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The zookeeper's wife

Contains an account about Jan and Antonina Zabinski, Polish Christians and zookeepers, who were responsible for saving over three hundred people from Nazi racism during World War II. They worked out a plan to conceal Resistance activists and refugee Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto by hiding them in animal cages and bringing animals into their house.
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Irena's children

Tells the story of Irena Sendler, a courageous Polish woman who saved 2,500 Jewish children in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.
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The story of World War II hero Irena Sendler

"The story of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker who helped rescue nearly 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II"--Provided by publisher.
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Love in a time of hate

the story of Magda and Andr?e Trocm?e and the village that said no to the Nazis
2017
Tells the story of Magda and Andr?e Trocm?e, who led the efforts in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, to hide over three thousand Jewish children and adults who were fleeing the Nazis during World War II.
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Number the stars

2011
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
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Jars of hope

how one woman helped save 2,500 children during the Holocaust
2016
"Tells Irena Sendler's story of saving 2,500 children during the Holocaust"--Provided by publisher.
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Defiance

1993
Tells the true story of partisans led by Tuvia Bielski, operating out of the forests of Western Belorussia, helped to save the lives of over 1,000 Jews during World War II.

Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

2017
Looks at seven Jewish children who escaped the Nazis on a rescue operation called the Kindertransport.

Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

Looks at seven Jewish children who escaped the Nazis on a rescue operation called the Kindertransport.

Defying the Nazis

the Sharp's war
Official companion to the Ken Burns film premiering September 20, 2016, on PBS tells the little-known story of the Sharps, an otherwise ordinary couple whose faith and commitment to social justice inspired them to undertake dangerous rescue and relief missions across war-torn Europe, saving the lives of countless refugees, political dissidents, and Jews on the eve of World War II.

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