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2014., General, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Book T Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Based on the beloved best-selling book comes an 'extremely moving' (Leonard Maltin, Indiewire) story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. Although Liesel (Sophie Nelisse) is adopted by a German couple (Oscar Winner Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson). Although she arrives illiterate, Liesel is encouraged to learn to read by her adoptive father. When the couple then takes in Max (Ben Schnetzer), a Jew hiding from Hitler's army, Liesel befriends him. Ultimately, words and imagination provide the friends with an escape from the events unfolding around them in this extraordinary, acclaimed film directed by Brian Percival (Downton Abbey)."--Container.
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2005., Adult, Warner Independent Pictures : Made available through hoopla Instantly available on hoopla. Cover image Summary Note: Based on the critically-acclaimed novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, "Everything is Illuminated" tells the story of a young man's quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather in a small Ukrainian town that was wiped off the map by the Nazi invasion. What starts out as a journey to piece together one family's story under absurd circumstances turns into a meaningful journey with a powerful series of revelations -- the importance of remembrance, the perilous nature of secrets, the legacy of the Holocaust, and the meaning of friendship.
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2005, p2006., Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Everything Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A young American man journeys to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in a Ukrainian village, that was ultimately razed by the Nazis, with the help of a local who speaks weirdly broken English.
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2020., Adult, 108, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic JojoR Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.
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2017., Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Zookeeper's Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Zabinska and her husband, Dr. Jan Zabinski, have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When the Germans invade their country, they are forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck. To fight back on their own terms, Antonina and Jan covertly begin working with the Resistance.