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The storyteller of Auschwitz / by Curham, Siobhan,(DLC)nb 99135427author.(CARDINAL)352725;
"Stumbling through the terrifying wrought iron gates of Auschwitz, Jewish author Etty Weil longs for her apartment overlooking the Seine, where she used to laugh with friends, her shelves full of records and her beloved typewriter by the wide window. Now she looks on in horror as a young girl, Danielle, is ruthlessly torn apart from her sobbing mother. Etty has always longed for the warm embrace of family: and trapped inside the maze of barbed wire, she takes fourteen-year-old Danielle under her wing and soon comes to cherish her like a sister. Every evening, Etty tells Danielle stories, building a beautiful world of imagination and hope for Danielle to escape into. Soon, Etty realises that the other women in their cramped hut are listening too. She encourages them to share their lives, to talk about their darling children running around clutching their favorite toys, the love affairs they once had and the beloved family they've already lost. Etty must survive this terrible place: if only to keep her promise to these brave women that their stories will not be forgotten. But the more hope Etty gives Danielle, the more chances the young girl begins to take with her life, rebelling against the brutal SS guards and forcing Etty to protect her. And one day, Danielle goes too far."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Nazi concentration camps; Women Nazi concentration camp inmates;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The zone of interest / by Amis, Martin.(CARDINAL)352536;
"From one of England's most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel that provides a searing portrait of life-and, shockingly, love-in a concentration camp. Once upon a time there was a king, and the king commissioned his favorite wizard to create a magic mirror. This mirror didn't show you your reflection. It showed you your soul-it showed you who you really were. The wizard couldn't look at it without turning away. The king couldn't look at it. The courtiers couldn't look at it. A chestful of treasure was offered to anyone who could look at it for sixty seconds without turning away. And no one could. The Zone of Interest is a love story with a violently unromantic setting. Can love survive the mirror? Can we even meet each other's eye, after we have seen who we really are? In a novel powered by both wit and pathos, Martin Amis excavates the depths and contradictions of the human soul"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Internment camp inmates; Nazi concentration camp inmates; Young women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The zone of interest : a novel / by Amis, Martin,author.(CARDINAL)352536;
The Zone of Interest -- To Business -- Grey Snow -- Brown Snow -- Dead And Alive -- Walpurgis Night -- Aftermath -- Acknowledgments and Afterword: "That Which Happened""From one of England's most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel that provides a searing portrait of life-and, shockingly, love-in a concentration camp. Once upon a time there was a king, and the king commissioned his favorite wizard to create a magic mirror. This mirror didn't show you your reflection. It showed you your soul-it showed you who you really were. The wizard couldn't look at it without turning away. The king couldn't look at it. The courtiers couldn't look at it. A chestful of treasure was offered to anyone who could look at it for sixty seconds without turning away. And no one could. The Zone of Interest is a love story with a violently unromantic setting. Can love survive the mirror? Can we even meet each other's eye, after we have seen who we really are? In a novel powered by both wit and pathos, Martin Amis excavates the depths and contradictions of the human soul."--
Subjects: Survival fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Historical fiction.; Romance fiction.; Novels.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Nazi concentration camp inmates; Internment camp inmates; Young women;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 15
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The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz : a story of survival / by Sebba, Anne,author.(CARDINAL)510607;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-377) and index.Introduction: The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz -- We did not feel pain anymore -- Making good music for the SS -- Something beautiful to listen to -- You will be saved -- The orchestra means life -- She gave us hope and courage -- I felt the sun on my face -- Here you are not going to play -- I have never seen anything like this -- Someone three quarters destroyed by her experience -- Epilogue: If we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices.Moving and powerful, this is a vivid portrait of the women who came together to form an orchestra in order to survive the horrors of Auschwitz. New York Times bestselling author of Les Parisiennes and That Woman: A Life of Wallis Simpson now examines how a disparate band of young girls struggled to overcome differences and little musical knowledge to please the often-sadistic Nazi overseers. In 1943, German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra be formed among the female prisoners. Almost fifty women and girls from eleven nations were drafted into a band that would play in all weathers marching music to other inmates, forced laborers who left each morning and returned, exhausted and often broken, at the end of the day. While still living amid the harshest of circumstances, with little more than a bowl of soup to eat, they were also made to give weekly concerts for Nazi officers, and individual members were sometimes summoned to give solo performances. For almost all of the musicians chosen to take part, being in the orchestra saved their lives. But at what cost? What role could music play in a death camp? What was the effect on those women who owed their survival to their participation in a Nazi propaganda project? And how did it feel to be forced to provide solace to the perpetrators of a genocide that claimed the lives of their family and friends? In The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, award-winning historian Anne Sebba traces these tangled questions of deep moral complexity with sensitivity and care. From Alma Rosé, the orchestra's main conductor, niece of Gustav Mahler and a formidable pre-war celebrity violinist, to Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, its teenage cellist and last surviving member, Sebba draws on meticulous archival research and exclusive first-hand accounts to tell the full and astonishing story of the orchestra, its members, and the response of other prisoners for the first time.
Subjects: Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Internment camp inmates as musicians.; Women Nazi concentration camp inmates.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 23
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A promise to my sister / by Rutledge, S. E.,author.;
"At the imposing iron gates of Auschwitz, twenty-one-year-old Hodaya clings to her mama and papa, her little sister Bayla's arms around her waist. But when Hodaya is sent one way and her parents the other, a plea to keep her sister safe is the last thing in her mother's eyes. Hodaya makes a silent promise in return. But Auschwitz is no place for a little girl, and keeping Bayla safe takes every ounce of Hodaya's strength. She hates watching the spark in her little sister's eyes dull, and as she hands over her daily rations of watery soup and stale bread to keep Bayla fed, she feels herself weakening by the second. But she vows to find a way out, even if it means sacrificing the young woman she once was. Admiring the bravery of other prisoners' revolts and imagining a world in which she joins in, Hodaya battles between her determination to save Bayla and mounting despair. But in the end, it's the most unlikely person who reminds her to dare to hope: Alaric, a German soldier. As desperate hunger closes in, Alaric draws a parcel of warm food from a satchel and offers it to Hodaya--his expression guarded, blue eyes troubled, but his hand steady. But can Hodaya trust a stranger, particularly a German? And as sickness takes hold of Bayla, is it already too late to keep her promise to keep Bayla safe--or will the last ounce of hope in her heart lead to an escape from the darkest of places?"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Sisters; Women Nazi concentration camp inmates; Nazi concentration camps; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Cilka's journey / by Morris, Heather(Screenwriter),author.(CARDINAL)677873;
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Subjects: Fiction.; Historical fiction.; Birkenau (Concentration camp); Ex-internment camp inmates; Ex-Nazi concentration camp inmates; Women prisoners;
Available copies: 82 / Total copies: 92
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Cilka's journey : a novel / by Morris, Heather(Screenwriter),author.(CARDINAL)677873;
Her beauty saved her life and condemned her. Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, in 1942. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly given, equals survival. After liberation, Cilka is charged as a collaborator for sleeping with the enemy and sent to Siberia. But what choice did she have? And where did the lines of morality lie for Cilka, who was sent to Auschwitz when still a child? In a Siberian prison camp, Cilka faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, including the unwanted attention of the guards. But when she makes an impression on a woman doctor, Cilka is taken under her wing. Cilka begins to tend to the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under brutal conditions. Cilka finds endless resources within herself as she daily confronts death and faces terror. And when she nurses a man called Ivan, Cilka finds that despite everything that has happened to her, there is room in her heart for love.--Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Historical fiction.; Birkenau (Concentration camp); Ex-internment camp inmates; Ex-Nazi concentration camp inmates; Women prisoners;
Available copies: 20 / Total copies: 22
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The zone of interest : a novel / by Amis, Martin,author.(CARDINAL)352536;
"From one of England's most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel that provides a searing portrait of life-and, shockingly, love-in a concentration camp. Once upon a time there was a king, and the king commissioned his favorite wizard to create a magic mirror. This mirror didn't show you your reflection. It showed you your soul-it showed you who you really were. The wizard couldn't look at it without turning away. The king couldn't look at it. The courtiers couldn't look at it. A chestful of treasure was offered to anyone who could look at it for sixty seconds without turning away. And no one could. The Zone of Interest is a love story with a violently unromantic setting. Can love survive the mirror? Can we even meet each other's eye, after we have seen who we really are? In a novel powered by both wit and pathos, Martin Amis excavates the depths and contradictions of the human soul"--
Subjects: Novels.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Nazi concentration camp inmates; Young women; Détenus de camp de concentration nazi; Jeunes femmes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The midwife of Auschwitz / by Stuart, Anna,author.(CARDINAL)861847;
"Ana Kaminski is pushed through the iron gates of Auschwitz beside her frightened young friend Ester Pasternak. As they reach the front of the line, Ana steps forward and quietly declares herself a midwife--and Ester her assistant. Their arms are tattooed and they're ordered to the maternity hut. Holding an innocent new-born baby, Ana knows the fate of so many are in her hands, and vows to do everything she can to save them. When two guards in their chilling SS uniforms march in and snatch a blond-haired baby from its mother it's almost too much for Ana to bear. Consoling the distraught woman, Ana realises amidst the terrible heartache there is a glimmer of hope. The guards are taking the healthiest babies and placing them with German families, so they will survive. And there are whispers the war is nearly over... Ana and Ester begin to secretly tattoo little ones with their mother's numbers, praying one day they might be reunited. Then, early one morning, Ana notices the small bump under Ester's thin striped clothing..."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Nazi concentration camps; Internment camps; Women internment camp inmates; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Midwives;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 8
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Cilka's journey [large print] / by Morris, Heather(Screenwriter),author.(CARDINAL)677873; Matthews, Owen,writer of afterword.(CARDINAL)558434;
Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in 1942, where the commandant immediately notices how beautiful she is. Forcibly separated from the other women prisoners, Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly taken, equals survival. When the war is over and the camp is liberated, freedom is not granted to Cilka: She is charged as a collaborator for sleeping with the enemy and sent to a Siberian prison camp. But did she really have a choice? And where do the lines of morality lie for Cilka, who was sent to Auschwitz when she was still a child? In Siberia, Cilka faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, including the unwanted attention of the guards. But when she meets a kind female doctor, Cilka is taken under her wing and begins to tend to the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under brutal conditions. Confronting death and terror daily, Cilka discovers a strength she never knew she had. And when she begins to tentatively form bonds and relationships in this harsh, new reality, Cilka finds that despite everything that has happened to her, there is room in her heart for love.
Subjects: Large print books.; Historical fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Birkenau (Concentration camp); Women prisoners; Jews; Rape victims; Ex-internment camp inmates; Ex-Nazi concentration camp inmates; Women healers;
Available copies: 40 / Total copies: 45
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