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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
"In 1943 Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, teenage Hanneke--a 'finder' of black market goods--is tasked with finding a Jewish girl a customer had been hiding, who has seemingly vanished into thin air, and is pulled into a web of resistance activities and secrets as she attempts to solve the mystery and save the missing girl"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"1942. As war rips through the heart of Holland, childhood friends Josie van Rees and Eliese Linden partner with a few daring citizens to rescue Eliese's son and hundreds of other Jewish children who await deportation in a converted theater in Amsterdam. But amid their resistance work, Josie and Eliese's dangerous secrets could derail their friendship and their entire mission. When the enemy finds these women, only one will escape. Seventy-five years...
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When the Nazis invade Amsterdam, singer Johanna Vos watches in horror as the vibrant music scene she loves is all but erased, her Jewish friends forbidden from performing with her onstage. Alongside her friend Jakob, Johanna helps organize the Artists' Resistance, an underground network allowing Jews to perform at house concerts hosted by their allies. When Johanna hears of a Jewish orphan headed for deportation, she does not think twice. She takes...
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Helen Smit believed she was called by God to become a teacher. Little does she know that her care for kids will take a drastic turn for survival when the Germans occupy Amsterdam and Jewish children and parents begin to be deported. Now all she can think of is helping all the kids escape before it's too late. Erik Misman's newfound love for Helen is tested when he joins a plot to help move Jewish children to a safe place in the countryside. If danger...
5) Artifice
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
387 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Isa de Smit grew up in her parents' art gallery in Amsterdam, but in the middle of the war, she survives by selling fake paintings to the Nazis while trying to help her friend, Truus, smuggle Jewish babies to safety--but in 1943 it is hard to know who to trust.
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
enero de 2022.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Ámsterdam, 1942. En Holanda ya ondea la bandera nazi y miles de judíos aguardan el día de su deportación en lugares como el Teatro Hollandsche Shouwburg. El profesor Johan van Hulst es testigo de las condiciones en las que esperan los niños judíos, atemorizados y sin sustento, y es incapaz de quedarse impasible ante tanto sufrimiento. Para hacer frente a la tragedia, se pondrá en contacto con Henriëtte Pimentel -la directora de la guardería...
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"©msterdam, 1942. En Holanda ya ondea la bandera nazi y miles de jud©Ưos aguardan el d©Ưa de su deportaci©đn en lugares como el Teatro Hollandsche Shouwburg. El profesor Johan van Hulst es testigo de las condiciones en las que esperan los ni©łos jud©Ưos, atemorizados y sin sustento, y es incapaz de quedarse impasible ante tanto sufrimiento. Para hacer frente a la tragedia, se pondr©Ł en contacto con Henri©±tte Pimentel -la directora...
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a young girl who had to go into hiding during World War II for being different. Anne Frank's diary manages to create a truthful and timeless picture of domestic life in all its pettiness and normalcy, while never letting us forget the extraordinary threat of death that awaits the characters if they are discovered. This is the first authorized film based on actual entries of the real diary.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"At the behest of his agent, renowned author Yoel Blum reluctantly agrees to visit his birthplace of Amsterdam to meet with his Dutch publisher, despite promising his late mother that he would never return to that city. While touring the Jewish Museum with his wife, Yoel stumbles upon a looping reel of photos offering a glimpse of pre-war Dutch Jewish life, and is astonished to see the youthful face of his beloved mother staring back at him, posing...