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Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Drawing on veteran interviews and archival research, an account of the lesser-known contributions of the German-born Jewish-American soldiers known as the Ritchie Boys describes how they risked their lives to join major combat units and gather crucial intelligence from German POWs.
Author
Publisher
Belknap
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Whether they came from Sioux Falls or the Bronx, over half a million Jews entered the U.S. armed forces during the Second World War. Uprooted from their working- and middle-class neighborhoods, they joined every branch of the military and saw action on all fronts. Deborah Dash Moore offers an unprecedented view of the struggles these GI Jews faced, having to battle not only the enemy but also the prejudices of their fellow soldiers. Through memoirs,...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
This documentary presents the story of the bravery of Jewish underground fighters and partisans who fought in the forests of Poland, Lithuania and Belorussia between 1941 and 1945. This group memoir told by 11 men and women now in their 70's and 80's who detail their battle first for survival then for revenge.
Publisher
Ergo Media Inc
Pub. Date
1986
Language
עברית
Description
Using testimony of eyewitnesses and recently discovered footage, this documentary explores the many ways in which Jews resisted the Nazis. The voices of those who survived the horrors of the Holocaust tell the stories of Jewish resistance in Europe before and during World War II, from participation in national partisan movements to individual acts of bravery and sacrifice, such as the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
As a young adult in wartime Vienna, Georg Rauch helped his mother hide dozens of Jews from the Gestapo behind false walls in their top-floor apartment and arrange for their safe transport out of the country. His family was among the few who worked underground to resist Nazi rule. Then came the day he was drafted into Hitler's army and shipped out to fight on the Eastern front as part of the German infantry, in spite of his having confessed his own...
11) No surrender: a father, a son, and an extraordinary act of heroism that continues to live on today
Author
Language
English
Description
"Part contemporary detective story, part World War II historical narrative, No Surrender is the inspiring true story of Roddie Edmonds, a Knoxville-born enlistee who risked his life during the treacherous final days of World War II to save others from murderous Nazis, and the lasting effects his actions had on thousands of lives--then and now"--
"In the tradition of #1 New York Times bestsellers like Unbroken, Boys on the Boat, Band of Brothers,...
Language
English
Formats
Description
During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerilla soldiers, led by Lt. Aldo Raine, become known as "The Basterds." They are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish woman who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. A plot is set in motion to kill the Nazis at the theater's movie premier, including Adolph...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of Roddie Edmonds, a Knoxville-born enlistee who risked his life during the treacherous final days of World War II to save hundreds of American prisoners of war, many of them Jewish, from murderous Nazis and the effect his actions had on thousands of lives.
"The epic true story of Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds, an American hero who risked his life in the final days of World War II to save others—now in a thrilling young readers’...
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