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Distant, silent, often drunk, Walter Urban is a difficult man to have as a father. But his son - the narrator of this slim, harrowing novel - is curious about Walter's experiences during World War II, and so makes him a present of a blank notebook in which to write down his memories. Walter dies, however, leaving nothing but the barest skeleton of a story on those pages, leading his son to fill in the gaps himself, rightly or wrongly, with what he can piece together of his father's early life.

Lidia Maksymowicz ist drei Jahre alt, als sie mit ihrer Mutter in das Konzentrationslager Auschwitz-Birkenau deportiert wird. Dreizehn Monate lang überlebt sie in dieser Hölle, getrennt von ihrer Mutter, in der Kinderbaracke. Sie ist eines der kleinen "Versuchskaninchen" von Dr. Josef Mengele, der seine lebensbedrohlichen "Experimente" an ihr durchführt. Lidia sieht, wie die anderen Kindern nach und nach sterben, an den Folgen der Experimente, am Hunger.

Heinz Wilhelm Guderian was one of the most respected commanders and theoreticians of World War II. An innovative tank commander, he was a pioneer of German Blitzkrieg tactics and therefore a hugely influential figure in the way the war was fought. Guderian's profile was not always what might have been expected for a man of his abilities and influence, due to the shape of his career.

Zwischen März und November 1945 folgte George Orwell als Kriegsberichterstatter den alliierten Streitkräften durch Deutschland und Österreich. Seine Reportagen schildern frei von Triumph oder Hass, welche Zerstörung der Krieg über Städte, Länder und Menschen gebracht hat. Hier erscheinen sie erstmals geschlossen in deutscher Übersetzung.

In the Second World War, Poznan was a key river crossing and railway junction on the Polish-German border. When the alarm was given indicating the Red Army's approach in January 1945, the city's 80-100,000 German civilians were speedily evacuated, leaving a garrison of some 15,000 men, mostly poorly-armed infantry, to face the rigors of a siege conducted by a massively superior and ruthless enemy anxious to acquire this transport center, which was vital for the advance on Berlin.

"Es war am 4. November 1937, als wir in Buchenwald ankamen. Ich fühlte mich den anderen gegenüber ein wenig überlegen, denn ich hatte im Jahre 1933 bereits zwei Konzentrationslager (Colditz und Sachsenburg) kennengelernt. Was konnte mir Buchenwald schon Neues bringen. Jedoch das Gefühl der Überlegenheit verlor sich sehr bald, denn die unverwischbaren Eindrücke schon des ersten Tages zeigten, dass das Lager Buchenwald des Jahres 1937 keinen Vergleich mit dem Lager Colditz aus dem Jahre 1933 zuließ.“ (Bruno Apitz).

Dopo la fine della Prima Guerra Mondiale la situazione della Germania è a dir poco drammatica. Il paese è letteralmente devastato e sulle ceneri di quella che era stata una delle nazioni più importanti d'Europa sorge la debole Repubblica di Weimar. Una crisi economica senza precedenti, resa ancora più difficile dalle durissime condizioni imposte dai francesi al termine del primo conflitto mondiale, porta all'affermarsi di movimenti estremisti che cavalcano il malcontento popolare.

Set during WW2, Saffron Skies and New Beginnings is a story of overcoming betrayal and learning to love once more. From Rita Bradshaw, author of A Woman of Courage. Bella McFadyen has led a privileged life but, from a young age, she has not been afraid to kick against the restrictive...

For 28 years, the Berlin Wall was a symbol of communist oppression and tyranny. The barricade was built in August 1961 to keep East German citizens from defecting to West Germany. This is the story of an oppressive symbol — a wall erected to form a prison for those within its border — but it is also the story of triumph over tyranny when finally, 28 years after it was first built, the Berlin Wall came tumbling down in 1989.

Philipp Freiherr v. Boeselager war Zeitzeuge der Ereignisse um den 20. Juli 1944. Als Ordonnanzoffizier des Oberbefehlshabers der Heeresgruppe Mitte erfuhr Boeselager von den Massentötungen und anderen Verbrechen und gelangte zu der Überzeugung, dass das verbrecherische Regime Hitlers gestürzt werden müsse. Er schloss sich dem Widerstand um Henning von Tresckow an und übernahm die Aufgabe, andere Offiziere für den Staatsstreich zu gewinnen.

Im März 1944 wird Ginette Kolinka zusammen mit ihrem Vater, ihrem Bruder und ihrem Neffen von Avignon nach Auschwitz-Birkenau deportiert. Ginette ist die Einzige, die Monate später nach Paris zurückkehrt. Sie schildert eindringlich, wie sie die Schläge, den Hunger, die Kälte, die Nacktheit, den Hass, das Grauen im Lager überlebt hat.

Die Urteile über Adolf Hitler sind so widersprüchlich wie sein Charakter: Derselbe Mann, der skrupellos Millionen Menschen für seine Weltanschauung in den Tod trieb, konnte sich in seinem privaten Umfeld charmant und besorgt geben. Wie haben die Menschen in Hitlers unmittelbarer Nähe - Hausverwalter, Sekretärin, Leibwächter, Hausmeisterin, Köchin, Diener, Arzt, politische und militärische Mitarbeiter - diesen Mann erlebt? Können ihre persönlichen Eindrücke und Erinnerungen die Frage nach den Beweggründen und dem wahren Charakter Hitlers klären?

Sitting Ducks pieces together the story of an impossible and lesser-known WWII mission. In December 1944, during the bloody Battle of the Bulge, teams of German commandos disguised as American soldiers slipped behind the US front lines. Riding in captured US jeeps, they committed sabotage, sowed confusion, and caused paranoia among American troops. Word quickly spread that the undercover commandos were out to kill US General Eisenhower.

The Fall of the Reich: The Final 100 Days tells the harrowing and historically rich story of how the Third Reich unravelled during its final, desperate months between January and May 1945. What was once a seemingly invincible Nazi war machine had by 1945 become a hollow shell—crumbling under the weight of defeat, dissent, and destruction. From the failed final offensive in the Ardennes to the thunder of Soviet artillery at the gates of Berlin, this book tracks the intense and often chaotic events that sealed Hitler’s fate and reshaped the modern world.

World War II was more than just a clash of armies—it was a battle of ideologies, economies, and strategies on a global scale. It was the deadliest conflict in human history, involving more than 30 countries and resulting in the deaths of an estimated 70 to 85 million people, including both military personnel and civilians. For a time, it seemed as though Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, might succeed in reshaping the world according to its vision. Germany’s early victories stunned observers and instilled fear across Europe.

The names Klaus Barbie, Adolf Eichmann, Hermann Goering, Reinhard Heydrich, Heinrich Himmler, and Ernst Kaltenbrunner struck terror into law-abiding citizens, let alone those who resisted Adolf Hitler. These men were leaders of the Gestapo, the secret police during the times of the Nazis. This book outlines who the Gestapo were, how they operated, what their numbers were, the terrible crimes they committed, and how they paid for these in the end when they were hunted down after the war.

Hawk Hunter has awakened to an alternate world where World War II has never ended. The London Blitz still rages, but the British capital is a Nazi-occupied site with the American shores targeted for invasion by German forces. Their weapon is the A-bomb! Now, there's only one way for Hawk Hunter to save the future of America: by winning World War II again!

¿Fue Hitler, tal y como preguntó Ian Kershaw, una consecuencia natural de la historia alemana o una aberración? No es que Hitler hubiera estado escondido, esperando para atacar. El Führer realmente había estado siguiendo una política exterior agresiva y salvaje durante casi diez años, y fue nombrado Hombre del Año por la revista Time en 1938.

A stirring true story of the journalists who dared to oppose Hitler - and the campaign waged against them. After serving in the First World War, Adolf Hitler encountered a serious obstacle to his plotting for power when the Munich Post, drawing on sources within the Nazi Party, began tracking the corruption and dark dreams of his inner circle. With leaked documents from Hitler's political rivals, who were shocked by his violent rhetoric and fearing the worst, the Post battled Hitler for ownership of the truth.

After a devastating run of German victories, Allied troops are beginning to halt Hitler’s advance. But far from the battlefields, Allied scientists are struggling. Intelligence reports put them a distant second behind the Germans in a competition that could determine the outcome of the war: the race to build the world’s first nuclear weapon. For the Allies’ top scientists, the race is deeply personal. J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Samuel Goudsmit have known Hitler’s chief atomic scientist, Werner Heisenberg, for years.