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xv, 393 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"Describes the small group of men and women who sought out former Nazis all over the world after the Nuremberg trials, refusing to let their crimes be forgotten or allowing them to quietly live inconspicuous, normal lives."--NoveList.
3) The plateau
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358 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"During World War II, French villagers offered safe harbor to countless strangers - mostly children - as they fled for their lives. The same place offers refuge to migrants today. Why?"--
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1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The second part of the series covers events such as the railway built by the inmates and known as the SS Death Railway, the story behind the internment of an eminent band of French political figures sent to the camp, the harrowing stories and scenes discovered by American forces when liberating the camp in 1945 and the 'revenge' trials of camp officials and guards. Mixes authentic documentary film with exclusively shot location footage.
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x, 273 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"Before Germany was engulfed by Nazi dictatorship, it was a constitutional republic. And just before Dachau Concentration Camp became a site of Nazi genocide, it was a state detention center for political prisoners, subject to police authority and due process. The camp began its irrevocable transformation from one to the other following the execution of four Jewish detainees in the spring of 1933. Timothy W. Ryback's ... historical narrative focuses...
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English
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"Early in the morning of November 26, 1944, prisoners at Auschwitz heard a deafening explosion. Emerging from their barracks, they witnessed the crematoria--part of the largest killing machine in human history--come crashing down. Most assumed they had fallen victim to inmate sabotage and thousands gave a silent cheer. However, the Final Solution's most efficient murder apparatus had not been felled by Jews, but rather by the ruthless architect of...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
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English
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"The story begins with Yaffa Eliach, a spirited young girl who grows up in a vibrant, happy 800-year-old town in Poland, filled with family life and rich traditions. Yaffa's grandmother, who receives a gift of a camera from America, becomes the village photographer, and takes photos of all the family events: weddings, bar mitzvahs, and family gatherings. And on the Jewish New Year, the villagers send photos to their relatives overseas to wish them...
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