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2019., Adult, Atria Books Call No: Fic Cor Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "BERLIN, 1939. The dreams that Amanda Sternberg and her husband, Julius, had for their daughters are shattered when the Nazis descend on Berlin, burning down their beloved family bookshop and sending Julius to a concentration camp. Desperate to save her children, Amanda flees toward the south of France, where the widow of an old friend of her husband's has agreed to take her in. Along the way, a refugee ship headed for Cuba offers another chance at escape and there, at the dock, Amanda is forced to make an impossible choice that will haunt her for the rest of her life. Once in Haute-Vienne, her brief respite is interrupted by the arrival of Nazi forces, and Amanda finds herself in a labor camp where she must once again make a heroic sacrifice. NEW YORK, 2015. Eighty-year-old Elise Duval receives a call from a woman bearing messages from a time and country that she forced herself to forget. A French Catholic who arrived in New York after World War II, Elise is shocked to discover that the letters were from her mother, written in German during the war. Despite Elise's best efforts to stave off her past, seven decades of secrets begin to unravel. Based on true events, The Daughter's Tale chronicles one of the most harrowing atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis during the war. Heart breaking and immersive, it is a beautifully crafted family saga of love, survival, and redemption,"--Amazon.
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-- Les voies du destin2014., Adult, Entertainment One Films Canada Inc. Call No: DVD Fic Railway M Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Eric Lomax is a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering from the psychological trauma, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Lomax returns to the scene of his torture and manages to track down his captor from the prison camp in an attempt to let go of a lifetime of bitterness and hate. Based on a true story.
![The railway man [DVD] (2014). Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky](/Library/images/~imageCT81713.JPG "The railway man [DVD] (2014). Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky")
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1998., Vintage International Call No: Fic Sch c.2 Edition: 1st Vintage International ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
