This important reference work offers students a comprehensive overview of the Cambodian Genocide, with more than 90 in-depth articles by leading scholars on an array of topics and themes, supplemented by key primary source documents.
In Spital am Pyhrn (Oberösterreich) war von 1943 bis 1945 in einem aufgelassenen Gasthof ein sogenanntes "fremdvölkisches" Kinderheim eingerichtet, betrieben von der "Nationalsozialistischen Volkswohlfahrt" (NSV).
Paru pour la première fois en Allemagne en 1988, ce récit authentique, particulièrement émouvant et bouleversant, retrace l'enfance et l'adolescence de l'auteur dans le Königsberg national-socialiste, la destruction de la ville et les horreurs des premières années d'après-guerre sous l'occupation soviétique.
For readers of The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah who are looking for an immersive true account of Nazi-occupied Paris, Star-Crossed is an epic story of love and resistance during WW2 from the award-winning author of Pen America Literary Award Finalist and Goodreads Choice Award Nominee, 999.
An indispensable resource for those interested in the scourge of mass murder and genocide in the 20th and 21st centuries, this book analyzes modern and contemporary controversies and issues to help readers to understand genocide in all its complexity.
This book addresses the forced removal and confinement of Japanese Americans during World War II-a topic significant to all Americans, regardless of race or color.
The international million copy bestseller recounting the epic turning point of the WW2______________In October 1942, an officer wrote 'Stalingrad is no longer a town .
Le 11 avril 1945, plus de 3000 déportés à bout de force espèrent leur libération dans deux petites gares ferroviaires perdues au fin fond de l'Allemagne nazie.
Das Tagebuch der Thea Gersten, der späteren Thea Hurst, eingebunden in den Gardinenstoff ihres Leipziger Kinderzimmers, liegt über sechs Jahrzehnte in Theas Nachttisch-Schublade.
This book addresses the forced removal and confinement of Japanese Americans during World War II-a topic significant to all Americans, regardless of race or color.
This book focuses on the experiences of thousands of Jewish displaced persons (DPs) who lived in refugee camps in Italy between the liberation of the southern regions in 1943 and the early 1950s, waiting for their resettlement outside of Europe.
A focused study on Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's cinematic contributions to the war effort, arguing for the centrality of propaganda to their work as film artists.
In this book an internationally renowned team of historians provides comprehensive coverage of all major campaigns and theaters of World War II, synthesizing the tremendous breadth and depth of source materials on this global conflict.
First published in 1946, this atmospheric memoir of the Battle of the Atlantic offers one of the most original accounts of war at sea aboard a corvette, escorting convoys in both the North and South Atlantic.
Explore Japanese internment through the voices of those who endured removal, those who designed this notorious forced relocation, and those who witnessed the broken promise of U.
L'auteur montre dans cette monographie la position problématique des fonctionnaires plus soucieux du « principe d'obéissance » que de l'« éthique » – propre à les conduire à imposer des limites à leur devoir d'obéissance voire, pour certains, à résister.
World War II on the home front: "e;Fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society or James Herriot will enjoy this unique historical account.
This book enables readers to learn about upstanders, partisans, and survivors from first-hand perspectives that reveal the many forms of resistance-some bold and defiant, some subtle-to the Nazis during the Holocaust.
In November 1942 Anglo-American forces landed in French North Africa, which soon afterwards broke with Marshal Petain's Vichy regime in France and re-entered the war on the Allies' side.
A love of birds has always been an important part of the British way of life but in wartime birds came into their own, helping to define our national identity.
This comprehensive reference work serves as an important resource for anyone interested in the international prosecution of war crimes and how it has evolved.
In 1943, German forces launched a counteroffensive, reclaiming Kharkov during a crucial Eastern Front crisisAt the beginning of 1943, the German armed forces were in crisis on the southern front in Russia.
Del autor de Amazing Grace, uno de los autores de mayor éxito editorial según el New York Times, llega esta biografía innovadora sobre Dietrich Bonhoeffer, uno de los más grandes héroes del siglo XX, el hombre que se irguió frente a Hitler.
Discover the daring life story and astonishing adventures of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown - Britain's greatest-ever pilot 'Winkle Brown's astonishing adventures make for fascinating reading' SUNDAY TIMES'[A] thumping great biography by Britain's leading aviation historian' DAILY MAIL, 'BOOK OF THE WEEK'*MARITIME MEDIA AWARDS BEST BOOK NOMINEE*--Small in stature but immense in reputation and talent, there was more to Eric 'Winkle' Brown than met the eye.
This is the story of a wartime bomber, its crew and of a tantalizing detective story unfolding over nearly a quarter of a century of intensive research.