czech republic

Michael "Misha" Gruenbaum's carefree childhood in Prague comes crashing to an end when the Nazis invade. The Gruenbaums are sent to the Jewish Ghetto in Prague, then Misha, his mother, and his sister are sent to the Terezin concentration camp. In this memoir, Misha relates what life was like in Terezin, how he formed brotherly bonds with the other Jewish boys, and how he is finally freed with the help of a carefully sewn Teddy bear.

Chronicles the life of the oldest living Holocaust survivor (as of 2007), a classically trained pianist who used her love of music to provide hope to her fellow sufferers at the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

Alphonse Mucha is most closely identified with the art nouveau period around the turn of the 20th century but his career as an artist encompassed more than that.

Czech artist, Alphonse Mucha, was a consummate decorative arts artist, in the style of art nouveau, at the turn of the twentieth century. During the height of his fame his style was expressed in everything from posters, book and magazine illustrations, stained glass windows, theatrical sets and costumes, to interior design and architectural conceptions.

Explores the lives of Jewish people in Terezin, a transit camp during the Holocaust.

A biography of the profit-hungry businessman who became a protector and savior of the Jews during the Nazi holocaust.

The life story of the Czechoslovakian-born hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins who is one of the most talented and promising players in the National Hockey League.

A collection of five fairy tales about an evil stepmother, a gluttonous chicken, dancing sheep, and other enchanted folk who live in former Czechoslovakia.

A biography of a Czech girl who died in the Holocaust, told in alternating chapters with an account of how the curator of a Japanese Holocaust center learned about her life after Hana's suitcase was sent to her.