Heather Morris
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"From Heather Morris, the New York Times bestselling author of the multi-million copy bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey: a story of family, courage, and resilience, inspired by a true story. Against all odds, three Slovakian sisters have survived years of imprisonment in the most notorious death camp in Nazi Germany: Auschwitz. Livia, Magda, and Cibi have clung together, nearly died from starvation and overwork, and the brutal...
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Medfield Historical Fiction for Adults - Europe
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"In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer (the German word for tattooist), tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners. Imprisoned for more than two and a half years, Lale witnesses horrific atrocities and barbarism--but also incredible acts of bravery and compassion....
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Her beauty saved her - and condemned her. Cilka is just 16-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...
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"In the midst of World War II, an English musician, Norah Chambers, places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe from the Japanese army as they move down through the Pacific. Norah remains to care for her husband and elderly parents, knowing she may never see her child again. Sister Nesta James, a Welsh Australian nurse, has enlisted to tend to Allied troops. But as Singapore falls to the Japanese...
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Azbuka
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2019.
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Russian
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"Osnovannyĭ na realʹnykh sobytii︠a︡kh zhizni Li︠u︡dviga (Lale) Sokolova, roman Khezer Morris i︠a︡vli︠a︡etsi︠a︡ svidetelʹstvom chelovecheskogo dukha i sily li︠u︡bvi, sposobnoĭ rast︠s︡vetatʹ dazhe v samykh temnykh mestakh. I trudno predstavitʹ bolee temnoe mesto, chem kont︠s︡entrat︠s︡ionnyĭ lagerʹ Osvent︠s︡im/Birkenau. V 1942 godu Lale, kak i drugikh slovat︠s︡kikh evreev, otpravli︠a︡i︠u︡t v...