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Number the stars

2022
"Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population of Denmark, nearly seven thousand people, across the sea to Sweden."--.

The Puppy Place

Scruffy
2023
When Charles and Lizzy find Scruffy stuck in a fence at a scary old house, they aren't sure if she's lost or been abandoned. Either way, Scruffy has learned that smiling at humans always gets her what she wants. and soon so does the rest of the world. When she hits social media, Scruffy goes viral, getting her tons of attention and many possible homes. Maybe even too many!.

Harboring hope

the true story of how Henny Sinding helped Denmark's Jews escape the Nazis
2023
"The inspirational true story of how 22-year-old Henny Sinding courageously helped smuggle hundreds of Jewish families in occupied Denmark to safety in Sweden during the Holocaust"--Provided by publisher.

We had to be brave

escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport
2022
Looks at the role of the Kindertransport during World War II, a rescue effort that sent children to other countries in order to escape the Nazies.

Stars of the night

the courageous children of the Czech Kindertransport
2023
"The . . . true story of the Czech Kindertransport, which rescued 669 children from Nazi persecution on the eve of World War II"--Provided by publisher.

My survival

a girl on Schindler's list
2022
The author shares her childhood growing up in Poland through the Holocaust, and surviving thanks to Oskar Schindler.

In the garden of the righteous

the heroes who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust
2023
A collection of inspiring profiles pay tribute to the incredible deeds of the Righteous Among the Nations, little-known heroes who saved countless lives during the Holocaust.

Irena's war

2020
"September 1939: The conquering Nazis swarm through Warsaw as social worker Irena Sendler watches in dread from her apartment window. Already, the city's poor go hungry. Irena wonders how she will continue to deliver food and supplies to those who need it most, including the forbidden Jews. The answer comes unexpectedly. Dragged from her home in the night, Irena is brought before a Gestapo agent, Klaus Rein, who offers her a position running the city's soup kitchens, all to maintain the illusion of order"--Provided by publisher.

Schindler's list

2020
The story of a man who took incredible risks and spent his considerable fortune to build a factory camp to protect Jews in World War II Germany.

The unwanted

America, Auschwitz, and a village caught in between
2019
"The . . . story of a group of German Jews desperately seeking American visas to escape the Nazis, and an illuminating account of America's struggle with the refugee crisis caused by the rise of Hitler"--Provided by publisher.

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