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• The Light After the War

  a Novel

  Abriel, Anita,

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  Two Jewish girls who escaped a train headed to Auschwitz to hide on an Austrian farm embark on a quest for a better life that takes them to Naples, New York and Caracas.

• To the Edge of Sorrow

  Apelfeld, Aharon,

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  A group of brave Jewish partisans escapes from a ghetto and establishes a hiding place in the Ukrainian forest to survive World War II, sabotage German forces and rescue Jewish prisoners from trains heading toward concentration camps.

• The Atomic City Girls

  Beard, Janet,

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  A novel inspired by the stories of everyday women who contributed to the Manhattan Project during World War II follows the experiences of 18-year-old June, who, in 1944, travels to a city that does not officially exist to work alongside…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Only Woman in the Room

  Benedict, Marie,

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  A beautiful woman escapes her Austrian arms-dealer husband to become Hollywood legend Hedy Lamarr while hiding a secret double life as a Jewish scientist and sharing vital information about the Third Reich.

• Cesare

  a Novel of War-torn Berlin

  Charyn, Jerome,

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  Adopted by the German military intelligence chief whose life he saved, a young naval sub-cadet secretly helps the Jewish underground in Berlin before the woman he loves is captured and sent to Auschwitz.

• The Last Train to London

  a Novel

  Clayton, Meg Waite,

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  A tale inspired by the Kindertransports of World War II finds a Jewish teen's life shattered by the Nazi takeover before he joins a member of the Dutch resistance in a life-risking effort to escape Germany.

• Everyone Brave Is Forgiven

  Cleave, Chris,

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  Shocking her blueblood political family by volunteering for the war effort in 1939 London, socialite Mary teaches evacuated and marginalized children and bonds with her employer, Tom, before their romance is challenged by a painful love…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The German Girl

  a Novel

  Correa, Armando Lucas, 1959-

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  Stripped of her family's privileges by the Nazi party in 1939 Berlin, Hannah Rosenthal forges a pact that she will remain true to her best friend, Leo, before embarking on a refugee ship bound for Havana, where rumors of a deadly plot…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hannah's War

  a Novel

  Eliasberg, Jan,

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  As a female scientist works to develop the first atomic bomb during World War II, a young military investigator is determined to uncover her secret past.

• House on Endless Waters

  a Novel

  Elon, Emunah,

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  A writer embarks on a transformative journey in Amsterdam, where he discovers the shocking truth about his mother’s wartime experience—unearthing a remarkable story that becomes the subject of his magnum opus.

• Children of the Stars

  a Novel

  Escobar, Mario, 1971-

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  Captured in the Jewish raids of 1942 Paris, brothers Jacob and Moses Stein flee the Velodromo de Invierno and seek refuge in a French community before embarking on a dangerous escape to Argentina.

• The World That We Knew

  Hoffman, Alice,

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  Sent away to 1941 Paris when Berlin becomes too dangerous for Jewish families, a young girl bonds with her protective mystical golem; while her friend, a rabbi's daughter, rises to become a defender of their people.

• We Were the Lucky Ones

  Hunter, Georgia, 1978-

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  A novel based on the true story of a Jewish-Polish family recounts how the Kurcs are scattered throughout the world by the horrors of World War II and fight respective hardships to survive, reach safety and find each other.

• The Whispers of War

  Kelly, Julia, 1986-

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  Three friends struggle between their loyalties to England and each other when one of them is threatened with internment by the British government for her German heritage during World War II.

• Code Name Hélène

  a Novel

  Lawhon, Ariel,

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  A novel based on the real-life story of socialite-spy Nancy Wake features the astonishing woman who killed a Nazi with her bare hands and went on to become one of the most decorated women in WWII.

• How We Disappeared

  a Novel

  Lee, Jing-Jing, 1985-

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  Six decades after a Japanese woman is forced into sexual slavery during World War II, a 12-year-old boy's effort to investigate his ailing grandmother's mumbled confession triggers a fateful chain of events.

• The Book of Harlan

  McFadden, Bernice L.,

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  In WWII, two African American musicians are captured by the Nazis in Paris and imprisoned at the Buchenwald concentration camp.

• The Shadow King

  a Novel

  Mengiste, Maaza,

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  Tending the wounded when her nation is invaded by Mussolini, an orphaned servant in 1935 Ethiopia helps disguise a gentle peasant as their exiled emperor to rally her fellow women in the fight against fascism.

• The Yellow Bird Sings

  Rosner, Jennifer,

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  A mother who goes into hiding when Nazis begin arresting Jewish citizens in Poland considers an impossible choice while struggling to keep her 5-year-old daughter, a musical prodigy, from being overheard.

• Abigail

  Szabó, Magda, 1917-2007,

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  Fourteen-year-old Gina, the spoiled daughter of a Hungarian general, rails against being sent to boarding school far from Budapest when war breaks out, but finds help in a statue of Abigail and her new "sisters.".