Brenner, Michael
Summary: "In 1935, Adolf Hitler declared Munich the "Capital of the Movement." It was here that he developed his anti-Semitic beliefs and founded the Nazi party. Though Hitler's immediate milieu during the 1910s and 1920s has received ample attention, this book argues that the Munich of this period is worthy of study in its own right and that the changes the city underwent between 1918 and 1923 are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943 BREKane, Andrea
Summary: Lauren Pennington is celebrating her junior year abroad when life comes to a screeching halt. At Munich's Hofbrühaus, she engages in an innocent flirtation with a charming stranger for the length of a drink. Drink finished, Lauren leaves--only to be snatched from the streets and thrown into an unmarked van. In a globe-spanning chase, from the beer halls of Germany, to the tech gardens of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bonnie Meadow Publishing LLC 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KANFeuchtwanger, E. J.
Summary: "An eminent historian recounts the Nazi rise to power from his unique perspective as a young Jewish boy in Munich, living with Adolf Hitler as his neighbor. Watching events unfold from his window, Edgar bore witness to the Night of the Long Knives, the Anschluss, and Kristallnacht. Jews were arrested; his father was imprisoned at Dachau. In 1939 Edgar was sent on his own to England, where he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FEUCHTWANGER, E.J. FEUKing, David
Summary: The true story of the monumental criminal proceeding that followed when Hitler and nine other suspects were charged with high treason. Reporters from as far away as Argentina and Australia flocked to Munich for the sensational four-week spectacle. By its end, Hitler would transform the fiasco of the beer hall putsch into a stunning victory for the fledgling Nazi Party. It was this trial that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345 KINKerr, Philip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomson/Gale 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KERHarris, Robert
Summary: Guy Legat is a rising star of the British diplomatic service, serving in 10 Downing Street as a private secretary to the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain. Rikard von Holz is on the staff of the German Foreign Office--and secretly a member of the anti-Hitler resistance. The two men were friends at Oxford in the 1920s, but have not been in contact since. Now, when Guy flies with Chamberlain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HARHarris, Tessa.
Summary: "Munich 1930. Lilli Sternberg longs to be a ballet dancer. But outside the sanctuary of the theatre, her beloved city is in chaos and Munich is no longer a place for dreams. The Nazi party are gaining in popularity and the threats to those who deviate from the party line are increasing. Jewish families are being targeted and their businesses raided, even her father's shop was torched. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HQ, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Harris 2021Kellerman, Faye.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time Warner AudioBooks 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD M KELHaydn, Joseph
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Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL HAYSummary: Join tour guide Samantha Brown as she shows some of the exciting places, popular area landmarks, and exotic locales most tourists never see. Includes Bavaria, Germany, Vienna, Austria, St. Moritz, Switzerland, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery Channel 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.04 PASSummary: This is the shocking and incredibly true story of the brutal massacre of 11 Israeli athletes by a team of extreme Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. From terrorist training in Libya to the terrorists sneaking into the Olympic Village to the tension-filled negotiations to the shocking conclusion at a German airport. Told with actual video shot during the crisis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ONEHarris, Robert
Summary: September 1938. Hitler is determined to start a war. Chamberlain is desperate to preserve the peace.The issue is to be decided in a city that will forever afterwards be notorious for what takes place there. Munich. As Chamberlain's plane judders over the Channel and the Fuhrer's train steams relentlessly south from Berlin, two young men travel with secrets of their own. Hugh Legat is one of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARSummary: In the wake of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre of Israeli athletes, five lethal experts are assembled by the Israeli intelligence agency to execute eleven known terrorists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Platinum Disc 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Sword 2003Sasek, M. (Miroslav)
Summary: Presents a pictorial tour of Munich, looking at the city's famous buildings, landmarks, museums, art galleries, festivities, food, and drinks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universe 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 914.3364 SASSummary: Hitler’s abortive “putsch” in Munich
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1923
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Kerr, Philip.
Summary: Bernie Gunther, the tough, fast-talking noirish detective takes on far more than he'd bargained for, and he soon finds himself on the run, facing enemise on every side. Because in a defeated and divided Germany, it's hard to know friends from enemies, the one from the other.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KERCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KERSummary: It's the 1972 Olympics and PLO terrorists have just kidnapped and murdered 11 Israeli athletes. After the tragic incident is over and several of the terrorists have gone free, the Israeli government of Golda Meir recruits Avner to lead a team of undercover agents to hunt down those responsible throughout Europe, and eliminate them one-by-one. It is physically and emotionally messy work, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MUNCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MUNCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MUN RATED RSummary: "In Munich in 1972, eight renowned filmmakers each brought their singular artistry to the spectacle of the Olympic Games, capturing the joy and pain of competition and the kinetic thrill of bodies in motion for an aesthetically adventurous sports film unlike any other. Made to document the Olympic Summer Games--an event that was ultimately overshadowed by the tragedy of a terrorist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC VISSummary: Take a grand tour of Europe. Get a real feel for the new people Rick Steves meets. Receive a true understanding of treasured local customs, and above all, explore the unfamiliar, discover the unusual, and marvel at the fabled and wonderful places you will visit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Questar, Inc. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.3 GERBaur, Joe
Summary: Describes points of interest in each region of the country, providing recommendations on restaurants, hotels, shopping, entertainment, and historic sites.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of Internet Brands, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL EUROPE- GERMANYSummary: This program covers how to greet friends, introduce oneself to strangers, talk about where one comes from, and say what languages one speaks. Settings include a Munich art gallery featuring contemporary art, a renowned violin-making school in the ancient town of Mittenwald, and Munich's annual arts and music festival. In addition, a whirlwind tour of Germany reveals the country's regional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Merridale, Catherine
Summary: A meticulously researched account of Lenin's fateful rail journey across Europe to Petrograd, where he ignited the Russian revolution and forever changed the world. In the early spring of 1917, as the First World War stretched on and Tsar Nicholas II's abdication sent shock waves across Europe, the future leader of the Bolshevik revolution, Vladimir Lenin, was far away, exiled in Zurich. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.084 MERContents: Narhalla-marsch -- Freut euch des Lebens -- Wir kommen alle in den Himmel -- Humba tatara -- Am 30, Mai ist der Weltuntergang -- Wer Soll das bezahlen -- Das kannst du hicht ahnen -- Heute blau und Morgen blau -- Der schonste Platz ist immer an der Theke -- Jetzt trink'n ma noch a Flascherl Wein -- Heidewitzka Herr Kapitan -- So ein Tag so wunderschon wie heute -- Wenn das so Weitergeht -- Wir...
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Publisher / Publication Date: L.D.M.I. 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN ALLSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010