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The zookeeper's wife

a war story
2008
Documents the true story of Warsaw Zoo keepers and resistance activists Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who in the aftermath of Germany's invasion of Poland saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish citizens by smuggling them into empty cages and their home villa.

Winter in the morning

a young girl's life in the Warsaw ghetto and beyond, 1939-1945
1986

Milkweed

a novel
2010
A street child, known to himself only as Stopthief, finds community when he is taken in by a band of orphans in Warsaw ghetto which helps him weather the horrors of the Nazi regime.

Yossel, April 19, 1943

a story of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising
2003
Presents a graphic novel that tells the story of a fifteen year old boy and his family living in the ghetto's of Warsaw, Poland during the Nazi occupation of World War II.

The Pianist

the extraordinary true story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945
2003

Resistance

the Warsaw Ghetto uprising
1994
A survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto tells the story of the uprising when Nazi troops came to move the Jews to Treblinka and Auschwitz.

A Cup of tears

a diary of the Warsaw Ghetto
1988
On November 16, 1940, the Nazis sealed off a large section of central Warsaw and created the Jewish Ghetto for Polish Jews. Over 400,000 people were sealed off from the outside world and forced to live under terrible conditions which included a severe shortage of food. Among them was a 47-year-old Jewish teacher who kept a record of events. Part of Abraham Lewin's diary, covering the period from April 1942 to January 1943, was found hidden in a milk churn after the war and published. This book is that partial diary.

Liliana's journal

Warsaw 1939-1945
1980
An autobiographical journal written in 1946. Descibes her struggle to survive during World War II in the Jewish Warsaw Ghetto.

The bravest battle

the twenty-eight days of the Warsaw ghetto uprising
1976
An account of the twenty-eight day battle in 1943 between the poorly armed Jews of the Warsaw ghetto and the Nazi forces equipped with artillery, tanks, flamethrowers and airplanes.

Milkweed

a novel
2005
Follows a young Jewish orphan in the Warsaw ghetto during World War Two as he slowly understands the horrible reality that surrounds him and attempts to steal in order to help others survive.

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