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Herz-Sommer, Alice 1903- Holocaust survivors England London Biography Holocaust survivors Israel Biography Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Czechoslovakia Personal narratives Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence Jewish children in the Holocaust Jewish musicians Czechoslovakia Biography Pianists Biography Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) Women pianists BiographyLeibovits, Sara
Summary: "This is the powerful true story of Sara Leibovits and the incredible pain and hardships she went through during her time in the death camp. Yet despite the horrors she faced, she always tried to maintain her family's values of courage, faith, and kindness to others. In this compelling memoir, Sara's story is intertwined with that of her daughter, Eti. Seventy years after the horrors of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One More Chapter 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 LEIStoessinger, Caroline.
Summary: Collects life lessons by a Holocaust survivor and concert pianist, sharing the wisdom she has gleaned and insights into her resolve to thrive in spite of loss and her choice to harbor no bitterness toward her oppressors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 HERZ-SOMMER, ALICE STOAppelfeld, Aron.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 892.436 APPLaʼu, Y. M. (Yiśraʼel Meʼir)
Summary: Israel Meir Lau, one of the youngest survivors of Buchenwald, was just eight years old when the camp was liberated in 1945. Descended from a 1,000-year unbroken chain of rabbis, he grew up to become Chief Rabbi of Israel--and like many of the great rabbis, Lau is a master storyteller. Out of the Depths is his harrowing, miraculous, and inspiring account of life in one of the Nazis' deadliest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Publishing 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 LAUMuller, Melissa
Summary: Chronicles the life of the oldest living Holocaust survivor, a classically trained pianist who used her love of music to provide hope to her fellow sufferers at the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2012