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The invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany marks the beginning of World War II and the start of hardships for Polish Jews and resistance members like Irena.
The Warsaw Ghetto is established by Nazi Germany to confine the Jewish population of Warsaw, later becoming the site of deportations to concentration camps.
Irena Sendler, working with the Polish Underground, begins smuggling Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto, saving them from the Holocaust.
Irena is arrested, tortured, and sentenced to death for her activities helping Jewish children escape the ghetto, but she manages to avoid execution.
Jewish inhabitants of the Warsaw Ghetto rise against Nazi forces in a significant act of resistance, though eventually suppressed.
Books:
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
Sarah's Key
by Tatiana de Rosnay
Schindler's List
by Thomas Keneally
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
by Mark Sullivan
Movies:
Schindler's List
Defiance
Life Is Beautiful
The Pianist
The Book Thief
The Zookeeper's Wife
In Darkness
A Hidden Life
Music:
Ballads of the Warsaw Ghetto by Shura Lipovsky
Songs of Survival by Dana Sandler
The Last Rose of Summer by Quinn Kelsey
Nigunim: Hebrew Songs by The Ger Mandolin Orchestra
Cantors, Klezmorim and Crooners 1905-1953 by Various Artists
TV Shows:
The Man in the High Castle
The Crown
The Bletchley Circle
Call the Midwife
Foyle's War
A French Village
Home Fires
A Place to Call Home
Resistance
Glory Daze: The Life and Times of Michael Alig
Video Games:
This War of Mine
To The Moon
Papers, Please
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
11-11: Memories Retold
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Finally got to see this in theaters - it's a lovely movie. One of the higher quality family-friendly sci fi movies in a LONG time. The part I liked least about the book was the humor - movie was the same. Which speaks to how good the adaptation was.
This is the best action movie of all time!
