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Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto. With incredible luck, perseverance and grit, Leyson was able to survive the sadism of the Nazis, including that of the demonic Amon Goeth, commandant of Plaszow, the concentration camp outside Krakow. Ultimately, it was the generosity and cunning of one man, a man named Oskar Schindler, who saved Leon Leyson's...
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The story of a Catholic war profiteer, Oskar Schindler, who risked his life and went bankrupt in order to save more than 1,000 Jews from certain death in concentration camps. He employed Jews in his crockery factory manufacturing goods for the German army. At the same time he tries to stay solvent with the help of a Jewish accountant and negotiates business with a vicious Nazi commandant who enjoys shooting Jews as target practice from the balcony...
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A mature novel that is a fictionalized treatment of the life of the German industrialist who saved the lives of many Jews during World War II. Schindler's List is a remarkable work of fiction based on the true story of German industrialist and war profiteer, Oskar Schindler, who, confronted with the horror of the extermination camps, gambled his life and fortune to rescue 1,300 Jews from the gas chambers. Working with the actual testimony of Schindler's...
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The incredible true story follows the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. It is the triumph of one man who made a difference and the drama of those who survived one of the darkest chapters in human history because of what he did.
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"The astonishing true story of a girl who survived the Holocaust thanks to Oskar Schindler, of Schindler's List fame. Rena Finder was only eleven when the Nazis forced her and her family -- along with all the other Jewish families -- into the ghetto in Krakow, Poland. Rena worked as a slave laborer with scarcely any food and watched as friends and family were sent away. Then Rena and her mother ended up working for Oskar Schindler, a German businessman...
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Grass Roots Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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Oskar Schindler is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or adult basic education students. Oskar Schindler (1908-1974) risked his life to protect the lives of the Jewish people who worked for him during the reign of Hitler....
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
[2020]
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Español
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l era Oskar Schindler. Un empresario alemán, miembro del partido nazi, que con osadía e ingenio, se covirtió en un héroe en medio del horror de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En este gran hito de la tieratura sobre el Holocausto. Thomas Keneally recrea magistralmente sus peligrosas proezas y cómo utilizó su fortuna para comprar una fábrica cerca de un campo de concentración y asi salvar la vida de más de 1300 judíos.
A fictionalized treatment...
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Pen & Sword Military
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Nazi Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939 and five days later Krakow fell. Hans Frank's General Government then subjected the Polish and Jews to four and a half years of terror. The story begins with the plundering of the city's treasures, the relocation of the people and the first arrests and executions. The Jews were soon confined to Podgorze Ghetto, where they were forced to work in factories such as Oskar Schindler's. The terror increased...
17) Schindler's ark
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Hodder and Stoughton
Pub. Date
[1982]
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English
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Based on the life of Oskar Schindler.
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Prószyński i S-ka
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2014.
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Polish
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Prawdziwa historia chłopca cudem ocalałego z Holocaustu.Nawet w najbardziej mrocznych czasach-- a może zwłaszcza wtedy-- jest miejsce dla siły woli i odwagi.Leon Leyson (właśc. Lejb Lejzon) miał tylko dziesięć lat, gdy naziści najechali na Polskę, i musiał wraz z rodziną przenieść się do krakowskiego getta. Dzięki nieprawdopodobnemu szczęściu, a także hartowi ducha i sprytowi, udało mu się przetrwać sadystyczne praktyki nazistów,...
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