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Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, 3 million three hundred thousand Jews lived in Poland By 1945 only 300,000 survived. Of the survivors, approximately 80% escaped the Holocaust as a result of Stalin’s deportation deep into the Soviet Union. This film tells the story of seven deportees, who in 1940 were sent to Gulag labor camps.. In 1940, a year before the Nazis started deporting Jews to death camps, Joseph Stalin ordered the deportation...
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With his provocative question, why is the killing of a million a lesser crime than the killing of an individual? Raphael Lemkin changed the course of history. An extraordinary testament to one man's perseverance, the Sundance award-winning film Watchers of the Sky examines the life and legacy of the Polish-Jewish lawyer and linguist who coined the term genocide. Before Lemkin, the notion of accountability for war crimes was virtually non-existent....
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"Leah and Dexter are brother and sister. They don't always get along. In fact, there are times they can be downright mean to each other. The ooey, gooey jelly donuts in this story are a testament to the power of kindness, caring and generosity. Find out if Leah and Dexter will ever learn to get along!"--Page 4 of cover.
5) Testament
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"Ludzkie życie składa się z licznych wyborów, które podejmujemy każdego dnia. Wszystkie wiążą się z określonymi konsekwencjami i wpływają nie tylko na nasz los, ale także na losy innych osób. Sięgnij po książkę pod tytułem 'Testament', którą napisał John Grisham, i przekonaj się, jak wiele może się wydarzyć z powodu jednej decyzji! Śmierć Troya Phelana oznaczała dla jego byłych żon nadzieję na przypływ majątku,...
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A powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman₂s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.
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"A memoir of a life in the antiquarian book trade, A Factotum in the Book Trade is a journey between the shelves--and then behind the counter, into the overstuffed basement, and up the spine-stacked attic stairs of your favourite neighbourhood bookshop. From his childhood in rural Ontario, where at the village jumble sale he bought poetry volumes for their pebbled-leather covers alone, to his all-but-accidental entrance into the trade in London and...
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"Often overlooked in accounts of World War II is the Soviet Union's quiet yet brutal campaign against Polish citizens, a campaign that included, we now know, war crimes for which the Soviet and Russian governments have only recently admitted culpability. Standing in the shadow of the Holocaust, this episode of European history is often overlooked. Wesley Adamczyk's memoir, When God Looked the Other Way, now gives voice to the hundreds of thousands...
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"Maria po latach tułaczki i niebezpieczeństw wreszcie wraca do domu i wiedzie spokojny żywot u boku ukochanego męża, Michała. Szczęście nie trwa jednak długo, gdyż wkrótce zostaje uprowadzona, sprzedana jako niewolnica i wywieziona na wschód. Kupuje ją na swój dwór księżna Anna. Niewolnica szybko zyskuje zaufanie swej pani i staje się jej powiernicą. Niestety życie Anny znajduje się wkrótce w ogromnym niebezpieczeństwie. Zmuszona...
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With his provocative question, "why is the killing of a million a lesser crime than the killing of an individual?" Raphael Lemkin changed the course of history. An extraordinary testament to one man's perseverance, the Sundance award-winning film Watchers of the Sky examines the life and legacy of the Polish-Jewish lawyer and linguist who coined the term genocide.
19) Testament
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serial z Joanną Chyłką volume 7
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"Znany warszawski ginekolog niespodziewanie otrzymuje ogromny spadek od jednej ze swoich pacjentek, choć przyjął ja w gabinecie tylko raz. W skład masy spadkowej wchodzi zapuszczona nieruchomość, która lata temu po reprywatyzacji stała się własnością kobiety. Kiedy lekarz jedzie na miejsce, czeka go kolejne zaskoczenie - odnajduje zwłoki w stanie zaawansowanego rozkładu, a niedługo potem ginekologiem intersuje się policja, gotowa aresztować...
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