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Author
Publisher
Matador
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
There are around 6000 people who are alive today because of Nicholas Winton. They are the descendants of endangered children rescued in 1939 from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on a Kindertransport he organized. What motivated a young English stockbroker to take on such a monumental task? His daughter, Barbara, sets out to answer this and other questions about the character, motivation and life of the now 104-year-old humanitarian.
125) 50th anniversary commemoration, May 1945 to May 1995: the liberation of the concentration camps
Author
Publisher
The Commission
Pub. Date
1995]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Insight Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Unstoppable is the ultimate immigrant story and an epic David-and-Goliath adventure. While American teens were socializing in ice cream parlors, Siggi was suffering beatings by Nazi hoodlums for being a Jew and was soon deported along with his family to the darkest place the world has ever known: Auschwitz. Siggi used his wits to stay alive, pretending to have trade skills the Nazis could exploit to run the camp. After two death marches and near starvation,...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Zippi Spitzer and David Wisnia were captivated by each other from the moment they first exchanged glances across the work floor. It was the beginning of a love story that could have happened anywhere. Except for one difference: this romance was unfolding in history's most notorious death camp, between two young prisoners whose budding intimacy risked dooming them if they were caught. Incredibly, David and Zippi survived for years beneath the ash-choked...
128) Hans Neter
Author
Publisher
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
An interview with a survivor of the Holocaust.
129) Samuel Shindler
Author
Publisher
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
130) Frances Shnurman
Author
Publisher
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
An interview with a survivor of the Holocaust.
131) Katherine Williams
Author
Publisher
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
An interview with a survivor of the Holocaust.
132) Rose Szneler
Author
Publisher
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
An interview with a survivor of the Holocaust.
133) Ruth Goldstein
Author
Publisher
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
An interview with a survivor of the Holocaust.
134) Dave Korter
Author
Publisher
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
An interview with a survivor of the Holocaust.
135) Sam Goldstein
Author
Publisher
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
An interview with a survivor of the Holocaust.
136) Meyer Shnurman
Author
Publisher
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
An interview with a survivor of the Holocaust.
137) Ingrid Mazie
Author
Publisher
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
An interview with a survivor of the Holocaust.
138) Peter Pintus
Author
Publisher
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
An interview with a survivor of the Holocaust.
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