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Accelerated reader Concentration camp escapes Comic books, strips, etc Counterfeiters Germany Drama Forced labor Germany History 20th century Drama Graphic format Jewish men Germany Drama Mauthausen (Concentration camp) Mauthausen (Concentration camp) Drama Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) Drama World War, 1939-1945 Counterfeit money Germany DramaSummary: Germany, 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a life of cards, booze, and women. Suddenly his luck runs dry when he is arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. He is immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp. There, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COURubio, Salva
Summary: "This is a dramatic retelling of true events in the life of Francisco Boix, a Spanish press photographer and communist who fled to France at the beginning of World War II. Through an odd turn of events, Boix finds himself the confidant of an SS officer who is documenting prisoner deaths at the camp. Boix realizes that he has a chance to prove Nazi war crimes by stealing the negatives of these...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dead Reckoning 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 RUBKulish, Nicholas.
Summary: "The compelling story of the hunt for Aribert Heim, whose decades-long flight from justice turned a mid-level SS officer and concentration camp doctor into the most wanted Nazi war criminal in the world Dr. Aribert Heim worked at the Mauthausen concentration camp for only a few months in 1941 but left a horrifying mark on the memories of survivors. According to their testimony, Heim...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.086 KULSummary: A novel is a "map of contradictions," says German-Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann-an arena of clashing viewpoints, each with its own persuasive logic. This program presents an interview with Kehlmann in which he discusses his literary goals and his search for fertile soil in the dichotomous history of Western Europe. Specific topics include personal freedom, cultural and religious tolerance,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Coloma, Cindy M.
Summary: Some mysteries won't stay buried in the past. In 1941, a young woman faced the firing squad at Mauthausen Concentration Camp with one unrevealed secret as her only comfort. Sixty years later, a family mystery unfolds as Darby Evans struggles to calm her cancer-ravaged grandmother who calls the name of "Tatianna" in her dying hours. A deathbed promise launches Darby on a journey across the world...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Livingstone Books 2012
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Yomtov, Nelson
Summary: "Experience the events that followed the Sobibor death camp prisoner's decision to escape. Readers will discover a powerful story of human courage and mankind's fierce will to live."--Publisher's website.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2017