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Families Fiction Frank, Jacob approximately 1726-1791 Fiction Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland) Fiction Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Poland Warsaw Fiction Jewish messianic movements Europe History 18th century Fiction Korczak, Janusz 1878-1942 Fiction Poland History 18th century Fiction Poland History Occupation, 1939-1945 Fiction World War, 1939-1945 Poland Fiction World War, 1939-1945 Poland Warsaw FictionShepard, Jim
Summary: "Aron, [a child living in World War II Poland], is an engaging if peculiar and unhappy young boy whose family is driven by the German onslaught from the Polish countryside into Warsaw and slowly battered by deprivation, disease, and persecution ... When his family is finally stripped away from him, Aron is rescued by Janusz Korczak, a doctor renowned throughout prewar Europe as an advocate of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred. A. Knopf 2015
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Summary: Set during World War II in Poland, a novel based on real-life heroes follows Elzbieta Rabinek over the course of the war, her involvement with the Resistance, and her love for a young man imprisoned in the Jewish ghetto whose passion leads him to fight inthe Warsaw Uprising.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graydon House 2021
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Summary: "International bestselling author Mario Escobar captures the strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of kindness in this moving novel based on the true story of a brave Polish teacher who cared for hundreds of orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Muse, an imprint of Harper Collins Focus LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction EscobarTokarczuk, Olga
Summary: "In the mid-eighteenth century, as new ideas-and a new unrest-begin to sweep the Continent, a young Jew of mysterious origins arrives in a village in Poland. Before long, he has changed not only his name but his persona; visited by what seem to be ecstatic experiences, Jacob Frank casts a charismatic spell that attracts an increasingly fervent following. In the decade to come, Frank will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022