Eisen, Norman L.

Summary: When Eisen moved into the US ambassador's residence in Prague, he was startled to discover swastikas hidden beneath the furniture. As he unspooled the twisting, captivating tale of some of the remarkable people who had called this palace home, he began to chronicle the upheavals that transformed the continent over the past century. He introduces us to optimistic Jewish financial baron, Otto...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown, an imprint of Crown Publishing 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.71 EIS

Albright, Madeleine Korbel.

Summary: From former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright comes a moving and thoughtful memoir of her formative years in Czechoslovakia during the tumult of Nazi occupation, World War II, fascism, and the onset of the Cold War.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 943.71 ALBRIGHT, MADELEINE KORBEL ALB

Albright, Madeleine Korbel.

Summary: The former Secretary of State paints a portrait of her early life from 1937 to 1948 during which she witnessed the Nazi invasion of her native Prague, the Holocaust, the defeat of fascism, the rise of communism, and the onset of the Cold War.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 943.71 ALB

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.71 ALB

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio Albright