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Irma Grese - The Holocaust: The Incredible Life Of Irma Grese And The Holocaust: The Intriguing Life And History Of The Blonde Beast - Paperback

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by Wilbur Chindler (Author)The Incredible Life Of Irma Grese And The Holocaust: The Intriguing Life And History Of The Blonde Beast The two World Wars were standing testimony of man's willingness to degenerate into cannibalistic beings; any attempt to justify a war is a useless one, if only because we cannot account for the millions of innocent people who lose their lives in the process. It isn't just the soldiers who die; from political prisoners to the innocent women and children who are no...

Victims and Survivors of Nazi Human Experiments: Science and Suffering in the Holocaust - Paperback

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by Paul Weindling (Author)While the coerced human experiments are notorious among all the atrocities under National Socialism, they have been marginalised by mainstream historians. This book seeks to remedy the marginalisation, and to place the experiments in the context of the broad history of National Socialism and the Holocaust. Paul Weindling bases this study on the reconstruction of a victim group through individual victims' life histories, and by weaving the victims' experiences collect...

We Never Lost Hope: A Holocaust Memoir and Love Story - Paperback

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by Martin Gilbert (Foreword by), Naomi Litvin (Author)We Never Lost Hope by Naomi Litvin is a powerful and haunting memoir and love story about her family's lives before, during, and after the Holocaust. Told in five indelible voices, the book gives a you-are-there punch and a moving immediacy. Litvin recreates her parents' incredible love story of a Holocaust survivor and an American Jewish GI who landed at Normandy. This book reminds readers that genocide can happen anywhere but that the st...

Holocaust: The Incredible Story of One Man's Will to Survive the Holocaust (A Holocaust Story of Survival and Resilience) - Paperback

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by Sheryl Cross (Author)This holocaust memoir began with an album of photographs, one of the few family possessions that survived wwii. After his mother's death the album passed on to paul davidovits, who became keenly aware that he was now the only person alive who recognized the people in the photographs, remembered how they were interconnected, knew about their journey through life.Davidovits now tells the stories of the inhabitants of this lost world, guiding us through his own childhood....

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by Unknown (Author)I haven't written for a few days, because I wanted first of all to think about my diary. It's an odd idea for someone like me to keep a diary; not only because I have never never done so before, but because it seems to me that neither I- nor for that matter anyone else- will be interested in the unbosoming of a thirteen -year -old schoolgirl. Still, what does that matter? I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my...

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by Anne Frank (Author)The period of World War II, especially with reference to the German invasions and persecutions of the Jews by the Nazi is one of the darkest periods in the course of humanity. This journal of a teenage girl who along with her family was forced into hiding and had to go through a series of tragedies and total disruption of their everyday lives, brings to light the tortures that people had to go through owing to tyranny of the leaders. The book offers an innocent account o...

50 MORE Black Inventors...Not Recognized: Unsung Heroes Creative Inventions World Changers. - Paperback

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by Puddy Phatt Publishing (Author)How many black inventors do you know?These are some of the unsung heroes throughout history that have changed the world. Whether in technology, medicine or science. These Inventors have paved the way for exploration and progression for the human race. Inventors like: HENRIETTA BRADBERRY ALFRED J BEARD SOLOMON HARPER DAVID A FISHER... Find the answers to WHO invented the lawn mower? WHO invented the hair curlers? WHO invented the urinalysis machine? Use your ...

We Only Know Men: The Rescue of Jews in France During the Holocaust - Paperback

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by Patrick Henry (Author)Patrick Henry, working with more than one thousand unpublished autobiographical pages written by key rescuers and with documents, letters, and interviews never before available, reconsiders the Holocaust rescue of Jews on the plateau of Vivarais-Lignon between the years 1939 and 1944. Henry carefully examines the general research of the last quarter century on rescue in that area of France, illuminating in detail the strengths and weaknesses of Philip Hallie's groundb...

Sarinka: A Sephardic Holocaust Journey: From Yugoslavia To An Internment Camp in America - Paperback

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by F. Linda Cohen (Author)Sarinka is an evocative family memoir detailing the rarely heard Sephardic Jewish experience during the Shoah. What began as a daughter's hunger to faithfully recount as a family heirloom her parents' unique story of great love and great loss at the hands of the Nazis is now a gift to us all. With fastidious attention to detail and to history, Linda Cohen immerses us in the twists, turns, terrors and daily miracles of her hastily wed parents' harrowing flight from th...

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by Dalia Ofer (Editor), Lenore J. Weitzman (Editor)As Jews throughout Europe faced Nazi persecution, Jewish women-wives, daughters, mothers-encountered special problems and had particular vulnerabilities. This is the first book of original scholarship devoted to women in the Holocaust. Testimonies of Holocaust survivors and chapters by eminent historians, sociologists, and literary experts shed light on women's lives in the ghettos, the Jewish resistance movement, and the concentration camps....

The Holocaust: The Fate of the European Jewry, 1932-1945 - Paperback

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by Leni Yahil (Author), Ina Friedman (Translator), Haya Galai (Translator)When The Holocaust first appeared in Israel in 1987, it was hailed as the finest, most authoritative history of Hitler's war on the Jews ever published. Representing twenty years of research and reflection, Leni Yahil's book won the Shazar Prize, one of Israel's highest awards for historical work. Now available in English, The Holocaust offers a sweeping look at the Final Solution, covering not only Nazi policies, but a...

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by Anne Frank (Author)Anne Frank and her family lived a peaceful life in Frankfurt, Germany but they had to escape to Amsterdam with fellow Jews and go into hiding, as the Nazis took over Europe. Anne who received the Diary as a birthday present started writing on June 12 1942, about the turbulence she and her family had to go through, living in hiding. Anne has written the Diary from a teenager's perspective who manages to remain a cheerful girl who loved to talk and observe even under the o...

A Further 101 Black Inventors and their Inventions - Paperback

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by Joy James (Author)Following on from earlier books in this series, come and meet a further 101 of the world's greatest Black inventors ranging from superb scientists to incredible innovators to exciting entrepreneurs who have changed the face of technology and design! A Further 101 Black Inventors and Their Inventions introduces you to even more groundbreaking historical and modern-day Black inventors. This beautifully illustrated book will take you on a journey to discover the lives of the...

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by Jon E. Lewis (Author)The testament to a tragedy. Voices from The Holocaust follows the whole history of the 'Shoah' from Hitler's rise to power to the Nuremburg trials, but of course the exterminations and death camps of 'The Final Solution' take centre stage. It tells the story from the perspective of the people who were there, and were witnesses - on both sides - of the horror. While some of the eye-witnesses are well-known, such as Anne Frank, Primo Levi and Heinrich Himmler, the book i...

Three African- American Classics: Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Paperback

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by Frederick Douglass (Author), Booker T. Washington (Author), W. E. B. Du Bois (Author)Three African-American Classics: Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, are all contained in this anthology volume edition. Up From Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his personal ethnic and national experiences in working to rise from the position of a slave during the Civil War in the historical United States, to the diff...

St. Patrick's Day Word Search Book For Adults: Easy to Hard Levels Saint Patricks Day Stress Relieving 76 Word Find Activity Book with Solutions Of th - Paperback

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by Candida Schamberger Publishing (Author)♥ ST PATRICKS DAY WORD SEARCH BOOK FOR ADULTS ♥This awesome St. Patrick's day word search is the perfect gift for Adults! Enjoy hours of relaxing and engaging word search to give your brain a good workout.BOOK FEATURES: 70 fun and engaging word search More than 700 words to find Great size - 8.5 x 11 inches Different St. Patrick's day word search easy and hard level Crisp white paper so colors look even more wonderful Numbered pages All Answers inclu...

Remembering the Holocaust in a Racial State: Holocaust Memory in South Africa from Apartheid to Democracy (1948-1994) - Hardcover

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by Roni Mikel-Arieli (Author)The lens of apartheid-era Jewish commemorations of the Holocaust in South Africa reveals the fascinating transformation of a diasporic community. Through the prism of Holocaust memory, this book examines South African Jewry and its ambivalent position as a minority within the privileged white minority. Grounded in research in over a dozen archives, the book provides a rich empirical account of the centrality of Holocaust memorialization to the community's ongoing ...

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by Anne Frank (Author)I haven't written for a few days, because I wanted first of all to think about my diary. It's an odd idea for someone like me to keep a diary; not only because have never done so before, but because it seems to me that neither 1 - nor for that matter anyone else - will be interested in the unbosoming of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. Still, what does that matter? I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my hear...

Challenging Easter Activity Book: The Complete Easter Workbook Game For Kids - Paperback

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by L'Brightside Easter Drawings (Author)Challenging Easter Activity Book For KidsA funny Activity Coloring Book & Workbook for kids and teens, 24 easy and medium Soduko puzzles, 24 Easter word search puzzles, 24 coloring pages with Easter eggs and mandala, Fun simple mazes with bunnies, Dot to Dot pages, Challenging "find 5 differences" pages, as well as the solutions of the puzzles and mazes to help children correct their answers if needed, perfect as a gift for any child in your life. Y...

St. Patrick`s Day Coloring & Activity Book for Kids, Teens & Adults - Paperback

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by Kiddo Life (Author)★Feeling lucky?! Unleash your creativity with this unique St. Patrick s Day Coloring & Activity Book for Kids, Teens & Adults!★This St. Patrick s Day Coloring & Activity Book is the perfect way to celebrate St. Patrick s Day. It contains 78 pages of different activities, such as coloring pages, puzzle and word search. These activities will provide hours of fun, stress relief, creativity, and relaxation.Get this Book for your loved ones!This book features: -78...

My Butt Hurts! What? Easter Activity Book: Coloring Word Search Sudoko Maze - Paperback

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by Easter Coloring Books (Author)8 1/2" x 11" paperback book with perfect binding. 68 pages with 3 different types of activities, includes Easter egg mandala coloring pages, Easter themed word search pages and Easter bunny mazes, and Sudoko number search.The first page serves as a greeting card with a space for name of recipient, name of giver and date. What a great option to a standard greeting card that is usable and won't get thrown out as fast!There are 24 suduko, 24 word search, 24 mazes...

St. Patrick's Day Puzzle Book: Includes Fun Facts About Ireland & Irish Blessings With Word Search, Scramble, Missing Vowels, Crosswords & Sudoku - Paperback

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by Robert Locke (Author)Why not buy an original gift for your Irish friends and relatives on St. Patrick's Day? If you are tired of St. Patrick's Day puzzle books with just a shamrock on the cover, try our book which contains fun facts about Ireland together with a great range of puzzles.Some of the puzzles and games include Irish names and places. We have also added some Irish blessings and sayings. Here are the puzzles we have included: - Crosswords Word Scramble Word Search Cryptograms Mis...

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by Anne Frank (Author)The diary as Anne Frank wrote it. At last, in a new translation, this definitive edition contains entries about Anne's burgeoning sexuality and confrontations with her mother that were cut from previous editions. Anne Frank's "The Diary of a Young Girl" is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century. Since its publication in 1947, it has been a beloved and deeply admired monument to the indestructible nature of the human spirit, read by millions of people ...

Ramadan Word Search Puzzles: 100 Large Print Word Find Puzzle Games With Solutions: Islamic-Themed Ramadan Activity Book For Adults & Kids - Paperback

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by Marhaba Publishing (Author)Ramadan Word Search PuzzlesA word search puzzle is a word game that consists of words placed in a rectangular or square grid. The objective is to seek and find all the words hidden inside the box. A list of the hidden words is provided. The words may be marked horizontally, vertically, diagonally, forwards or backwards.Features: 100 fun word search puzzle games with solutions Puzzles with Islamic theme and vocabulary 1 large-print easy-to-read puzzle per page 1...

Holocaust Saviors: True Stories Of Rescuers That Saved Holocaust Refugees - Paperback

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by Raymond Jennings (Author)Candles In The Dark: The Holocaust Saviors and Their Stories When we hear the word "holocaust", we immediately remember the dark days, the blood, the people, and the pain that no words can express. This huge event, so daunting as it can be, left a mark in the lives of the people who have experienced it and even those who have only heard of it.The Nazis, not only brought destruction, but they brought an unforgettable scar amongst the human race. At those times, the ...

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by Anne Frank (Author)I haven't written for a few days because I wanted first of all to think about my diary It's an odd idea for someone like me to keep a diary; not only because I have never done so before, but because it seems to me that neither I nor for that matter anyone else- will be interested in the unbosoming of a thirteen- year-old schoolgirl. Still what does that matter? I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart."...

The Legendary Women of World History Activity Book: Volume 1 - Paperback

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by Laurel A. Rockefeller (Author)Travel around the world and across time in this puzzle and activity book based on the first ten books in the Legendary Women of World History Series: Ancient Heroines: Boudicca, Britain's Queen of the Iceni, Hypatia of Alexandria, and Cleopatra VII.Medieval Queens: Empress Wu Zetian, Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd, and Empress Matilda of England.Renaissance Queens: Catherine de Valois, Mary Queen of the Scots, and Queen Elizabeth Tudor.Plus Margaret of Wessex and bo...

Before and After the First Earth Day, 1970: a history of environmentalism, its success, failures, errors, and why climate change is the wrong issue fo - Paperback

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by David M. Guion (Author)When you think of Earth Day, do you know that -the first Earth Day (April 22, 1970) was not the beginning of the environmental movement? -the landmark legislation of the 1970s was not the beginning of environmental law? -today's most important environmental laws were enacted with a Republican President and Democrats Congress? -the Environmental Protection Agency was at first the most popular agency in the federal government? -favoring new environmental laws was polit...

Tailor Made for Life - A Story of Survival During the Nazi Holocaust - Hardcover

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by Jack Zaifman (Author)This is the extraordinary story of a young boy's faith & courage, and how his skill as a tailor, helped him survive the Nazi death camps of Auschwitz & Dachau. Number of Pages: 122 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: March 25, 2010

She Persisted: Kamala Harris - Paperback

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by Raakhee Mirchandani (Author), Chelsea Clinton (Author), Alexandra Boiger (Illustrator)Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds--including Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris! Kamala Harris always wanted to help people and solve problems. Even as a young girl, she helped her community create changes that would impact all their lives for the better....

Claiming My Place: Coming of Age in the Shadow of the Holocaust - Paperback

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by Planaria Price (Author), Helen Reichmann West (Author)A Junior Library Guild selectionClaiming My Place is the true story of a young Jewish woman who survived the Holocaust by escaping to Nazi Germany and hiding in plain sight.Meet Barbara Reichmann, once known as Gucia Gomolinska: smart, determined, independent, and steadfast in the face of injustice. A Jew growing up in predominantly Catholic Poland during the 1920s and '30s, Gucia studies hard, makes friends, falls in love, and dreams o...

Homeless by Choice: A Memoir of Love, Hate, and Forgiveness - Paperback

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by Roy Juarez Jr (Author)At the age of 14 years old, Roy found himself homeless due to domestic violence. He moved from house to house to survive. With only a duffle bag to call home, he was at the mercy of the streets. After navigating his way to college, Roy swore to never return to that life again. However, one dream would change it all.This riveting memoir journeys through Roy's decision to live homeless once again, but this time, Homeless by Choice, with a mission to inspire youth to nev...