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occupation, 1939-1945

The Devil's Arithmetic

2005
Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland.
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Malka

2003
In the winter of 1943, a Polish physician and her older daughter make a dangerous and arduous trek to Hungary while seven-year-old Malka, who they were forced to leave behind when she became ill, fends for herself in a ghetto.

Shadow of the wall

1990
Living with his mother and two sisters in the Warsaw Ghetto, Misha is befriended by the director of the orphanage, Dr. Korczak, and finds a purpose to his life when he joins a resistance organization.

The man from the other side

1991
Living on the outskirts of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II, fourteen-year-old Marek and his grandparents shelter a Jewish man in the days before the Jewish uprising.

Escape from Warsaw

1990
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.

Between two evils

the World War II memoir of a girl in occupied Warsaw and a Nazi labor camp
2009
This vividly written memoir describes the author's experiences as a young girl growing up in an atmosphere of uncertainty and fear during and after World War II, when her family's hometown was seized and occupied during the Nazi invasion of Poland.

On the other side of the gate

a novel
1975
Relates the experiences of a young Jewish couple when they are confined to a ghetto during the German occupation of Poland in World War II.

Malka

2002
In the winter of 1943, a Polish physician and her older daughter make a dangerous and arduous trek to Hungary while seven-year-old Malka, who they were forced to leave behind when she became ill, fends for herself in a ghetto.

The painted bird

1995
A young boy, abandoned by his parents during World War II, wanders alone from one village to another in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe.

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