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One day : a true story of survival in the Holocaust

Rosen, Michael, 1946- author

Publication Date

2025

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Books

Call Number

940.5318 ROS

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:794099

Two wheels to freedom : the story of a young Jew, wartime resistance, and a daring escape

Magida, Arthur J., author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

940.53183 MAG

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SD_ILS:729859

No Jews live here

Lorinc, John, 1963- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

940.5318 LOR

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SD_ILS:729942

Mary Foley, Mary Doyle : unravelling a mother's secrets

Doyle, Marjorie M., 1953- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

971.804 DOY

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SD_ILS:718213

The forbidden daughter [CD] : the true story of a Holocaust survivor

Klein Jakob, Zipora, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

CDs

Call Number

940.5318 KLE

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SD_ILS:718875

The counterfeit countess [large print] : the Jewish woman who rescued thousands of Poles during the Holocaust

White, Elizabeth B., author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

940.5318 WHI

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SD_ILS:719201

The piano player of Budapest : a true story of hope, survival, and music

De Bastion, Roxanne, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

940.5318 DEB

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SD_ILS:720288

The forbidden daughter : the true story of a Holocaust survivor

Klein Jakob, Zipora, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

940.5318 KLE

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SD_ILS:704600

Tokyo noir : in and out of Japan's underworld

Adelstein, Jake, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

364.1066 ADE

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SD_ILS:789004

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Zhi shi ge nü hai = Una bambina e basta

Levi, Lia, 1931- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

CHI 940.531809 LEV

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SD_ILS:792021

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No road leading back : an improbable escape from the Nazis and the tangled way we tell the story of the Holocaust

Heath, Chris, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

940.53180947 HEA

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SD_ILS:784992

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The counterfeit Countess : the Jewish woman who rescued thousands of Poles during the Holocaust

White, Elizabeth B., author.

Publication Date

2024

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940.5318 WHI

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SD_ILS:704585

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Levi, Primo. Truce.

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