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Eventually they, too, would be captured and taken to the concentration      camp Bergen-Belsen. Communicating in sign language and relying      on each other for strength in the midst of illness, death and      starvation, Renee and Herta would have to fight to survive the      darkest of times.         This gripping memoir, told in a vivid 'oral history' format, is      a testament to the power of sisterhood and love, and now more than      ever a reminder of how important it is to honour the past, and      keep telling our own stories.               A memoir of the Holocaust      Perfect for those who want to learn more about the experiences      of people during this period of time in history      Written with Joshua M. 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Here, author Joshua M. Greene (\u003ci\u003eSigns of Survival\u003c\/i\u003e) tells the true story of a young Jewish woman who was instrumental in the uprising as a smuggler of messages and weapons into and out of the Warsaw Ghetto.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarsaw, Poland, 1940s: The Nazis are on the march, determined to wipe out the Jewish people of Europe. Teenage Vladka and her family are among the thousands of Jews forced to relocate behind the walls of the Warsaw Ghetto, a cramped, oppressive space full of starvation, suffering, and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Vladka’s family is deported to concentration camps, Vladka joins up with other young people in the ghetto who are part of the Jewish underground: a group determined to fight back against the Nazis, no matter the cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVladka’s role in the underground? 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He landed in New York at the peak of the revolutionary counterculture movement of the ’60s, and went on to spark a global spiritual renaissance that led to the creation of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, which has changed millions of lives. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThrough the depiction of Prabhupada as both an enlightened luminary and a personable, funny, and conscientious individual, \u003ci\u003eSwami in a Strange\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLand \u003c\/i\u003eshows why cultural icons such as George Harrison and Allen Ginsberg incorporated Prabhupada’s teachings into their lives, and why millions more around the globe embarked upon the path of bhakti yoga in his footsteps. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCarefully researched, skillfully crafted, and extraordinarily intimate, this narrative follows Prabhupada as he rises from an anonymous monk to a world-renowned spiritual leader. 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