Bøger om Tidlige 20. århundrede

She's still afraid. He's never stopped hurting. When they reconnect, will they take a leap of faith into each other's arms? Nebraska, 1922. Chloe Brandt relishes her freedom. Bobbing her hair and donning the latest fashions, she's been dancing her way through a big-city, flapper lifestyle after fleeing her alcoholic dad's violence. But when tragedy pulls her and an orphaned nephew back to her hometown, the oh-so-modern nurse confronts the handsome man she left behind. Reese Lloyd is grieving. Devastated over his brother's gangster-style murder, he struggles with the return of the beautiful girl who broke his heart. And torn when he and the love of his life are both named guardians of her young relative, the steadfast farmer finds it hard to lower his protective walls. Longing to stay with her childhood beloved, Chloe fears her father's brutal attacks won't stop until she's dead. And though Reese wants to raise the little boy with the glamorous gal by his side, he despairs she will leave him once again. Can they mend their painful pasts before losing their chance at happily ever after? Choices of the Heart is the steamy second book in the Broken Bow Brides historical romance series. If you like sweet heroines, small-town settings, and a dose of drama, then you'll adore Julia Daniels's prescription for passion.

"This dazzling collection of short stories by award-winning author James R. Benn shows a crime fiction legend at the height of his career. In his first ever published anthology, James R. Benn, author of the ever-so-popular Billy Boyle World War II Mysteries, presents an eclectic mix of new and previously published mystery stories. In this collection, betrayal, murder, revenge, greed, and the powers of and connection to spirituality are explored. In "The Horse Chestnut Tree," Benn tells a story of betrayal and murder during the American Revolutionary period. In the speculative work "Glass," an atomic supercollider and the breakdown of the time-space continuum that involves the works of one "Steven Koenig," a Stephen King-like author, change the lives of two cousins devoured by greed. How far someone will go to gain revenge is pondered in "Vengeance Weapon," a historical thriller about a Jewish slave laborer working at the Dora concentration camp. And for all the Billy Boyle aficionados, Benn delivers "Irish Tommy," a police procedural set in 1944 Boston and featuring Billy Boyle's father and uncle. Full of terror, action, amusement, and bliss, The Refusal Camp is a delightful collection from one of historical crime fiction's most prolific authors"--

"October 1942: it's been two years since Kate Rees was sent to Paris on a British Secret Service mission to assassinate Hitler. Since then, she has left spycraft behind to take a training job as a sharpshooting instructor in the Scottish Highlands. But her quiet life is violently disrupted when Colonel Stepney, her former handler, drags her back into the fray for a dangerous three-pronged mission in Paris. Each task is more dangerous than the next: Deliver a package of penicillin to sick children. Assassinate a high-ranking German operative whose knowledge of secret invasion plans could turn the tide of the war against the Allies. Rescue a British agent who once saved Kate's life, and get out. Kate will encounter sheiks and spies, poets and partisans, as she races to keep up with the constantly shifting nature of her assignment, showing every ounce of her Oregonian grit in the process. New York Times bestselling author Cara Black has crafted another heart-stopping thrill ride that reveals a portrait of Paris at the height of the Nazi occupation"--

20’erne brøler i Detroit, og Tiny er færdig med blot at være tilskuer …Efter at have reddet sin far fra mafiafamilien DiFiore er Tiny O'Mara fast besluttet på at tage kontrol over sit eget liv … Men det vil koste hende dyrt.Alliancen med den farlige Enzo DiFiore er baseret på deres fysiske tiltrækning snarere end på tillid. Da han tilbyder Tiny en lejlighed i bytte for oplysninger og nogle nætter sammen, bliver hun fristet.Men ved at sige ja til Enzos tilbud forråder Tiny barndomsvennen Joey Lupo, den eneste mand, hun kan stole på. Og selvom Tiny og Joey bruger det meste af tiden på at skændes, er det svært at ignorere den tiltrækning, der ulmer mellem dem.Kan man elske to mænd på samme tid?

20’erne brøler i Detroit, og hvis Tiny vil redde sin far, må hun indgå en pagt med djævlen …Om dagen smugler den 20-årige Tiny O’Mara whisky. Om natten længes hun efter fest og spænding. Indtil hendes far bliver kidnappet, og Tiny skal skaffe den enorme løsesum på kun én uge.Nu står hun midt i et mafiaopgør – splittet mellem to smukke mænd.Enzo DiFiore er søn af den gangster, der står bag bortførelsen, og hans farlige charme tager pusten fra hende. Kan Tiny udnytte den forbudte gnist mellem dem? Hendes irriterende og flotte barndomsven Joey Lupo vil gerne hjælpe, men han har sin egen skjulte dagsorden …Hvem kan man stole på i en verden, hvor alle vil have noget – sprut, penge, magt eller sex – og ingen bekymrer sig om konsekvenserne?

"Setzt Europa in Brand!", befiehlt Winston Churchill den Agenten der von ihm gegründeten Geheimorganisation Special Operations Executive. Mathieu Trudeau und sein Team planen, genau das - und zwar in Frankreich, das noch immer fest in der Hand der deutschen Besatzungsmacht ist. Jeder Funke Widerstand, der in der französischen Bevölkerung aufglimmt, wird von ihr erbarmungslos ausgetreten.Mathieu ist entschlossener denn je, die Deutschen aufzuhalten. Mit der Gestapo dicht auf den Fersen begibt er sich in ein Dickicht aus Verrat, Hass und Gewalt und wird mit nahezu unüberwindbaren Hindernissen konfrontiert. Sein Auftrag verlangt ihm alles ab, und er muss sich immer wieder fragen, welche Opfer er zu bringen bereit ist, um sein Ziel zu erreichen.

Die erfolgreiche Sabotage der Panzerfabrik ist ein Triumph des französischen Widerstands gegen die deutschen Besatzer - aber Mathieu Trudeaus Freude über den mühsam erkämpften Sieg währt nur kurz.Seine Auftraggeber verdächtigen ihn, seinen Erfolg nur vorgetäuscht zu haben, um weitere Bombardements der Stadt Lille durch die Royal Air Force zu verhindern. Sie verlangen Beweise.Während SS-Mann Emil Blenke verwundet und gedemütigt Rache schwört, bleibt Mathieu nichts anderes übrig, als mit einem Fotoapparat bewaffnet unter den Augen Hunderter Soldaten in die zerstörte Fabrik zurückzukehren ...

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.

July 28th, 2024 is the 110th Anniversary of the beginning of the First World War The Great War as it came to be known was the first truly global conflict, and changed the course of world history. When World War I began in 1914, both sides had anticipated a swift and decisive victory, but the war quickly bogged down into a stalemate. The Western Front extended from the English Channel in the north to the Swiss border in the south, covering approximately 700 kilometers (about 440 miles). Some of the major battles fought on the Western Front include the Battle of the Marne, the Battle of Ypres, the Battle of the Somme, and the Battle of Passchendaele. There were massive casualties and little territorial gain. This illustrated book examines this brutal conflict in detail. It looks at why war broke out, and how technology and tactics developed throughout the conflict determined which battles were won and lost, including trench warfare, gas, tanks, aircraft, submarines and the development of a new fire power.

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.

Now in paperback: acclaimed author Lucy Sante's "eye-opening tale of the greed and corruption but also diplomacy and ingenuity" (The Washington Post) involved in the creation of the upstate reservoir system that makes New York City's existence possible--but irreparably altered rural ecosystems and communities

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

The extraordinary story behind Degas’s groundbreaking painting of the biracial circus performer Miss La La