1939 - 1945

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1939 - 1945

War and remembrance

a novel
1980
From the Middle East, to Moscow, to Hitler's death camps, the members of the Henry family face grave danger as they fight in the Second World War.

The hiding place

1997
A classic story of God's love and human courage. When the ten Booms were betrayed, they were plunged ovrnight into a hellish maze of brutality and deprivation in the depths of Nazi Germany.

June 1941

Hitler and Stalin
2006
Offers penetrating insights and a new portrait of Hitler and Stalin, moved by their long-lasting inclinations.

Partners in hate

Noam Chomsky and the Holocaust deniers
1995
Avram Noah Chomsky, a famous linguist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is known for his left-wing politics. It the gravamen of this book, however, that these politics derive as much from the exteme right wing particularly right-wing anti-Semitism as from the rhetoric of the American Left.

Time of fear

2005
In World War II more than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes and relocate to military camps dotted across the western United States. Tells the story of the 16,000 men, women, and children who were sent to two relocation camps in southeast Arkansas - one of the poorest and most racially segregated places in America.

D-day

Reflections of courage
2004
Breathes life into the true stories of a day that defined a generation. After twenty-four hours of bloodshed and heroism on June 6th. 1944, the tide turned and a new world was born. Discover the plans, the people, the courage and the sacrifice that led to that unforgettable day.

Holocaust heroes

2005
Examine the roots of this dark period of history, and meet some of the remarkable victims - and survivors - of its atrocities. Includes two feature segments: Who betrayed Anne Frank? Uncover the last days of this teenager and her life in the "Secret Annex," and discover who disclosed the Frank family to the Nazis. Renunion: Children of La Hille - Join a group of people who survived the Holocaust by hiding in the South of France as they reconnected decades later.

Gray matter

2005
In the spring of 2002, acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger traveled to Vienna to witness the burial of the preserved brains of over 700 handicapped children. The victims had been murdered in a "euthanasia" clinic as part of the Nazi eugenics program that many consider the opening act of the Holocaust.

One Survivor Remembers

a film by Kary Antholis
2005
Through a series of interviews, photographs and footage shot in the actual locations of her memories, Gerda Weissman Klein takes us on a journey of survival through one of the most devastating events in the history of humankind.

Holocaust

thematic unit
1997
Literature-based thematic unit has three high-quality literature selections: Daniel's Story; Anne Frank; and Elie Wiesel: Voice from the Holocaust.

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