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85) The keeper
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
When a German POW is signed to the Manchester football club as a goalie, the public outcry from fans -- especially Jews -- is overwhelming. With the support of Rabbi Alexander Altmann and the British woman he loves, together they overcome prejudice, public hostility, and personal tragedy.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"This 1944 World War Two drama tells the story of Anthony, a boy living in a deprived Welsh village, anticipating the arrival of American troops. Suddenly, a German plane crashes into the village mountain. A Polish prisoner-of-war survives and is brought into the community where he builds a close relationship with Anthony. Later, the villagers discover one of the Germans on the plane has survived and is still on the mountain. Joyous, thrilling, and...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington--and Hanoi--to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam. On February 12, 1973, one hundred and fifteen men who, just six years earlier, had been high flying Navy and Air Force pilots, shuffled, limped, or were carried off a huge military transport plane at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. These American servicemen had endured years of brutal torture, kept shackled and...
90) Lost boys
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1982 Iran, twelve-year-old Reza is more interested in music than war, but enlists in obedience to his devout mother and soon finds himself in a prison camp in Iraq.
92) Born survivors: three young mothers and their extraordinary story of courage, defiance, and hope
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Among the millions of Holocaust victims sent to Auschwitz II-Birkenau in 1944, Priska, Rachel, and Anka each pass through its infamous gates with a secret. Strangers to one another, they are newly pregnant, and facing an uncertain fate without their husbands. Alone, scared, and with so many loved ones already lost to the Nazis, these young women are privately determined to hold on to all they have left: their lives and those of their unborn babies....
94) Broken soldiers
Author
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
xiii, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Times are tough lately, financially and personally, in Betsy Devonshire's life. Her Crewel World needlework shop has been struggling, and she's feeling bad about not connecting with the daughter of her new boyfriend, Connor. So when the Larson family, who bought one of Betsy's cabins, invites her to come and help with renovations, she agrees to go. But their work comes to a chilling halt when they discover a human skeleton under the linoleum -- and...
96) Prisoners of war
Author
Series
World War II volume 30
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
[1981]
Physical Desc
208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 616 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As Carrie and Saul search for the truth behind the bombing of CIA headquarters, lines are blurred between friend and foe and no one can be trusted. While hiding a stunning secret of her own, Carrie helps recruit Brody for a dangerous mission that could offer him a chance at redemption. But when the plan unravels and Brody is targeted deep inside Iran, he must put his life in Carrie's hands, leading to one of the most suspenseful and shocking season...
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