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A biography of the chemist whose work with radium laid the foundation for much of today's scientific knowledge.

A young Jewish boy escapes the ghetto and finds a group of resistance fighters in the forests of Poland, and he must determine if he has what it takes to survive the Nazis and fight back.

An account of Julian Kulski's experiences from the ages of ten to sixteen in Poland during World War II. Chronicles Kulski's life in occupied Warsaw and his experiences as a child soldier in the Polish Army and as an activist in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. Includes links to additional online resources and a list of discussion questions.

Presents a short biography on the life and career of Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and provides information on her discovery of the element radium that helped to unlock the mysteries of the atom.

A translation of the account, first published in 1946, of three former prisoners' experiences in Auschwitz; includes a glossary of Auschwitz terminology.

Details the efforts of people who risked their own lives to save thousands of Jews and others from Nazi persecution.

Following the harrowing ritual of selection for death or hard labor, a group of new inmates unsure of their appointed fates begins asking how God could allow for so much suffering. Impulsively, the men decide to put God on trial for abandoning His chosen people. Amid the outside sounds of prisoners being marched to the gas chamber, the trial unfolds. They group address the question: How can there be evil in a universe ruled by an all-powerful, benevolent God?.

He offered his life in place of another man condemned to death and in so doing became a martyr to the truth.