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"The astonishing true story of a girl who survived the Holocaust thanks to Oskar Schindler, of Schindler's List fame. Rena Finder was only eleven when the Nazis forced her and her family -- along with all the other Jewish families -- into the ghetto in Krakow, Poland. Rena worked as a slave laborer with scarcely any food and watched as friends and family were sent away. Then Rena and her mother ended up working for Oskar Schindler, a German businessman...
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An instant hit in the UK, this is the true account of a German shepherd who was adopted by the Royal Air Force during World War II, joined in flight missions, and survived everything from crash-landings to parachute bailouts-ultimately saving the life of his owner and dearest friend. In the winter of 1939 in the cold snow of no-man's-land, two loners met and began an extraordinary journey that would turn them into lifelong friends. One was an orphaned...
1514) Calm at sea
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Résumé: "Le 21 octobre 1941, trois militants des jeunesses communistes abattent un officier allemand dans le centre de Nantes. En représailles, Hitler exige aussitôt l'exécution de cent cinquante otages français. À Paris, le général Otto von Stülpnagel tente de négocier le nombre des exécutions et demande à l'officier Ernst Jünger, par ailleurs écrivain, de noter le cours des événements. À Châteaubriant, en Loire-Atlantique, le...
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In early 1945, Dorothy and 800 African American WACs arrive at their post in England where they are tasked with processing mail sent to GIs from their loved ones back home, an estimated 17 million pieces, and with their outlooks changed forever, return to the U.S. as the catalysts for change in America.
1518) Dogs of war
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Three fictional stories, told in graphic novel format, about soldiers in World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War who were aided by combat dogs. Based on true stories.
1520) Come out fighting
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Set in WWII, a squad of U.S. African American soldiers is sent on a rescue mission behind enemy lines to locate their lost commanding officer and a downed fighter pilot.
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