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Despite blinding dust storms, lonely bus rides, long hours, and the attentions of a dangerous man, Alice Krepsky is determined to prove herself and fulfill her patriotic duty as a top-secret secretary at Hanford in the US government's covert race to end World War II. She's delighted when Paul, a local newspaper reporter, proposes marriage. But when she's exposed to the deadly substance at the heart of the operation, and Paul questions her about government secrets, Ally must choose between the man she loves, and the country she's vowed to serve.Finalist in the 2023 Cascade Writing Awards.

A reunion worth dreaming about.Naples, 1944. Elena, aged twelve, is left orphaned and traumatized by war. But a gift from an African American soldier shows her that kindness can still exist in a cruel world.Post-war, and now a young woman, the memory of the soldier obsesses her.Eleven years after their first meeting, their paths cross again and Elena's life will never be the same.A short story.

A snapshot in time holds secrets waiting to be revealed.Berlin, 1938. Samuel Weiss and Max von Hofmannsthal were best friends until the cruel antisemitism of Nazi Germany seeped into Berlin and tore their friendship apart. As Max rises in the ranks of the Nazi SS, Sam and his Jewish family find themselves simply struggling to survive.And when Max and Sam's paths cross once again among the bleak barracks of Auschwitz-Birkenau, their fates will intertwine in ways neither of them could ever have expected.Pittsburgh, present day. Becky's father, Sam, has never liked to talk about his time in the Holocaust. A sad and withdrawn man, all she knows is that her brave father survived the hell on earth that was Auschwitz.But when Becky stumbles upon an old notebook of her mother's, she starts to realize that there may be far more to her father's story than she'd thought. And when an old photograph from 1944 Auschwitz surfaces suddenly, she is drawn into a shattering discovery that will tear apart everything she's ever believed to be true.The Auschwitz Photograph is a captivating story of friendship, hope, survival, and betrayal in World War II.

Meeting his brother in Auschwitz, he understood that they are all aloneA young boy's world falls apart! He can trust no one and does not know what his tomorrow holds or if he will live to see it.Poland 1944, Mjetek finds himself in Auschwitz after taking part in Zionist underground activities trying to fight against the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. He meets his brother and understands that their entire family has been massacred and that their days are numbered. Mjetek decides to not give up and says he is a blacksmith, though he has never worked with metal. At work in one of the factories, a melted piece of iron falls and burns him. He manages to go back to the camp and his brother takes care of him, selling his golden tooth for medical supplies. Staying in the "clinic" was supposed to be the end of Mjetek but this is actually what saves him. When his brother is marched to his death and they have to say their final goodbye.Mjetek's story of survival is marked with small miracles, determination and unbelievable bravery. This memoir will leave you breathless and heartbroken, yet, inspired.

When the war hits London, all they have is each other.Identical twins Maggie and Tillie are thriving in 1940s London. Waitresses in one of the city's finest institutions and both with budding romances, the war could not feel farther away. But, slowly, the tides begin to change. The war in Europe is creeping toward the UK, and the men are being called to aid in military efforts. Tillie's fiancé Colin joins the RAF, flying dangerous missions over Germany, and Maggie's childhood love Micah finds himself far away in France, with no way to return. Devastated but determined, the twins resolve to do their part for their country - Maggie in the Women's Voluntary Service and Tillie for the British Red Cross. Then, the Blitz begins. And everything changes.Nightly airstrikes wreak havoc on the city, leaving ruin in their wake. Ambulance shifts for Tillie become desperate missions to pull injured women and children from the rubble, while the constant fear for the fates of their beloveds, far from home, is almost too much for the girls to bear.And when tragedy strikes for both sisters, they know nothing will ever be the same again.Will the twins be strong enough to protect themselves and the ones they love? And can true love really prevail when the skies are darkened by war?

Kiedy w czerwcu 1940 roku Królestwo Wloch przystąpilo do wojny w Europie, zrobilo to tylko na chwilę, by przyspieszyc upadek Francji i zmusic Wielką Brytanię do negocjacji pokojowych. Z każdym kolejnym miesiącem okazywalo się jednak, że Wlosi wplątali się w wojnę, która nie mogla zakończyc się ani szybko, ani zwycięsko, a stan ich wlasnego nieprzygotowania do konfliktu byl zatrważający. Co oczywiste, wojna rozprzestrzenila się również na odleglą dla Europejczyków Afrykę Wschodnią, gdzie ścieraly się interesy mocarstw kolonialnych. To wlaśnie tam, we wloskich koloniach w Rogu Afryki sytuacja Regio Esercito okazala się najtrudniejsza. Tamtejsze oddzialy, skladające się w większości z tubylców, byly fatalnie uzbrojone, wyszkolone jedynie na potrzeby wojny kolonialnej i utrzymania porządku wewnętrznego, odcięte od zaopatrzenia przez sąsiednie posiadlości francuskie i brytyjskie, a na dodatek miejscowemu wloskiemu dowództwu brakowalo umiejętności i możliwości prowadzenia regularnej nowoczesnej wojny. Imperium Brytyjskie również rozpoczęlo bitwę o Róg Afryki slabo przygotowane, ale szybko zdalo sobie sprawę ze znaczenia tej kampanii dla zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa linii komunikacyjnych biegnących przez Morze Czerwone, Nil i Afrykę. Po szybkiej mobilizacji sil alianci przystąpili do sukcesywnego eliminowania wloskiego zagrożenia w tej części świata. Praca szczególowo przedstawia kampanię trwającą do listopada 1941 roku, w której żolnierze okolo dwudziestu narodowości z trzech kontynentów walczyli po obydwu stronach o kolonialne interesy Wloch i Wielkiej Brytanii. Kampania w Afryce Wschodniej to nie tylko walki na froncie, ale także brutalna wojna pomiędzy Wlochami a etiopskimi partyzantami, która miala doniosle skutki dla planów Mussoliniego. Szeroko omówiono również zagadnienia z szerokiego kontekstu: sytuację gospodarczą Wloskiej Afryki Wschodniej, losy zamieszkujących ją Wlochów, opór stawiany przez konspiracyjne organizacje wloskie, którego plomień tlil się aż do samego zawieszenia broni między Wlochami a aliantami oraz dzieje państw wchodzących w jej sklad po zakończeniu kampanii. Książkę ilustrują 82 zdjęcia i 17 map (czarno-bialych) Spis treści: Wstęp I. Wloska Afryka WschodniaII. Oblężone ImperiumIII. Niepokoje wewnątrz Wloskiej Afryki WschodniejIV. Armia wloska w Afryce WschodniejV. Bitwa pod Kassalą i inne operacje Wlochów na pograniczu z SudanemVI. Wloska aktywnośc na pograniczu Kenii, zajęcie fortu MoyaleVII. Upadek Somali BrytyjskiegoVIII. Bitwa pod Gallabatem - pierwsza kontrofensywa sprzymierzonychIX. Koniec roku w sektorze kenijskimX. Misja 101 wyrusza do GodżamuXI. Bitwa pod AgordatemXII. Bitwa pod KerenXIII. Koniec kampanii na pólnocyXIV. Brytyjska inwazja na Somali WloskieXV. Upadek Addis AbebyXVI. Alianci wkraczają do EtiopiiXVII. Cesarz Sylassje wraca do Addis AbebyXVIII. Bitwa pod Amba AlagiXIX. Kampania w gubernatorstwie Galla i SidamaXX. Ostatni bastion - GondarXXI. Nowe Porządki w Rogu AfrykiZakończenieAneksy

Del 20 de noviembre de 1945 al 1.° de octubre de 1946, tuvo lugar en Núremberg, Alemania, el primer proceso judicial en la historia en el que se juzgó a líderes políticos por crímenes contra la humanidad.Desde que Alemania invadió Polonia en septiembre de 1939, y luego la urss en junio de 1941, no tardaron en llegar a Londres y Washington los informes sobre las atrocidades nazis: redadas, trabajos forzados, ejecuciones y exterminio... Poco a poco, entre los Aliados, se fue formando la idea de llevar a juicio a los grandes responsables. El 2 de mayo de 1945, el presidente estadounidense Harry Truman (sucesor de Franklin D. Roosevelt, fallecido un mes antes) encargó a Robert Jackson, juez de la Suprema Corte, la preparación del proceso.Los juicios de Núremberg cambiarían de forma definitiva el curso del derecho internacional al servir de modelo para futuros tribunales, como el de la Corte Penal Internacional en la Haya, donde fueron procesados los responsables de los genocidios de la ex Yugoslavia y Ruanda.Annette Wieviorka, historiadora francesa y especialista en el Holocausto, toma como base las actas del juicio y los testimonios de primera mano para narrar magistralmente y de principio a fin las minucias de este trascendental evento en la historia del siglo xx.

Su amor por los libros será el mejor refugio contra el horror dela guerraAlemania, 1938. A medida que el fascismo se afianza en Europa, las familias judías tienen que tomar la desgarradora decisión de poner a sus hijos a salvo fuera del país, como parte de la operación de rescate Kindertransport.Mientras, en Londres, Gertie está cansada de regentar la Librería Bingham y está pensando en retirarse y traspasar el negocio. Sin embargo, el mundo tiene otros planes para ella. Su vida se transforma por completo cuando acoge a una refugiada judía, Hedy, una adolescente de quince años a la que han separado de su familia.Al principio su relación es tensa, pero pronto estrechan lazos gracias a su amor por la lectura. Cuando los bombarderos alemanes se ciernen sobre el cielo de Londres y todos los ciudadanos deben refugiarse en búnkeres, Gertie y Hedy crean el Club de Lectura del Refugio Antiaéreo. Juntas comprobarán que los libros tienen el poder de unir a la comunidad en los momentos más oscuros de la historia.

The story of the Casablanca Conference in January 1943 where FDR, Churchill, and the American and British High Commands planned the strategy that won World War Two in Europe and the Pacific.

Beautifully translated by Shelley Frisch, The Number on Your Forearm Is Blue Like Your Eyes is a poignant and riveting memoir that sets a family story in historical context and brings psychological insight to bear on accounts of emotional trauma. Having achieved prominence as a pediatrician, child therapist, and international speaker, Eva finally decided to tell her story. In 2016, at the age of seventy-four, with the assistance of journalist Stefanie Oswalt, Eva Umlauf published Die Nummer auf deinem Unterarm ist blau wie deine Augen: Erinnerungen (Hoffmann und Campe Verlag).As someone who has endured the effects of the Holocaust from infancy, she writes, I wish for all that has happened to be understood and processed from diverse perspectives so that personal suffering, societal ruptures, and brutal transgenerational traumas can be prevented from being passed on to future generations.” This book draws on years of interviews, copious correspondence, archival research in Europe and Israel, trips to labor and concentration camps, and the author’s personal recollections.On November 3, 1944, a toddler named Eva, one month shy of her second birthday, was branded prisoner A-26959 in Auschwitz. She fainted in her mother’s arms but survived the tattooing and countless other shocks. Eva Hecht was born on December 19, 1942, in Novaky, Slovakia, a labor camp for Jews. Eva and her parents, Imrich and Agnes, were imprisoned in this camp until their deportation to Auschwitz. A month prior to their arrival there, several thousand mothers and their children had been gassed. Now that the Red Army was rapidly advancing in Poland, the murders stopped. Agnes, then pregnant with her second daughter, and Eva were still alive when the camp was liberated on January 27, 1945. Her father was transferred to Melk, a subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp, and died there in March 1945. In late April, Nora, Eva’s sister, was born. Agnes Hecht remained in the camp infirmary until her two little girls were well enough to travel, then brought them back to her home in Trenčín in western Slovakia. Eva grew up with a mother who had to “survive her survival”—the little family lived with the loss in the Holocaust of the husband/father, the mother’s three siblings, and the grandparents and great-grandparents. Having also lost her family’s fortune, Agnes worked hard to create a normal home life for her daughters. Like many survivors in the post-Holocaust era, Eva’s mother never talked about her experiences. Eva suffered frequent flare-ups of the illnesses she had suffered in Auschwitz. She did well at school and went on to study medicine in Bratislava. In 1966 she married Jakob Sultanik, a fellow Holocaust survivor who had resettled in Munich, Germany. Eva left the communist regime in Czechoslovakia in 1967 to join him in West Germany. There she began her practice as a pediatrician and later as a psychotherapist—and for the first time she had the opportunity to live out her Jewish identity. Unfortunately, Eva's husband, Jakob, died in a tragic accident when their son, Erik, was a small boy. Eva later married a fellow physician, Bernd Umlauf, and they had two sons, Oliver and Julian. Every so often, the horrors of Eva's early years would resurface in nightmares involving dead babies and Auschwitz gas chambers.

The 80th Anniversary of D-Day falls on June 6, 2024 In the early hours of that morning, three divisions of paratrooper and glider forces descended on Normandy. Already assembling offshore was the largest seaborne invasion fleet in the history of the world, ready to unleash over 130,000 troops against Hitler's Atlantic Wall. More than 7,000 aircraft filled the skies. D-Day - and the liberation of Europe - had begun. Facing them were massive concrete strongpoints bristling with Nazi artillery, machine gun nests and pill boxes, untold miles of barbed wire, vast minefields and underwater obstructions designed to rip fragile landing craft apart. For the troops heading into the beaches and the paratroopers fighting to survive just a few miles inland, it would truly be 'The Longest Day.' Featuring an exceptional selection of historic photographs as well as detailed battle maps, D-DAY provides a gripping account of the airborne actions and the beach assaults as well as revealing the top secret war fought by the Allies in the build-up to the invasion.

Ever wondered about the untold stories of bravery and resilience during World War II? Penned by esteemed author and documentary maker John Willis, this poignant narrative unveils the harrowing experiences of British and Australian POWs in Japan during World War II. It's a tale of resilience, camaraderie, and the indomitable human spirit under the shadow of the devastating atomic bombing of Nagasaki.Will the POWs endure the brutalities of war and survive the horrors of the atomic bombing? Can they keep their spirits high amidst the darkness and despair?For our protagonists, it's a battle for survival, where the odds are stacked against them. Their will to live determines their fate in this harsh and unforgiving world of war.Reading this book is an emotional roller coaster, taking you through the depths of despair and the heights of hope, leaving you profoundly moved by the resilience of the human spirit.John Willis, a celebrated British television executive and award-winning documentary maker, brings his expertise to the fore in this deeply researched and compelling narrative.

An immersive journey into WWII's Battle of Britain. A historical non-fiction.

Available again for the first time in decades, this jewel of a memoir is the poignant story of a young Jewish girl growing up in a Polish farm village, from the peaceful early 1930s through the tragic war years, and finding safe harbor at last. "In Toby Knobel Fluek's evocatively tender yet harrowing memoir, her own vivid artwork commemorates an extinguished way of life. Fluek died in 2011, but her memoir, originally published in 1990, endures in a handsome new edition."--The Wall Street Journal"Deeply moving"--Elie Wiesel"A tone poem evocative of a vanished world"--Chaim Potok

'Richly evocative' STACEY HALLS'Heartbreaking' RACHEL HORE'Touching, absorbing'' DAILY MAIL'Poignant . . . There'll be tears' WOMAN & HOME'An enveloping story to savour' KATE SAWYERA luminous debut novel of a love affair set against the terrible aftermath of war, for readers of IN MEMORIAM by Alice Winn, WAKE by Anna Hope and THE OUTCAST by Sadie JonesNo one survives war unscathed. But even in the darkest days, seeds of hope can grow.It is 1946 and in the village of Oakbourne the men are home from the war. Their bodies are healing but their psychological wounds run deep. Everyone is scarred - those who fought and those left behind.Alice Rayne is married to Stephen, heir to crumbling Oakbourne Hall. Once a sweet, gentle man, he has returned a bitter and angry stranger, destroyed by what he has seen and done, tormented by secrets Alice can only guess at.Lonely and increasingly afraid of the man her husband has become, Alice must try to pick up the pieces of her marriage and save Oakbourne Hall from total collapse. She begins with the walled garden and, as it starts to bear fruit, she finds herself drawn into a new, forbidden love.Set in the Suffolk countryside as it moves from winter to spring, The Walled Garden is a captivating love story and a timeless, moving exploration of trauma and the miracle of human resilience.'A heartbreaking tale, vividly dramatised' Rachel Hore'Tender and lyrical . . . This beautiful book had notes of both Elizabeth von Arnim and Elizabeth Jane Howard. More please!' Natasha Solomons'Touching, absorbing . . . A beautifully written story that will especially appeal to Rachel Hore fans' Daily Mail'A poignant drama . . . What happens when war ends? How do people move on after what they've seen and possibly done? Hardy explores these complex themes in this gentle but powerful novel. There'll be tears, but this evocative read is worth every one' Book of the Month, Woman and Home'Written with great delicacy and feeling' Elizabeth Buchan, author of Two Women in Rome'Hardy's supremely observed novel blossoms like a rose-sharp and pointed, and stunningly beautiful' Inga Vesper, author of The Long, Long Afternoon'A poignant, powerful novel about aftermath, trauma and hope' Katie Lumsden, author of The Secrets of Hartwood HallLONGLISTED FOR THE HWA GOLD CROWN AWARD FOR BEST HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL OF THE YEAR**20th September 2023 https://www.historiamag.com/the-2023-hwa-crown-awards-longlists/

An examination of if British Army Brigadiers' survival and advancement post-1940 defeats were influenced by their pre-war backgrounds.Point of Failure is an innovative study that examines whether or how a select group of British Army officers - Brigadiers - survived two immediate strategic defeats due to their pre-war social, professional and military backgrounds and continued to serve and advance - or not - thereafter.By the early summer of 1940, the British Army had suffered two simultaneous operational failures in Europe, in France & Belgium from May to June and in Norway from April to May. Point of Failure considers a specific set of British Army officers, Brigadiers, who served there. In 1940, while the rank of Brigadier existed, it was more a holding rank for an officer occupying a post temporarily to fulfill a role, after which he would either revert to Colonel or be advanced to Major General. Therefore, Brigadiers were, in a sense, the Army's 'middle management' - heading for the top or making no further progress.Point of Failure aims to examine this set of officers and to see whether their professional survival and/or advancement after 1940 was influenced by factors prevailing before it.This is neither a study of combat effectiveness nor a campaign narrative. This would be a repetition of histories well known elsewhere. However, certain Brigadiers' performances in France brought them to the attention of senior officers. Issues such as the award of decorations and whether higher, successful commanders 'carried' their subordinate Brigadiers with them as they themselves were promoted are considered.Factors which may have contributed to the advancement of officers, be they professional, social or operational before 1940, are addressed. Also considered are those presumed to do so, but which this book shows were either ineffectual or less influential than prior presumptions arising from the literature on the British Army in the Second World War, such as the influence of patronage by senior officers, most notably Bernard Montgomery and Alan Brooke.By its nature, Point of Failure draws considerably on secondary sources, such as campaign narratives, biographies and biographical sources. Primary sources, such as war diaries, personal papers, and autobiographies, are used but are subject to limitations, which are discussed later. The main primary source, which would be profoundly informative on a personal level, namely officers' annual confidential reports throughout their careers, remain closed and inaccessible to researchers.To examine whether the factors discussed in this book prevailed or altered as a result of over three years of fighting, a later chapter compares those officers serving in fighting commands on D-Day and the initial stages of the Battle of Normandy in 1944 with their 1940 counterparts.Point of Failure does not seek to offer a general paradigm for the mechanics of advancement among all, particularly senior officers across the British Army in the Second World War. This would require a much broader work encompassing other theaters of operations and a much larger, even unwieldy, sample of officers. However, the method used does lend itself to broader application across such groups and lends itself to later works.

Solid As a Rock is a detailed account of little-known actions fought by the German Fallschirmjäger Regiment 1 on the Eastern Front in 1942 and 1943.The 1st Parachute Regiment of the Luftwaffe is well known for its actions during the German Blitzkrieg in Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands and Crete, but little has been published about its infantry operations on the Eastern Front. Solid As a Rock covers the regiment's actions as part of the 7th Flieger Division north of Smolensk in November 1942-January 1943 and the fierce fighting to save the southern flank of the German 2nd Panzer Army around Orel in February-March 1943. Supported by rare personal recollections of the participants and detailed maps and sketches drawn from seldom consulted primary sources, this book offers an intimate insight into the fighting through the eyes of the soldiers of a neglected campaign on the Eastern Front.

Victor Klemperer was a German-Jewish Professor who somehow survived the Nazi regime, only to find himself under post-war Soviet domination.

From bestselling author, Ann Bennett, comes The Lake Pavilion, a sweeping historical novel; the story of two women connected by devastating secrets from wartime England and British India of the 1930s.

"D-Day is one of history's greatest and most unbelievable military and human triumphs. Though the full campaign lasted just over a month, the surprise landing of over 150,000 Allied troops on the morning of June 6, 1944, is understood to be the moment that turned the tide for the Allied forces and ultimately led to the defeat of the Axis powers in World War II. [This book] explores the full impact of this world-changing event--from the secret creation of landing plans by top government and military officials and organization of troops, to the moment the boat doors opened to reveal the beach where men fought for their lives and the future of the free world"--

"Shanghai begins when Daniel Lohr, sensing the Nazis closing in on the Jews of Berlin, leaves his dying father and agrees to flee to Shanghai on an Italian passenger ship. His passage is dependent upon him agreeing to deliver a package to his shady uncle upon arrival. Aboard the ship he will meet a woman, Leah, also a Jew fleeing the Nazis. They conduct a passionate but brief shipboard affair and then the passenger ship arrives. Will Dan ever see her again? He is met by his uncle--who has changed his name--and soon Dan is plunged into his uncle's world, specifically a big new nightclub, the best and most glitzy in town. Within minutes, violence breaks out as someone tries to assassinate his uncle, and with that, Dan is drawn deep into the underworld that is wartime Shanghai"--

In a desert outpost, nuclear scientists and their families face the toll of the secrets they keep from the world and from each other in this gripping wartime novel from debut author Galina Vromen.Los Alamos, 1943. The US Army has gathered scientists to create the world's first nuclear weapon. Their families, abruptly moved to the secret desert base with no explanation, have simple orders: Stand by. Make do. Above all, don't ask questions.Christine, forced to abandon her art restoration business in New York for her husband's career, struggles to reinvent herself and cope with his increasing aloofness.Gertie, the inquisitive teenage daughter of a German Jewish refugee physicist enlists Christine to help her unravel hidden truths and deal with parents haunted by their past.Gertie's father, Kurt, anguished by what the Nazis have done to his family and bent on defeating them, carries burdens he longs to share but cannot confide in his wife--leading him to find comfort elsewhere.And Jimmy, a young army technician, falls for Gertie but is unsure if even her deep affection can overcome his agonizing self-doubts.Will so much secrecy save them or destroy them?

A powerful new work of history that brings President Roosevelt, his allies, and his adversaries to life as he fought to transform America from an isolationist bystander into the world’s first superpower. “In today’s troubled times, with authoritarianism escalating at home and abroad, Sparrow’s book reads like an all-hands-on-deck wakeup call. Highly recommended!”—Douglas Brinkley

'A gripping story filled with remarkable revelations.' Tom Bower, author of Revenge