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In this sequel to The Mistress of Auschwitz, the story continues with Eleonore as she struggles to cope with the impact of her harrowing detainment at the notorious concentration camp. Although she has been liberated by the Allies, she is not yet free from the horrors that she witnessed. Striving to heal from the trauma, Eleonore searches for meaning as she begins a new life.But Eleonore is not alone in her struggles to comprehend these atrocities as a British officer, Hanns Volker, secures employment for her. Hanns, who is based on the inspiring true story of a German Jew returning to the country of his birth, is horrified by the reality of what many of his people endured and what he narrowly escaped.The spark of justice is ignited in Hanns when he is assigned with the insurmountable task of interrogating the captured Nazis. While his eye lingers on hunting down those who have escaped, Hanns is enraptured with a righteous fury and must weigh the consequences of revenge against the balance of justice.Although their paths are separate, both Hanns and Eleonore are thrust into a Germany that is still under the shadow of indoctrination. Both come to understand that there are few that they can trust and, although defeated, the Nazi plague still holds sway over those who are lost to moral decay.

"On a warm night in September, Yvonne Rudellat's house is bombed. Almost everything she owns is destroyed. Yvonne has no one left. She and her husband have long been estranged; her daughter, Jackie, is married and occupied with war work. Yvonne is no use to anyone-older, diminutive, always overlooked. As she prepares to take her own life, fate offers her a new path. Almost no one believes she can do it. She is a woman, unaccustomed to this form of danger. She is too old, too frail for such deadly work. But Britain is on the brink of losing the war, and so she is sent, as an experiment more than anything else, to train as a Special Operative Executive. All too soon, she finds herself alone in the country that was once her home. Her mission: set Europe ablaze and clear the way for the women who come after"--

On June 8th, 1944, two days after D-Day, 514 Squadron Lancaster DS822 and her crew were part of a large RAF bombing raid on German communications and transport targets near Paris, intended to slow down the progress of German reinforcements heading for the Normandy beaches. The aircraft was shot down by a Luftwaffe night fighter at around 2:00 am, crashing in a forest near the village of La Celle Les Bordes. Three airmen died in the crash, whilst the four survivors baled out and attempted to evade the occupying German troops and the Gestapo. Francois Ydier was a small child who lived near the crash site and tells of the profound effect the event had on his community. Over many years he traced many people whose lives were inextricably linked through the event and its aftermath. He painstakingly put together the individual stories of the seven airmen and those on the ground, including local members of the famous Comet Line, who tried to help the survivors evade the clutches of the Nazi regime. All too often, those brave French citizens paid for their bravery with their lives. The author weaves the strands together to tell a moving story of incredible heroism and fortitude in terrible circumstances. It is a tribute to those who risked, and often lost, their lives to liberate Europe from the clutches of evil.

"During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this historical novel with a speculative twist"--

Yorkshire, 1914. Mary Lennox thought her world didn't need to extend past her aunt's secret garden after finally finding a home with her cousin, Colin, and her uncle at Misselthwaite nearly six years ago. But when war breaks out in Europe, Mary realizes that she can't control anything outside the garden walls when her childhood best friend, Dickon Sowerby, announces he's leaving to fight, taking away both his steady companionship and Mary's dream of something more. Things only spiral further with Colin's sudden departure, and Mary is left to run an estate she never planned to manage.As the Great War spreads-bringing wounded soldiers, news of death, and increasing uncertainty to Yorkshire-Mary is forced to reckon with decisions she isn't ready to make. And she can only hope that the mysterious magic of the garden that brought them all together once before reaches far enough to preserve the home and family that she waited so long to find.In this stunning continuation of The Secret Garden, author Krystal Bailey brings readers back to the garden gate and beyond with a story full of heart, familiar faces, and new beginnings.

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2022 "A frothy picaresque that ... vibrates to the “sweet celestial confusion” of Soutine’s painting: delirious and earthy, reverent and irreligious." -- The New York Times Book Review A wild, effervescent, absinthe-soaked novel that tells of the life of the extraordinary artist Chaim SoutineSteve Stern’s astonishing new novel The Village Idiot begins on a glorious spring day in Paris 1917. Amid the carnage of World War I, some of the foremost artists of the age have chosen to stage a boat race.  At the head of the regatta is Amedeo Modigliani, seated regally in a bathtub pulled by a flock of canvasback ducks.  But unbeknownst to the competition, he has a secret advantage: his young friend, the immigrant painter Chaim Soutine, is hauling the tub from underwater.  Soutine, an unwashed, misfit artist (who incidentally can’t swim) has been persuaded by the Italian to don a ponderous diving suit and trudge along the floor of the river Seine.  Disoriented and confused by the artificial air in his helmet Chaim stumbles through the events of his past and future life. It’s quite an extraordinary life.  From his impoverished beginnings in an East European shtetl to his equally destitute days in Paris during the Années Folles, the Crazy Years, from the Cinderella patronage of the American collector Albert Barnes, who raises him from poverty to international attention, to his perilous flight from the Nazi occupation of France, Chaim Soutine remains driven by his unrelenting passion to paint.  To be sure, there are notable distractions, such as his unlikely friendship with Modigliani, who drags him from brothels to midnight felonies to a duel at dawn; there are the romances with remarkable women who compete with and sometimes salvage his obsession. But there is also, always on the horizon, the coming storm that threatens to sweep away Chaim and a generation of gifted Jewish refugees from a tradition that would outlaw their longing to make art. Wildly inventive, as funny as it is heart-breaking, The Village Idiot is a luminous fever-dream of a novel, steeped in the heady atmosphere of a Paris that was the cultural capital of the universe, a place where anything seemed possible.

Valor is the magnificent story of a genuine American hero who survived the fall of the Philippines and brutal captivity under the Japanese, from New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton.Lieutenant William Frederick "Bill" Harris was 25 years old when captured by Japanese forces during the Battle of Corregidor in May 1942. This son of a decorated Marine general escaped from hell on earth by swimming eight hours through a shark-infested bay; but his harrowing ordeal had just begun.Shipwrecked on the southern coast of the Philippines, he was sheltered by a Filipino aristocrat, engaged in guerilla fighting, and eventually set off through hostile waters to China. After 29 days of misadventures and violent storms, Harris and his crew limped into a friendly fishing village in the southern Philippines. Evading and fighting for months, he embarked on another agonizing voyage to Australia, but was betrayed by treacherous islanders and handed over to the Japanese. Held for two years in the notorious Ofuna prisoner-of-war camp outside Yokohama, Harris was continuously starved, tortured, and beaten, but he never surrendered. Teaching himself Japanese, he eavesdropped on the guards and created secret codes to communicate with fellow prisoners. After liberation on August 30, 1945, Bill represented American Marine POWs during the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay before joining his father and flying to a home he had not seen in four years.Valor is a riveting new look at the Pacific War. Through military documents, personal photos, and an unpublished memoir provided by his daughter, Harris' experiences are dramatically revealed through his own words in the expert hands of bestselling author and retired fighter pilot Dan Hampton. This is the stunning and captivating true story of an American hero.

Amidst the turmoil of World War II, Zurich was an enclave where modern art held its ground. In the aftermath, Concrete Art, design, and the "Swiss Style" became emblematic of a modern Switzerland. Influenced by De Stijl, Russian Constructivism, and the Bauhaus, the Zurich Concretists aimed to transform society through aesthetics, design, and architecture. Circle! Square! Progress! brings together the main protagonists Max Bill, Camille Graeser, Verena Loewensberg, and Richard Paul Lohse along with precursors such as Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Georges Vantongerloo, Theo van Doesburg, and Anton Stankowski. Contemporary witnesses, artist Peter Fischli and curator Bice Curiger, add their unique perspectives. The volume vividly describes the Zurich Concretist's conections with European avant-garde, delving into the hostilities, scandals, and their ultimately successful struggle for recognition against the backdrop of the 20th century's upheavals.

Der vorliegende Band widmet sich erstmals Paul Tillichs Wirksamkeit in Dresden im Kontext der Intellektuellen-Diskurse der Weimarer Republik. Tillich wurde 1925 auf eine Professur für Religionswissenschaft an der Allgemeinen Abteilung der Sächsischen Technischen Hochschule Dresden berufen und lehrte bis 1929 in der Elbmetropole. In Dresden sind nicht nur grundlegende Werke wie Die religiöse Lage der Gegenwart (1926), Das Dämonische. Ein Beitrag zur Sinndeutung der Geschichte (1926) sowie die beiden Kairos-Bände (1926 und 1929) entstanden, auch seine bereits in Marburg begonnene Dogmatik erhielt hier ihre weitere Ausarbeitung. In fünf Sektionen - 1. Streit über die Weimarer Republik, 2. Dresdener Intellektuellenmilieus, 3. Dresdener philosophische Diskurse, 4. Kairos, Religion und Kultur: Theologische Zeitdeutung, 5. Theologische Diskurse in der Weimarer Republik - beleuchtet der Band die unterschiedlichen Facetten und Netzwerke in Tillichs Dresdener Zeit vor dem Hintergrund der Deutungskämpfe um die Weimarer Republik. Auf diese Weise bietet der Band Paul Tillich in Dresden eine erste umfassende Auseinandersetzung mit der Theologie und Religionsphilosophie Tillichs in der zweiten Hälfte der 1920er Jahre.

Es ist eine häufig erzählte Geschichte, dass Paris am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts das Weltzentrum der Kunst gewesen sei. Dieses Buch fragt danach, welchen Beitrag Ausstellungen zwischen 1921 und 1946 zur Entwicklung und Verbreitung dieser Erzählung geleistet haben. Es beleuchtet Ausstellungen in den Cafés des Pariser Viertels Montparnasse und die internationalen Ausstellungen der "École de Paris". So treten konkurrierende Sichtweisen auf Paris als Zentrum und Kreuzungspunkt der Kunstwelt hervor. Dieses Buch bietet erstmals einen chronologischen sowie topographischen Überblick über diese Ausstellungen. Zudem löst es die kunsthistorische Forschung zur "École de Paris" aus ihrer auf Paris fokussierten Perspektive und analysiert seinen Gegenstand im Horizont transkultureller Dynamiken. Bietet eine neue Sichtweise auf die "École de Paris" Ausstellungsgeschichte moderner Kunst Katalog zu den Caféausstellungen in Montparnasse und den internationalen Ausstellungen der "École de Paris"

Georg Kolbe (1877-1947), one of the most important sculptors of the first half of the 20th century in Germany, was an important representative of classical modernism. However, his activities during National Socialism have not yet been fully explored. With the receipt of an extensive estate from the bequest of Kolbe's late granddaughter Maria von Tiesenhausen in 2019, it is now possible to gain more precise research perspectives. In 2021 the Georg Kolbe Museum initiated a research project and invited art historians to critically access the new materials. Numerous art historians accepted the invitation of the Georg Kolbe Museum to examine the mainly written material, which was created from 1933 to the post-war period. The results are presented in this publication and offer new insights into Georg Kolbe's activities on the art market, his dealings with public and private clients, his participation in exhibitions, his political contacts as well as his self-promotion strategies between 1933-45. The volume thus offers a new basis for the examination of artists' biographies during National Socialism and encourages more in-depth research.

Though sometimes overlooked and underestimated, rural space has played a substantial role in social, cultural, economic, and ideological change. This role can be studied by looking at the re/production of spatial agents that were caused by direct or indirect political interventions in rural communities. In this book, scholars looking at case studies from Greece, Turkey, Italy, Portugal, and Austria discuss the making of identity in and through rural areas, which have dramatically changed under different political, social, and economic conditions from the turn of the 20th century up until today. By focusing on potential contestations of such changes, the authors provide a better in-depth understanding of spatial dynamics related to cultural and social spheres of 20th-century rurality. Includes contributions of national and international experts Deals with 20th-century rural environment and identity-making policies Findings of an international symposium of DFG Research Training Group "Cultural and Technological Significance of Historic Buildings", Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) Cottbus-Senftenberg

Die 1773 gegründete Düsseldorfer Kunstakademie zählt zu den weltweit bedeutendsten Institutionen ihrer Art. In ihrer 250-jährigen Geschichte wurden hier viele international wichtige Künstlerinnen und Künstler ausgebildet, einige kehrten im Laufe ihrer Karriere als Professorinnen und Professoren an das Haus zurück. Der anlässlich des Jubiläums erscheinende Band gibt erstmalig einen Gesamtüberblick über die verschiedenen, von hier ausgehenden oder eng mit dem Haus verknüpften Kunstströmungen und stellt die prägenden Künstlerinnen und Künstler vor. Besondere Schwerpunkte der auf neuester Forschung aufbauenden Beiträge liegen etwa bei der Düsseldorfer Malerschule des 19. Jahrhunderts, andere setzen sich mit Joseph Beuys und seinem Wirken am Haus auseinander oder blicken auf die Becher- Schule und die Tradition des Fotografischen an der Akademie. Opulent bebilderter Band zum 250. Jubiläum der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf Kunstgeschichtlicher Überblick über die traditions- und einflussreiche Institution

Das Fotoprojekt leistet einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Dokumentation eines bis heute wenig bekannten Teils deutscher Nachkriegsgeschichte.In ihrer ersten Monografie beschäftigt sich Maria Klenner mit den Schicksalen von 2.000 Kindern, die unmittelbar nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges in dem von den Alliierten eingerichteten Displaced Persons Camp in Bergen-Belsen geboren wurden. In über acht Jahren ist eine wertvolle Sammlung von 26 Porträts und Zeitzeugenberichten von Nachfahren der Überlebenden des Holocausts entstanden. Kombiniert mit Archivmaterial und historischen Bildern beleuchtet die sensible Studie Fragen zu Geschichte und Migration, Identität und Zugehörigkeit, Trauma und Neuanfängen - Betrachtungen, die bis heute nicht an Aktualität verloren haben. Die deutsche Porträt- und Dokumentarfotografin Maria Klenner (*1990) lebt in Beirut, Libanon, und arbeitet für zahlreiche Zeitungen.

Die vorliegende Vergleichsstudie untersucht Körperinszenierungen im Film anhand eines repräsentativen Korpus. Das Augenmerk liegt insbesondere auf Performativität, Intermedialität und Genderdarstellung im europäischen Avantgardefilm sowie im expressionistischen Kunstfilm und im US-amerikanischen Spielfilm der 1920er Jahre. Ein diachroner Vergleich mit US-amerikanischen und schwedischen Experimentalfilmen der 1940er und -50er Jahre sucht Antworten auf die Frage, ob der Experimentalfilm neue, zusätzliche Inszenierungen des Körpers entwickelt. Über die bisherige Forschung hinausgehend werden ¿ auf Basis eines theoretisch fundierten, auf ausgewählte Körperkonzepte rekurrierenden Analyserahmens ¿ grundlegende Entwicklungsdynamiken und kulturübergreifende Querbezüge herausgearbeitet.

MØD JUSTICE JONES. Kostskoleelev om dagen og super-detektiv om natten2. Verdenskrig er brudt ud, og det kommer til at præge livet på Justices kostskole, Highbury House. Eleverne skal pludselig dele hverdag med drengene fra en evakueret London-kostskole. Justice bliver ven med Henry, som viser sig også at være lidt af en detektiv. Heldigvis, for de to ser en aften et ansigt i et vindue – et vindue, hvor ingen burde kunne komme op til. Har det nogen forbindelse til drengenes lærer, som er tysker?Dette er sidste bind i den hyggelig og charmerende detektivserie om Justice Jones, der er en sej og selvstændig heltinde i et spændende, mystisk og klassisk kostskolemiljø i 1930'ernes England.Den seje og sympatiske heltinde skal begå sig i et snobbet, konkurrencepræget og dystert miljø.Elly Griffiths, der står bag den populære krimiserie for voksne om arkæologen Ruth Galloway, tager os med sin elegante stil og talent ind i et Enid Blyton-agtigt univers.Spænding, mystik og humor går op i en højere enhed i Elly Griffiths debut til børn.Lix 27,5 Ml: 9,5, Lo: 18,5Dejlig bog i den typisk engelske genre om piger på kostskole i "gamle dage". Velskrevet og underholdende, og den har et publikum blandt nutidens danske piger. I hvert fald de gode læsere, der vil gå i gang med bøger af en vis tykkelse. Anbefales!Lektørudtalelsen om første bind i serien

It is primarily about World War II in Europe. It deals withthe French Revolution and the building of Eastern EuropeanSocialism. His life and Reagan years. The only text of the computerpoem is presented.Stephen Sweigart wrote this poem as his first computerpoem in BASIC. In the late 1980s. After one semesterat graduate school at Temple University, he studiedComputer programming at a county Community college.He is now retired working part-time after 40 years full-time.He plays classical piano, and is an audiophile and gardener.

It's 1943 on the American home front, and Ella's pent-up, common-law husband finally decides to leave their farm and enlist. Ella must either depart their seafaring town in coastal Delaware to pursue other dreams inland or try to save their farm. Their grade-school son, Reese, won't budge, and Ella sees that farmers have a patriotic duty to stay on the land. The bay and ocean waters before them have been preyed upon by German U-boats, and their village has become a refuge for survivors. When an officer from a surrendered German submarine is sent to her as part of POW farm labor, can Ella embrace the help in order to survive? And what happens when Dieter becomes more than a hand to her, amidst prying eyes and under her beloved but conflicted son's watch? How will she choose when her explosive husband returns from Europe wounded from infantry duty against the Germans?In Ella's War, we travel a journey amongst women and men whose lives are deeply altered by the circumstances of WWII. What heroic or questionable choices must they make to be true to themselves and come through the great conflict?

The work of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (1898-1944) occupies a key position in the broader history of the Austrian avant-garde while also deepening our understanding of modernism. Her work covers an impressive range of media and genres in the visual and applied arts. Influenced by her studies at Vienna's Kunstgewerbeschule (which later became the University of Applied Arts Vienna), the Itten Private School, and the Bauhaus in Weimar, she worked as a painter, stage designer, architect, designer in Vienna and Berlin, in exile, and as a deportee. This book explores the heterogeneity of Dicker's work, reconstructs her artistic strategies and references to aesthetic and political discourses from the 1920s to the 1940s, and documents for the first time her works in the collection of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

A disillusioned soldier looks for love. An exiled Emperor fears assassination. Agatha Christie takes a holiday. And George Bernard Shaw learns to tango. In the aftermath of World War I, Michael Pinfold a disillusioned ex-soldier tries to rescue his failing family wine business on the island of Madeira. In a villa in the hills the exiled Austrian Emperor lives in fear of assassination by Hungarian killers, while in Reid's Hotel, a well-known lady crime novelist is stranded on her way to South Africa and George Bernard Shaw whiles away his days corresponding with his friends, writing a one act play and learning to tango with the hotel manager's spouse.A stranger, Robinson, is found murdered and Michael finds himself manipulated into investigating the crime by his sinister best friend, Johnny Cardozo, the local police chief, with whose wife he is pursuing an arid love affair; manipulated, too, by Father Flaherty, a priest with dubious political interests, and by his own eccentric parent, who claims to have been part of a comedy duo that once entertained the Kaiser with Jewish jokes. Will Michael find love? Will the Emperor escape his would-be killers? Will any of the characters learn the true meaning of the tango?