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1. Maus: a survivor's tale

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Author:
Spiegelman, Art
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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34 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
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Cary Regional - Graphic Novels
940.53 SPIEG
East Regional - Graphic Novels
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Description:
The author-illustrator traces his father's imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp through a series of disarming and unusual cartoons arranged to tell the story as a novel

2. The tattooist of Auschwitz: a novel

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Author:
Morris, Heather (Screenwriter)
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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Book, Audiobook, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer (the German word for tattooist), tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners. Imprisoned for more than two and a half years, Lale witnesses horrific atrocities and barbarism--but also incredible acts of bravery and compassion....