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"Based on the true story of an astonishingly brave woman who saved hundreds of mothers and their children during the Spanish Civil War and World War II. Elisabeth Eidenbenz left Switzerland in 1937 to aid children orphaned during the Spanish Civil War. Now, her work has led her to France, where she's determined to provide expectant mothers and their unborn children a refuge amid one of the worst humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Desperate...
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"From international bestselling author Mario Escobar comes a story of escape, sacrifice, and hope amid the perils of the second World War. August 1942. Jacob and Moses Stein, two young Jewish brothers, are staying with their aunt in Paris amid the Nazi occupation. The boys' parents, well-known German playwrights, have left the brothers in their aunt's care until they can find safe harbor for their family. But before the Steins can reunite, a great...
3) Los ni�nos de la estrella amarilla: la esperanza encontrada en le chambon-sur-lignon : una novela
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HarperCollins Espa�nol
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[2017]
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Español
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"Jacob y Moises Stein viven con su tIa Judit en Par�is, hasta que en agosto de 1942 se desata la gran redada contra los judIos extranjeros. Sus padres, conocidos dramaturgos alemanes, est�an ocultos en la Francia libra, pero, antes des que su t�ia logre enviarles al sur, los gendarmes los detienen y los llevan al Vel�odromo de Invierno, donde m�as de cuatro mil ni�nos, cinco mil mujeres y tres mil hombres tuvieron que subsistir sin comida...