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W hour

By Ney, Arthur, 1930- Azrieli Foundation
c2014., Adult, The Azrieli Foundation Call No: QWF Bio N568w Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Azrieli series of Holocaust survivor memoirs.Summary Note: Arthur Ney, a twelve-year-old smuggler outside the Warsaw ghetto walls when the ghetto uprising began in the spring of 1943, fled to the countryside with false papers to work on a farm. Almost a year later, he returned to Warsaw and faced the realization that his family was gone. Under the protection of the Salesian Fathers as a Christian· boy, he struggled with loneliness, guilt, fear and indecision regarding his dual identity.· When the Warsaw Uprising began on August 1, 1944, then fourteen-year-old Arthur Ney joined the barricades and fought the Germans W Hour is the code name for the Uprising.

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Where courage lives : they call me Marie

By Myers, Muguette, 1931 Azrieli Foundation
2015., The Azrieli Foundation Call No: Bio M996w Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The Azrieli series of holocaust survivor memoirs Volume: 7Summary Note: In 1942, in the village of Champlost, France, ten-year-old Muguette Szpajzer finds solace from the war. As her mother risks living in a Paris swarming with Nazis, the mayor of Champlost rips up letters of denunciation and the priest gives Muguette a new Catholic name, Marie. Sheltered by the kindness of the townspeople, Muguette delights in her new surroundings, filling her days by learning to ride a bike, recite catechism and adapt to rural life.Written in vignettes with child-like charm and innocence, Where Courage Lives provides rich insight into life in a small village against the backdrop of the war, paying tribute to both Muguetteœs indomitable mother and the courage of the people of Champlost.