The House at Ujazdowskie 16: Jewish Families in Warsaw After the Holocaust (Auerbach Karen)(Pevná vazba)

The House at Ujazdowskie 16: Jewish Families in Warsaw After the Holocaust (Auerbach Karen)(Pevná vazba)

In a turn-of-the-century, once elegant building at 16 Ujazdowskie Avenue in the center of Warsaw, 10 Jewish families began reconstructing their lives after the Holocaust. While most surviving Polish Jews were making their homes in new countries, these families rebuilt on the rubble of the Polish

A Mortuary of Books: The Rescue of Jewish Culture After the Holocaust (Gallas Elisabeth)(Pevná vazba)

Winner, 2020 JDC-Herbert Katzki Award for Writing Based on Archival Material, given by the Jewish Book CouncilThe astonishing story of the efforts of scholars and activists to rescue Jewish cultural treasures after the Holocaust In March 1946 the American Military Government for Germany established

The August Trials: The Holocaust and Postwar Justice in Poland (Kornbluth Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

The first account of the August Trials, in which postwar Poland confronted the betrayal of Jewish citizens under Nazi rule but ended up fashioning an alibi for the past. When six years of ferocious resistance to Nazi occupation came to an end in 1945, a devastated Poland could agree with its new

The Island on Bird Street (Orlev Uri)(Paperback)

During World War II a Jewish boy is left on his own for months in a ruined house in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he must learn all the tricks of survival under constantly life-threatening

Architects of Death - The Family Who Engineered the Holocaust (Bartlett Karen)(Pevná vazba)

The story of the men who engineered and built the crematoria and gas chambers at the Nazi concentration camps during the second world war. Writer Karen Bartlett brilliantly assembles the evidence to explain how an ordinary German family firm enabled the Nazis to create the conditions for the horror

After Homicide - Victims' Families in the Criminal Justice System (Goodrum Sarah)(Pevná vazba)

Explores what the families of murder victims confront as they encounter the multiple members of the criminal justice system. Based on extensive field research, this book is a uniquely comprehensive look at how the families of victims are helped, and sometimes hindered, by the justice

Laughter After: Humor and the Holocaust (Slucki David)(Pevná vazba)

Laughter After: Humor and the Holocaust argues that humor performs political, cultural, and social functions in the wake of horror. Co-editors David Slucki, Gabriel N. Finder, and Avinoam Patt have assembled an impressive list of contributors who examine what is at stake in deploying humor in

Holocaust: The Nazis' Wartime Jewish Atrocities (Wynn Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

The Holocaust is without doubt one of the most abhorrent and despicable events not only of the Second World War, but of the twentieth century. What makes it even more staggering is that it was not perpetrated by just one individual, but by thousands of men and women who had become part of the Nazi

Golden Harvest: Events at the Periphery of the Holocaust (Gross Jan Tomasz)(Pevná vazba)

It seems at first commonplace: a group photograph of peasants at harvest time, after hard work well done, resting contentedly with their tools behind the fruits of their labor. But when one finally notices the 'crops' scattered in front of the group, what seemed innocent on first view become

Survival on the Margins: Polish Jewish Refugees in the Wartime Soviet Union (Adler Eliyana R.)(Pevná vazba)

The forgotten story of 200,000 Polish Jews who escaped the Holocaust as refugees stranded in remote corners of the USSR.Between 1940 and 1946, about 200,000 Jewish refugees from Poland lived and toiled in the harsh Soviet interior. They endured hard labor, bitter cold, and extreme deprivation. But

Iconic: Modern Australian Houses 1950-2000 (McCartney Karen)(Pevná vazba)

Iconic: Modern Australian Houses from the 50s to the 90s brings together, in a fresh new and collectible edition, the best residential projects from the previously published works 50/60/70 and 70/80/90. Completely redesigned in a new format, with revised introduction and foreword by the inimitable

White Feather (Wodehouse P.G.)(Pevná vazba)

In order to save his reputation and the honour of his house at school after he shames himself by running away from a fight between fellow pupils and toughs from the local town, a studious schoolboy takes up the study of boxing. The simple tale is given sparkle by vivid character drawing and the

Our Darkest Night: A Novel of Italy and the Second World War (Robson Jennifer)(Pevná vazba)

To survive the Holocaust, a young Jewish woman must pose as a Christian farmer's wife in this unforgettable novel from USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Robson--a story of terror, hope, love, and sacrifice, inspired by true events, that vividly evokes the most perilous days of World War II.It

Love with No Tomorrow: Tales of Romance During the Holocaust (Pierce Mindelle)(Pevná vazba)

Love at first sight. During the Holocaust. Bonds as strong as steel, forged in the flames of hate. These are extraordinary stories of love affairs during the most dangerous, degrading, and deadly conditions of genocidal persecution. The extreme lengths to which two people will go to express their

Modern Jewish Baker: Challah, Babka, Bagels & More (Sarna Shannon)(Pevná vazba)

Step-by-step instructions for the seven core doughs of Jewish baking. | | | Jewish baked goods have brought families together around the table for centuries. In Modern Jewish Baker , Sarna pays homage to those traditions while reinvigorating them with modern flavors and new ideas. One kosher dough at a

The Jews in Italy: Their Contribution to the Development and Diffusion of Jewish Heritage (Harel Yaron)(Pevná vazba)

Based on lectures given at the conference 'The Jews in Italy: Their Contribution to the Development and Diffusion of Jewish Heritage', this collection offers the reader a wide range of subjects reflecting various scholarly perspectives such as history; Christian-Jewish relations; Kabbalah;

At the Yeoman's House (Blythe Ronald)(Pevná vazba)

Hana's Suitcase - Karen Levine

In March 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education center in Tokyo, Japan from the Auschwitz museum in Germany. Fumiko Ishioka, the center's curator, was captivated by the writing on the outside that identified its owner: 'Hana Brady, May 16, 1931, Waisenkind (the German word for

Probing the Limits of Categorization: The Bystander in Holocaust History (Morina Christina)(Pevná vazba)

Of the three categories that Raul Hilberg developed in his analysis of the Holocaust--perpetrators, victims, and bystanders--it is the last that is the broadest and most difficult to pinpoint. Described by Hilberg as those who were 'once a part of this history,' bystanders present unique challenges

Curtain Up!

A behind-the-scenes tour of the magnificent Royal Opera House in London, thirty minutes before curtain up, led by Figaro the cat.It's opening night of The Nutcracker, and the performers at the Royal Opera House in London are busy getting ready to step out onto the stage. Meanwhile, Figaro - the

India Hicks: A Slice of England (Hicks India)(Pevná vazba)

The first look at designer India Hicks's house in the English countryside, as well as the houses of her childhood. A follow-up to India Hicks's New York Times bestselling book, India Hicks: Island Style, India Hicks: A Slice of England is the designer's exploration of her British heritage and how

Martin Schoeller: Survivors: Faces of Life After the Holocaust (Schoeller Martin)(Pevná vazba)

Haunting images of 75 Israeli Holocaust survivors by renowned portrait photographer Martin SchoellerMarking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on 27 January 1945, these portraits by New York-based photographer Martin Schoeller (born 1968) were photographed in cooperation with Yad

Occupation in the East: The Daily Lives of German Occupiers in Warsaw and Minsk, 1939-1944 (Lehnstaedt Stephan)(Pevná vazba)

Following their occupation by the Third Reich, Warsaw and Minsk became home to tens of thousands of Germans. In this exhaustive study, Stephan Lehnstaedt provides a nuanced, eye-opening portrait of the lives of these men and women, who constituted a surprisingly diverse population-including

Shaking Up the House (Mndez Yamile Saied)(Pevná vazba)

A friendly prank war at the White House spirals out of control in this hilarious and heartfelt middle grade written by acclaimed author Yamile Saied M ndez and perfect for fans of President of the Whole Fifth Grade and Merci Surez Changes Gears. Ingrid and Winnie L pez have lived at 1600