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Series
Criterion collection volume 535
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story of author Laurens van der Post's experiences as a WWII prisoner of war.
Author
Language
English
Description
Hannah resents stories of her Jewish heritage and of the past until, when opening the door during a Passover Seder, she finds herself in Poland during World War II where she experiences the horrors of a concentration camp, and learns why she-- and we--need to remember the past.
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 290 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
January 1945, the war is not yet over : the Soviets begin the deportation of the German minority from the labor camps in Ukraine. This is the story of seventeen year old Leo Auberge, who went to the camp with the naive unawareness of the boy eager to escape provincial life. The last five years however he experienced daily hunger and cold, extreme fatigue and death.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
As World War II rages and Hitler begins implementing his "final solution" to systematically and ruthlessly exterminate the Jewish people, Jacob Weisz must rely on his wits and a God he's not sure he believes in to somehow escape from Auschwitz and alert the world to the Nazi's atrocities before Fascism overtakes all of Europe.
Author
Publisher
CityFiles Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1942 more than 109,000 Japanese Americans, including 70,000 U.S. citizens, were picked up and sent to incarceration centers, most for the duration of the war. It was the shame of America-- and it was documented on film. Cahan and Williams provide a visual history which includes interviews with many of the people reflecting on their experiences.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (154 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Traces the collapse of the Hitler regime from the invasion of Russia in 1941 to Hitler's suicide in Berlin in 1945. Shows the concentration camp system and examines the reasons for the collapse of the Nazi army.
50) Topaz
Publisher
KUED Home Video
Pub. Date
[1988]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (58 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documents the denial of rights to American citizens of Japanese descent who were forced from their homes to Utah's desert rangeland during World War II.
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the experiences of Japanese American children who were moved with their families to relocation centers during World War II, looking at school, meals, sports, and other aspects of camp life.
54) Auschwitz
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
A description of what happened at Auschwitz, a concentration camp in Poland used during World War II by the Nazis to gather and murder many people, mostly Jews.
59) In the camps
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[1995]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
111 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Owlkids
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
142 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In a story based on the life of the author's husband, little Paul and his family, Hungarian Jews, are sent to Bergen-Belsen, survive many hardships, are put on a train to nowhere, and rescued by American soldiers.
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