Holocaust survivor travels from Argentina to Poland to find a man who saved him from death during World War II.
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