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Describes how three children of the Balicki family survived World War II and were reunited with their parents in the international children's village in Switzerland.

Tells the story of a young Polish woman who, after her entire family was killed, survived the Holocaust by using Aryan false-identity papers.

Describes the social, cultural, and economic history of Poland providing a timeline, illustrations, statistics, maps, and Web sites.

An illustrated history of Poland, tracing the evolution of Polish society, its mentality, outlook, behavior, and taste over the course of one thousand years, and highlighting those political and diplomatic events that had repercussions beyond the boundaries of the country itself.

Konrad Charmatz provides a personal account of his experiences in Poland during the Holocaust, discussing the Warsaw ghetto, the death camps, and liberation, and describing how the Holocaust was carried out not only by governments, but by individuals.

Simon, a young Polish Jew, and his family are forced by Nazis to leave their home for the filth and hunger of the Warsaw ghetto then, when his family is all taken away, he escapes to fight for survival in the countryside. Includes facts about the Holocaust.

Examines historic and recent events which have kept Poland in the news.

Text and photographs introduce the geography, history, economy, culture, and people of the country whose name means "lowland.".

Photographs and simple text introduce children to the history, people, landmarks, literature, culture, and cuisine of Poland.

An introduction to Poland, providing information on the landscape, weather and seasons, people, houses, food, and culture of the country, and including photographs and maps.