Search Results: Returned 14 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 14
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[2020]., Juvenile, Second Story Press Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Holocaust remembrance book for young readers.Summary Note: "It is 1939 in Berlin, Germany, and twelve-year-old Lillian and her Papa are on the run from Nazi soldiers. Because they are Jewish, they are in danger of being arrested and put in prison. Lillian's father is blind and it seems no one is willing to help them--until they meet Otto Weidt. Mr. Weidt runs a factory that makes brushes for the Nazi army, and his secret is that he employs blind Jewish workers. Lillian soon learns that Otto Weidt is determined to keep her, Papa, and all the Jewish workers safe. But will he be able to?"--Back cover.
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[2020]., Juvenile, Second Story Press Call No: HISTORICAL F KAC Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Holocaust remembrance book for young readers.Summary Note: "It is 1939 in Berlin, Germany, and twelve-year-old Lillian and her Papa are on the run from Nazi soldiers. Because they are Jewish, they are in danger of being arrested and put in prison. Lillian's father is blind and it seems no one is willing to help them--until they meet Otto Weidt. Mr. Weidt runs a factory that makes brushes for the Nazi army, and his secret is that he employs blind Jewish workers. Lillian soon learns that Otto Weidt is determined to keep her, Papa, and all the Jewish workers safe. But will he be able to?"--Back cover.
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By Kacer, Kathyc2006., Juvenile, Second Story Press Call No: B SCHWALB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Holocaust remembrance book for young readers.Summary Note: Presents the true story of Edith Schwalb, a young Jewish girl who was forced to abandon her home, assume a new identity, and hide from the Nazis during World War II.
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2016., Pre-adolescent, Second Story Press Call No: E DUP Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Irene and her family live together on Nipissing First Nation, until the day a government agent comes to their door to take Irene and two of her brothers away to live at a residential school, very far from home. Irene's parents don't want to send their children away, but they are given no choice. Irene's mother hugs her close and tells her "Never forget who you are!"
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[2016]., Juvenile, Second Story Press Call No: NL E DUP Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A picture book based on a true story about a young First Nations girl who was sent to a residential school. When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school she is confused, frightened, and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from despite the efforts of the nuns to force her to do otherwise. Based on the life of Jenny Kay Dupuis' own grandmother, I Am Not a Number brings a terrible part of Canada's history to light in a way that children can learn from and relate to"--
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2016., Juvenile, Second Story Press Call No: LS E Dupeis Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Forced to attend a residential school, Irene Couchie struggles to remember who she is and the ways of her people, despite the abuse she endures.
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[2016]., Juvenile, Second Story Press Call No: 371.82 DUP Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A picture book based on a true story about a young First Nations girl who was sent to a residential school. When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school she is confused, frightened, and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from despite the efforts of the nuns to force her to do otherwise. Based on the life of Jenny Kay Dupuis' own grandmother, I Am Not a Number brings a terrible part of Canada's history to light in a way that children can learn from and relate to"--
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[2014], Pre-adolescent, Second Story Press Call No: 940.53 18 0922 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of Werner Reich as a young boy when he met a magician while in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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By Kacer, Kathy2019., Juvenile, Annick Press Call No: FIC KACER Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Heroes quartetSummary Note: A historical fiction book about childhood of the internationally famous mime Marcel Marceau. To escape the encroaching Nazi army, siblings Henry and Helen are shuttled to a French convent where their mother promises to return and retrieve them, but until she does, they must assume new identities. Henry, traumatized, goes silent. It's only when he meets a local mime that he learns to find his voice again and help he and his sister heal.
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2017., Juvenile, Annick Press Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: In 1936, Anna and her family are Jewish citizens living in Krakow, Poland. As conditions worsen for people of the Jewish faith around them, Anna begs her father to flee the country, but he struggles to leave behind his position as a clarinetist with the local orchestra. And an audition for a new orchestra in Palestine might be Anna and her family's ticket to a better and safer life.
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[2017], Adolescent, Second Story Press Call No: 345.4 KAC Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Recounts the true story of nineteen-year-old Jordana Leibowitz, who witnessed the trial of Oskar Groening, known as the bookkeeper of Auschwitz, a man charged with being complicit in the death of hundreds of thousands of Jews.
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[2017]., Adolescent, Second Story Press Call No: HOLOCAUST NF KAC Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Nineteen-year-old Jordana Lebowitz describes her experience at the war criminal trial of Oskar Gröning, who worked at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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[2017]., Adolescent, Second Story Press Call No: 345.43 KAC Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Nineteen-year-old Jordana Lebowitz describes her experience at the war criminal trial of Oskar Gröning, who worked at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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[2017]., Juvenile, Second Story Press Call No: 341.69 Kac Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Nineteen-year-old Jordana Lebowitz traveled to Europe to attend the trial of Oskar Goening, a former Nazi known as the "bookkeeper" at Auschwitz. As Jordana witnesses this trial against an accused war criminal who was complacent in the deaths of more than 300,000 Jews, she is overcome by the unimaginable cruelty so many, including her grandparents, faced during the Holocaust.
