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Inside the gas chambers : eight months in the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz / by Venezia, Shlomo,1923-2012.(CARDINAL)552866; Prasquier, Béatrice.(CARDINAL)552867; Veil, Simone.(CARDINAL)725933; Pezzetti, Marcello.(CARDINAL)555639; Gentiloni, Umberto.(CARDINAL)426451; Mouttapa, Jean.(CARDINAL)361616; Brown, Andrew.(CARDINAL)684411;
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Jews; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Gas chambers;
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Inside the gas chambers : eight months in the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz / by Venezia, Shlomo,1923-2012.(CARDINAL)552866; Prasquier, Béatrice.(CARDINAL)552867; Mouttapa, Jean.(CARDINAL)361616;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-202).
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Interviews.; Venezia, Shlomo, 1923-2012; Birkenau (Concentration camp); Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Jews; Sonderkommandos; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Gas chambers;
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Tracks to freedom : the Auschwitz resistance--based on true events / by Reit, Michael,author.;
PART I: Ciechan©đw, Poland, April 1942 -- PART II: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, Poland, June 1943 -- PART III: Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, October 1943 -- PART IV: Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland,, April 1944.The only way you'll leave Auschwitz is through the chimney. The words still rang in Agnes Markx's head as she left the Judenramp and the hive of activity around the train behind. As a nurse assigned to Block 10, she realizes the stories of the horrors transpiring here weren't exaggerated. Now an unwilling accomplice in the Nazi doctors' medical experiments, she vows to save as many women under her care as possible.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945;
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Beyond the wire / by Shipman, James D.,author.(CARDINAL)416609;
"In the long, narrow undressing rooms in Auschwitz-Birkenau, prisoner Jakub Bak toils under the scrutiny of SS guards. Like other members of the Sonderkommando, Jakub was selected on arrival for an unthinkable job: sorting through the clothes of the dead and moving their bodies from the gas chambers to the crematoriums...Every morning, Anna marches miles to the union munitions factory where she works alongside other prisoners...she and a few other women have been taking the ultimate risk, smuggling trace amounts of gunpowder back in their clothing. A bold plan is brewing to revolt against the SS and liberate the camp"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Sonderkommandos; Auschwitz (Concentration camp);
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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The druggist of Auschwitz : a documentary novel / by Schlesak, Dieter,1934-(CARDINAL)727357; Hargraves, John.(CARDINAL)644106;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-374).Translation of: Capesius, der Auschwitzapotheker. The eyewitenss -- The Auschwitz dispensary -- The German obsession with racial "purity" and the German language as a cure -- It was just love of order and sense of duty -- Love in the death camp -- My God, science! -- Mussulmen, the undead of Auschwitz, and the suspension of time -- The Sonderkommando uprising -- The end. Hargraves, John"A harrowing novel about surviving in Auschwitz and the nature of evil"--
Subjects: Fiction.; Capesius, Victor, 1907-1985; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel; Internment camp inmates; Nazi concentration camp inmates; Pharmacists; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 9
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Foreign interest. [videorecording] by Agirre, Ramón,1949-actor.; Almodóvar, Agustin,film producer.; Almodóvar, Pedro,film director,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)781644; Banderas, Antonio,actor.(CARDINAL)349064; Bardem, Javier,1969-actor.(CARDINAL)346568; Blanco, Rita,1963-actor.; Ch'oe, U-sik,1990-actor.(CARDINAL)857429; Cruz, Penélope,actor.(CARDINAL)686421; Darín, Ricardo,1957-actor.; Etxeandia, Asier,1975-actor.; Farhādī, Aṣghar,1972-screenwriter,film director.; Flores, Asier,actor.; Haneke, Michael,1942-director.; Huppert, Isabelle,actor.(CARDINAL)340697; Longoria, Alvaro,film producer.; Mallet-Guy, Alexandre,film producer.; Molnár, Levente,1976-actor.; Navas, Nora,actor.; Nemes, László,1977-director,screenwriter.; Pak, So-dam,1991-actor.(CARDINAL)850580; Pong, Chun-ho,1969-film director,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)832633; Röhrig, Géza,1967-actor.; Rajna, Gábor,producer.; Rechn, Urs,1978-actor.; Riva, Emmanuèle,actor.; Royer, Clara,screenwriter.; Sbaraglia, Leonardo,actor.; Serrano, Julieta,1933-actor.; Sipos, Gábor,1977-producer.; Song, Kang-ho,1967-actor.(CARDINAL)341557; Trintignant, Jean-Louis,actor.; Vicente, César,actor.; Binge Box (Firm),publisher.;
Amour: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Ramon Agirre, Rita Blanco.Everybody Knows: Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Ricardo Darin.Pain & Glory: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, Cesar Vicente, Asier Flores, Penelope Cruz.Parasite: Kang-ho Song, Choi Woo-sik, So-dam Pak.Son of Saul: Geza Rohrig.Amour (French): Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple who have retired from teaching music. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.Everybody Knows (Spanish): Laura and her children travel from Buenos Aires to the small Spanish village where she was born to attend her sister's wedding. Unexpected events soon lead to a crisis that exposes the family's hidden past. Suspicions mount, loved ones begin to turn on one another, and dark secrets long hidden threaten to come to light, revealing shocking truths.Pain and Glory (Spanish): A renowned film director in declining health reflects on his life.Parasite (Korean): Kim Ki-teak's family are arll unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one, they gradually infiltrate the wealthy Parks' home, attempting to take over their affluent lifestyle.Son of Saul (Hungarian): In 1944, Saul Auslander, a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando- a group of Jewish prisoners isolated from Aushwitz-Birkenau and forced to assist the Nazis in the machinery of large-scale extermination- is working in one of the crematoriums and discovers the body of a boy he takes to be his son. As the Sonderkommando plans a rebellion, Saul decides to carry out an impossible task: save the child's body from the flames and find a rabbi to recite the mourner's Kaddish.DVD, wide screen.
Subjects: Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Cerebrovascular disease; Families; Families; Family secrets; Fathers and sons; Feature films; Foreign films; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Husband and wife; Kidnapping; Life change events; Love; Middle-aged men; Motion picture producers and directors; Motion pictures, Spanish.; Motion pictures; Old age; Older caregivers; Older people; Poor; Rich people; Social isolation; Spouses; Unemployed;
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Beyond the wire [large print] / by Shipman, James D.,author.(CARDINAL)416609;
"October 1944: In the long, narrow undressing rooms in Auschwitz-Birkenau, prisoner Jakub Bak toils under the scrutiny of SS guards. Like other members of the Sonderkommando, Jakub was selected on arrival for an unthinkable job: sorting through the clothes of the dead and moving their bodies from the gas chambers to the crematoriums...Every morning, Anna marches miles to the union munitions factory where she works alongside other prisoners...she and a few other women have been taking the ultimate risk, smuggling trace amounts of gunpowder back in their clothing. A bold plan is brewing to revolt against the SS and liberate the camp. Every morning, Anna marches miles to the Union Munitions Factory where she works alonside other prisoners. Even Jakub doesn't know that she and a few other women have been taking the ultimate risk. smuggling trace amounts of gunpowder back in their clothing. A bold plan is brewing to revolt against the SS and liberate the camp. Jakub, pressured to join the resistance, knows that any uprising faces impossible odds. Add to this already stark choice is another desperate reality - the risk from informers who see their only chance of survival in betraying their fellow Jews. Powerfully moving, BEYOND THE WIRE tells of the women and men who, though outnumbered and outgunned, fought to free themselves, sparking a brilliant flash of light and hope amidst the darkest evil that humans can conceive."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; Large print books.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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Beyond courage : the untold story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust / by Rappaport, Doreen,author.(CARDINAL)345257;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-221) and index.The realization : " I am a Jew and will be Jew forever". Hitler in power : Germany, 1933-1938. The turning point : Berlin Germany ; A wrenching decision : Berlin, Germany -- Saving the future : "While you have breath". Hitler's campaign for world domination. Coffee and tea : Amsterdam, the Occupied Netherlands ; No more Saras : Occupied Belgium ; The most important game : Annemasse, Occupied France ; "You do not know the extent of my courage" : Annemasse, Occupied France ; In the forests. A shtetl in the wilderness : Naliboki Forest, Occupied Poland -- In the ghettos : "Broken people". The Final Solution. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising : Occupied Poland ; "Scream the truth at the world!" : the Ringelblum Archive, Warsaw Ghetto, Occupied Poland ; A banner raised : Theresienstadt Ghetto, Occupied Czechoslovakia ; "Resist to our last breath" : Vilna Ghetto, Occupied Lithuania -- In the camps : "During the cold nights". Transit camps. The ambush : Mechelen, Occupied Belgium ; Labor camps. Three feet a day : Novogrudok Labor Camp, Occupied Belorussia ; Concentration camps. A secret celebration : Kaufering IV Labor Camp, Hurlach, Germany ; The Sonderkommando Revolt : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Occupied Poland ; Death camps. "Like thunder in the spring" : Sobibor Death Camp, Occupied Poland -- Partisan warfare : "This song was written with our blood, and not with lead". Harassing the enemy. Sabotage! : Berlin, Germany ; Phantom patriots. Long live the Resistance! : Paris, Occupied France ; The occupation of Greece. Invisible warriors : Evvia, Occupied Greece ; Young warriors. The violinist : Ovruch, Occupied Ukraine -- "I am a Jew and will be a Jew forever"."Through twenty-one meticulously researched accounts-- some chronicled in book form for the first time-- Doreen Rappaport illuminates the defiance of tens of thousands of Jews across eleven Nazi-occupied countries during World War II."--Amazon.com.1030LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Young adult literature.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
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Fighting Auschwitz : the resistance movement in the concentration camp / by Garliński, Józef,author.(CARDINAL)509531;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.The story of underground resistance among the prisoners at the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp.
Subjects: Auschwitz (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Son of Saul [videorecording] / by Melis, Laszlo,composer (expression); Molnár, Levente,actor.; Nemes, László,1977-director,screenwriter.; Röhrig, Géza,1967-actor.; Rechn, Urs,actor.;
Camera, Matyas Erdely ; production designer, Laszlo Rajk ; editor, Mattheu Taponier ; music, Laszlo Melis.Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Mendy Cahan, Todd Charmont.In 1944 Auschwitz, a Jewish prisoner working as a Sonderkommando attempts to find a rabi to arrange a proper burial for a boy he takes as his son.MPAA rating: R.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Sonderkommandos;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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