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They were ten to eighteen years old: German girls who volunteered for the war effort, and were indoctrinated into the Nazi youth organizations, Jungmädelbund and Bund Deutcscher Mädel. At first they were schooled in a very narrow education: how to cook, clean, excel at sports, birth babies, and raise them. But when Hitler called, they were trained, militarized, and exploited for the ultimate goal of the Third Reich. From the prosperous beginnings...
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First published in 1909, Gerturde Stein's "Three Lives" is a series of novellas, three independent stories set in the fictional town of Bridgepoint. The first story, "The Good Anna", relates the tale of Anna Federner, a servant in the household of Miss Mathilda, who clashes with four unreliable under servants, Lizzie, Molly, Katy, and Sallie. The second story, "Melanctha", the longest of the three stories, tells the tale of a girl of mixed race who...
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"Leah has been living with akinetopsia, or motion blindness, since she was a child. For the last twenty years, she hasn't been able to see movement. As she walks around her upper Manhattan neighborhood with her white stick tapping in front, most people assume she's blind. But the truth is Leah sees a good deal, and with her acute senses of smell and hearing, very little escapes her notice. She has a quiet, orderly life, with little human contact beyond...
24) Ribbon Leaf
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Would you risk your life to help a friend?
In Nazi Germany, friendship between an Aryan German girl and a Jewish German girl is strictly verboten, and an act of kindness might mean death. Sabine and Edie have been best friends since Kindergarten. Then Kristallnacht hits in 1938, shattering Jewish shop windows, synagogues, and their friendship. The girls, who once dreamed of stardom together, now take different paths - Edie escapes to Canada, and...
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Creates three distinct points of view on life in letter form during World War II from Helga, a German girl bent on joining the Resistance; Franz, a young Nazi soldier who begins to question the war; and Susanna, a Jewess who is imprisoned in concentration camp. Second edition of the novel written when Kiri was just a teenager.
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Videofashion Models volume 8
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Forget wiener schnitzel and beer-we've got 7 hot German girls! Where does seven-time Victoria's Secret veteran, Julia Stegner, rank on our countdown? Find out! Plus, newcomer Kati Nescher, catwalk staple Toni Garrn, and '90s sensation Tatjana Patitz. See where Nadja Auermann ranks, and Claudia Schiffer battles Heidi Klum to be our German countdown queen!
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IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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The true story of a young German girl, Mercedes Simon, and of the American pilot, Gail Halvorsen, who shared hope and joy with the children of West Berlin by dropping candy-filled parachutes during the Airlift.
28) Carnival Story
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In search of a better life, a German girl named Willie (Anne Baxter) joins an American carnival that is passing through Munich. While traveling, she is torn between two suitors: cruel carnival barker Joe (Steve Cochran) and kindhearted high-dive artist Frank (Lyle Bettger). Frank gets the upper hand when he asks Willie to join his act. But tragedy is only a slip away.
29) Go with Le Flo
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Florian is half-French, half-German and owns Le Flo", a French delicatessen in Berlin specializing in Saucisson – French salami. He always falls for French girls - but he doesn't know that his best friend, Jenny, a German girl, has been secretly in love with him her whole life. This time, Florian falls in love with Camille, another French girl, and prepares to propose to her. But there something he doesn't know about her...
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OUT OF THE DARKNESS is the story of Else Winter, a German girl born in 1921 in the rural Eifel region. Her childhood years with delightful episodes of seaside holidays and bicycle trips all over Germany are over-shadowed by the rise of the Nazi regime in 1933 and its impact on every detail in her life. Her dreams of going to university and training to be a pharmacist have to take second place to Labor Service. Then the war begins with all its hardship...
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Anneliese Möwis, a young German girl, witnesses her father's capture during World War 2. Then, shortly after her 14th birthday, she finds herself abandoned by her mother and sisters. Now, she has no money, family or direction. There is no law and no order.
Anneliese sets out on her own to survive. She walks following thousands of refugees towards Berlin. On her journey, she searches for her family, get taken advantage of, finds love and loss, and...
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"I'm Charles Dunois. I come from France," "Bodewig. Laura Bodewig." The girl-packed IS academy has two new exchange students: the handsome boy Charles and the German girl Laura. Dashing young Charles, a representative of France, is the second male IS pilot after Ichika, and the girls are already head over heels. Meanwhile, platinum blonde Laura's lithe frame belies a contempt for Ichika that strays into physical violence. What caused her grudge against...
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Inge Auerbacher is a happy German girl when the nightmare begins. Six-year-old Inge is made to wear a yellow star to identify her as a Jew. As the Nazis gain power, her family is subjected to greater and greater horrors. Their home and citizenship are taken away. Inge's relatives are sent away, and she and her parents are forced into the Terezin concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. Background material on Hitler, the Nazi plan, and WW II provides...
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Sixteen-year-old Marga Toth attends school, takes violin lessons, and belongs to the League of German Girls at Peenemünde on the Baltic Sea, where Nazi Germany secretly develops their infamous V2 rocket.
Marga also has a gift-one capable of disrupting the world's balance of power and one the Nazis and Allies will kill for-forcing her into a dangerous game of survival.
From Peenemünde's thundering launch pads, to Berlin's parlors, and London's...
35) Becoming Helen
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Magdalena von Herff barely knows what name to use before men begin to exploit her beauty, intelligence, and talents, but she soon realises that none are there to help her, except perhaps one-her enemy.
Becoming Helen is a 1930s tale of deceit, disillusionment, and retribution after a British Intelligence Officer compromises a young German girl into spying on her own country, expecting her to lie, cheat and bed chosen German military targets for the...
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Based on true facts, it is a WorldWar II spy story. The chief of British Secret Service (MI6) Stuart Menzies sends his best agent, Andrew Bond, to a difficult mission in nazi Germany. He must locate and help evade a distinguished electronics professor who has been captured by the Germans and possesses some secrets on electronic warfare. If not, Bond has to kill the professor. Bond locates the professor in Stalag Luft II and they take part in the great...
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The National Socialistic upbringing in the League of German Girls uses paramilitary-like disciplinary measures to build their loyalty and moral character. Coupled with pagan rituals, songs, and folklore, 'Through Innocent Eyes' captures the self-actualization of ten-year-old Gertrude as she progresses from childhood and living in poverty to adolescence and becoming "one" with her country. By age thirteen, Gertrude is chosen for Country Service Year...
38) Wunderkinder
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WUNDERKINDER tells a tale of three exceptionally musically talented children, who develop a deep and genuine friendship, extending beyond their different religions and nationalities. The two Jewish children Larissa and Abrascha are both virtuosos - one on the piano and the other on the violin. Hanna, a young German girl, is also extremely gifted. Living in Poltava/Ukraine in 1941, they all share one great love: music. Their world is one of curiosity,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
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Brigitte tries not to ask questions. They don't seem very welcome at her League of German Girls meetings, where she and her friends learn about their duties to Hitler's war effort.
But she can't help asking questions when a mysterious pamphlet appears in her mailbox: a pamphlet full of words like resistance and freedom, from a group that calls itself the White Rose. Brigitte's father and older sister, Angelika, seem to agree with the forbidden papers...
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August 1939, Luxembourg City.
Rumors of war echo through the gentle Grand Duchy. Fourteen-year-old Hansi Broussard would rather draw in his sketchbook atop the fortress walls of the medieval city than pay attention to politics.
As the unthinkable happens, he can no longer ignore the signs of the impending conflict. The rumors become reality and his family is thrust into the middle of it.
With the help of Karin, a German girl he recently befriended,...