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World War II

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Prof­its and Per­se­cu­tion: Ger­man Big Busi­ness in the Nazi Econ­o­my and the Holocaust
Peter Hayes
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Chil­dren’s
Max in the Land of Lies: A Tale of World War II
Adam Gid­witz
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Blast
Claire Deya; Adriana Hunter, trans.
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Remem­ber Us: Amer­i­can Sac­ri­fice, Dutch Free­dom, and a For­ev­er Promise Forged in World War II
Robert M. Edsel
Bret Wit­ter
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Chil­dren’s
Jel­la Lep­man and Her Library of Dreams: The Woman Who Res­cued a Gen­er­a­tion of Chil­dren and Found­ed the World’s Largest Children’s Library
Katherine Paterson; Sally Deng, illus.
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Holo­caust: Ger­man His­to­ry and Our Half-Jew­ish Family
Thomas Paul Bernstein
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Chil­dren of Radi­um: A Buried Inheritance
Joe Dun­thorne
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