Far-right political ideologies and movements

This invaluable resource offers students a comprehensive overview of the German war machine that overran much of Europe during World War II, with close to 300 entries on a variety of topics and a number of key primary source documents.

This book investigates the historical roots of the Italian Republic's oldest surviving political party, the populist far right Lega (Nord), tracing its origins to post-war Italy.

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).

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 focuses on the Russian Revolution of 1917, the legacy of the First World War, and Mussolini and Italian fascism - offering an important overview of the major themes of the early 20th century.

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.

World War II on Film examines the war through the lens of 12 films.

Das Tagebuch der Thea Gersten, der späteren Thea Hurst, eingebunden in den Gardinenstoff ihres Leipziger Kinderzimmers, liegt über sechs Jahrzehnte in Theas Nachttisch-Schublade.

An examination of two of the most high-profile air and land weapons to be deployed on the Eastern Front in World War II.

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.

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.

'A compelling history.

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.

Frank Knox served as Secretary of the Navy during some of the most eventful years in U.

Frank Knox served as Secretary of the Navy during some of the most eventful years in U.

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.

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.

'A compelling history.

An examination of two of the most high-profile air and land weapons to be deployed on the Eastern Front in World War II.

This comprehensive reference work serves as an important resource for anyone interested in the international prosecution of war crimes and how it has evolved.

This book analyses the process of 'reshaping' liberated societies in post-1945 Europe.

'A fascinating journey into our relationship with the physical book.

On April 29th, 1945, General Heinrich Gestapo Muller, head of that feared Nazi organisation, left Hitler's bunker and disappeared.

Although an ally of Nazi Germany during World War II, Japan adamantly refused to accede to German demands to deal harshly with the some 40,000 Jews living under its control.

Simone Müller porträtiert 14 Jüdinnen und Juden sowie eine Zeugin Jehovas, die zwischen 1923 und 1942 geboren wurden und als Kinder oder Jugendliche Hitlers Terrorregime überlebten.

The runaway #1 New York Times bestseller'Timely and fascinating.

Groß – blond – blauäugig, so sollten sie aussehen, die Kinder, die in den Lebensborn-Heimen auf die Welt kamen, die der SS-Organisation übergeben wurden oder die in ihre Hände gerieten, nachdem sie verschleppt und zwangsgermanisiert worden waren.

Sie galt als »das schwarze Schaf der Familie«, doch unbeirrt ging Friedelind Wagner ihren eigenen Weg: Eva Rieger schreibt die erste Biografie der Enkelin Richard Wagners, die sich als Einzige des Bayreuther Clans zum Widerstand entschloss – gegen ihre Familie und gegen das Nazi-Regime.

This book explores five cases of monument and public commemorative space related to World War II (WWII) in contemporary China (Mainland), Hong Kong and Taiwan, all of which were built either prior to or right after the end of the War and their physical existence still remains.

This book explores the memory and representation of genocide as they affect individuals, communities and families, and artistic representations.

During the European elections of 2014, one of the main issues raised by the media was the electoral performance of so called 'populist parties'.

In this important and accessible study, Rafal Pankowski makes sense of the rapid growth of organized radical nationalism on the political level in Poland by showing its origins, its internal dynamics and the historical, political, social and cultural context that has made it possible.

This book investigates the complexities of modern urban operations-a particularly difficult and costly method of fighting, and one that is on the rise.

This book offers a complete narrative of the development of Nordicism, from its roots in the National Romantic movement of the late eighteenth century, through to its most notorious manifestation in Nazi Germany, and finally to the fragmented forms that still remain in contemporary society.

In 1930s Bucharest, some of the country's most brilliant young intellectuals converged to form the Criterion Association.

This book analyses four case studies of Holocaust memory activism in Poland, contextualized within recent debates about Polish-Jewish relations and approached through a theoretical framework informed by critical theory.

Antisemitism, as hatred of Jews and Judaism, has been a central problem of Western civilization for millennia, and its history continues to invite debate.

This book explores the work and legacy of Professor David Cesarani OBE, a leading British scholar and expert on Jewish history who helped to shape Holocaust research, remembrance and education in the UK.

A revealing biography of Anne Frank, exploring both her life and the impact of her extraordinary diary "e;Trenchant.

Her heart died in the war can she breathe new life into it?

An SS colonel goes underground at the end of WWIIEugen Dollmann was a scholar and member of the SS whose connections among Italian society led to a posting as a liaison officer attached to Mussolini during World War II.

El meteórico ascenso al poder de Hitler, el férreo control ideológico que impuso en Alemania, su popularidad frente a las masas y la eficaz maquinaria bélica que puso en marcha constituyen aspectos de un proceso cuyo éxito dependió, en buena medida, del trabajo realizado por su círculo íntimo.

This book represents the first systematic research by a social scientist on the radical right-wing movements in Italy since 1945.

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'Riveting, timely and truly revelatory.

The battle for Saipan is remembered as one of the bloodiest battles fought in the Pacific during World War II, and was a turning point on the road to the defeat of Japan.

The Freckleton catastrophe of August 23, 1944, occurred when an American B-24 Liberator crashed into the small village of Freckleton in northwest England.