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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Tells the true story of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat stationed in Lithuania in 1940 who risked the safety of his own family members and put his job on the line by issuing visas to as many as 10,000 Jews who were facing death at the hands of the Nazis.
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Presents a biography of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who risked his life and fortune to save over 1,200 Jews from Nazi execution, including information on how he joined the Nazi party to make money, traveled to Poland to start a new business, and ultimately used his factory as a shelter.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 7
Formats
Description
"Through twenty-one meticulously researched accounts--some chronicled in book form for the first time--Doreen Rappaport illuminates the defiance of tens of thousands of Jews across eleven Nazi-occupied countries during World War II."--Amazon.com.