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"As propulsive and thrilling as Hidden Figures, In the Garden of Beasts, Band of Brothers, and A Train in Winter, The Light of Days at last tells the true story of these incredible women whose courageous yet little-known feats have been eclipsed by time. Judy Batalion-the granddaughter of Polish Holocaust survivors-takes us back to 1939 and introduces us to Renia Kukielka, a weapons smuggler and messenger who risked death traveling across occupied...
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Publisher
Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
12 CDs (14 hrs., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters; a group of unknown heroes whose exploits have never been chronicled in full, until now.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xix, 332 pages ; 21 cm.
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"Combinando de forma magistral la ficción con datos históricos, Mario Escobar sitúa al lector en la terrible situación de los judíos polacos y su lucha por la supervivencia en el Gueto de Varsovia. Varsovia, 1939 Agnieszka Ignaciuk y su hijo, Henryk, llegan al orfanato de Korczak poco antes de estallar la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Allí, conocen y son testigos de la vida y obra de Janusz Korczak, el heroico maestro y autor que dedica su vida a...
Publisher
NYMusic
Pub. Date
c2022
Physical Desc
1 DVD (73 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Neiger family was living a peaceful life in the Jewish community in Krakow when the arrival of World War II changed their lives forever. When Nazi soldiers forced the family from their home into the harsh life of the Ghetto, they made a vow to escape as a family. But when circumstances forced the family to separate from older brother Ben, their will to survive was put to the test. This is the incredible true story of one family as they desperately...
7) Defiance
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The deep forests of Poland and Belorussia are the domain of the occupying Germans during World War II. The three Bielski brothers go into the forests to undertake the impossible task of foraging for food, weapons and survival, not just for themselves but for a large mass of Polish Jews fleeing from the German war machine. The brothers, living with the fear of discovery, must contend with neighboring Soviet partisans and deciding whom to trust. They...
8) Defiance
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (136 min.) : Blu-ray, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The deep forests of Poland and Belorussia are the domain of the occuping Germans during World War II. The three Bielski brothers go into the forests and find the impossible task of foraging for food, weapons and survival, not just for themselves but for a large mass of fleeing Polish Jews from the German war machine. The brothers, living with the fear of discovery must contend with neighboring Soviet partisans and deciding whom to trust. They take...
9) Shoah
Series
Criterion collection volume 663
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (566 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet (60 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm).
Description
Over a decade in the making, this monumental investigation of the unthinkable: the murder of more than six million Jews by the Nazis. Using no archival footage, Claude Lanzmann instead focuses on first-person testimonies (of survivors and former Nazis, and other witnesses), employing a circular, free-associative method in assembling them. The intellectual yet emotionally overwhelming Shoah is not a film about excavating the past but an intensive portrait...
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