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    World War II

    Cover of Living Through World War II
    Non­fic­tion
    Liv­ing Through World War II
    Andrew Langley
    Cover of The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey
    Chil­dren’s
    The Jour­ney That Saved Curi­ous George: The True Wartime Escape of Mar­gret and H.A. Rey
    Louise Borden; Allan Drummond, illus.
    Cover of Soldiers and Slaves: American POWS Trapped by the Nazis' Final Gamble
    Non­fic­tion
    Sol­diers and Slaves: Amer­i­can POWS Trapped by the Nazis’ Final Gamble
    Roger Cohen
    Cover of An Uncommon Journey: From Vienna to Shanghai to America--A Brother and Sister Escape to Freedom During World War II
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    An Uncom­mon Jour­ney: From Vien­na to Shang­hai to Amer­i­ca – A Broth­er and Sis­ter Escape to Free­dom Dur­ing World War II
    Deborah Strobin and Ilie Wacs, with S.J. Hodges
    Cover of Villa Air-Bel: World War II, Escape, and a House in Marseille
    Non­fic­tion
    Vil­la Air-Bel: World War II, Escape, and a House in Marseille
    Rosemary Sullivan
    Cover of Wolf Trapped: The Life and Death of a Young Artist in Hitler's Europe
    Non­fic­tion
    Wolf Trapped: The Life and Death of a Young Artist in Hitler’s Europe
    Robert Follett as told by Peter Natan
    Cover of The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
    Non­fic­tion
    The Lib­er­a­tor: One World War II Sol­dier’s 500-Day Odyssey from the Beach­es of Sici­ly to the Gates of Dachau
    Alex Kershaw
    Cover of Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization
    Non­fic­tion
    Human Smoke: The Begin­nings of World War II, the End of Civilization
    Nicholson Baker
    Cover of The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945
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    The End: The Defi­ance and Destruc­tion of Hitler’s Ger­many, 1944 – 1945
    Ian Kershaw
    Cover of Lili Marlene: The Soldiers' Song of World War II
    Non­fic­tion
    Lili Mar­lene: The Sol­diers’ Song of World War II
    Liel Leibovitz and Matthew Miller
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    Chil­dren’s
    I Will Come Back For You: A Fam­i­ly in Hid­ing Dur­ing World War II
    Marisabina Russo
    Cover of A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of World War II
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    A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Miss­ing Agents of World War II
    Sarah Helm
    Cover of An American in Hitler's Berlin: Abraham Plotkin's Diary, 1932–33
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    An Amer­i­can in Hitler’s Berlin: Abra­ham Plotk­in’s Diary, 1932 – 33
    Catherine Collomp and Bruno Groppo, eds. and intro.
    Cover of The Jews of Bialystok During World War II and the Holocaust
    Non­fic­tion
    The Jews of Bia­lystok Dur­ing World War II and the Holocaust
    Sara Bender
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    We Are On Our Own
    Miri­am Katin
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