personal narratives

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Prisoner of war

six years in Hanoi
1975
John McGrath, a Navy pilot who was held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi from 1967 to 1973, chronicles the experiences he had in the prison camps.

When heaven and earth changed places

a Vietnamese woman's journey from war to peace
1990
A memoir of Le Ly Hayslip in which she recalls her experiences during the Vietnam War as a young spy for the Viet Cong, and tells of her return to her country and family twenty years after escaping to America.

A soldier's promise

the heroic true story of an American soldier and an Iraqi boy
2006
The true story of First Sergeant Daniel Hendrex, who, along with his unit, Dragon Company, helped to save a young Iraqi boy from certain death after the boy revealed valuable information concerning insurgents to the army.

The hiding place

1974
The memoirs of a Dutch woman who was sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp during World War II as a result of her activities in the anti-Nazi underground.

I didn't say goodbye

1984
Contains interviews with 28 French men and women who lost one or both parents in the Holocaust.

Daily life during the Holocaust

1998
Draws from journals, diaries, photographs, poetry, and personal testimonies of Holocaust victims, as well as documents of the Nazi regime, to provide information about the day-to-day lives of Jews and others who were persecuted by the Nazis.

Shoah

an oral history of the Holocaust : the complete text of the film
1985
On t.p.: The complete text of the film. Presents an oral history of the Holocaust.

Rescued images

memories of a childhood in hiding
2001
Jacobsen's memoir focusing on the series of families that helped to hide her family from the Nazis during the Holocaust. The illustrations are collages that include the author's family photos taken during her childhood.

Japanese-American internment in American history

1996
Includes personal accounts to describe the period in American history when Japanese Americans were detained in internment camps; also, discusses the issues and controversy surrounding the decision.

We remember the Holocaust

1995
Discusses the events of the Holocaust and includes personal accounts from survivors of their experiences of the persecution and the death camps.

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