Un appel tourmenté de sa grande tante et voilà Simon Ehrlich propulsé dans un monde parallèle peuplé d'âmes juives qui illuminent l'histoire sous de nouvelles couleurs et divulguent des secrets d'État, des mystères scientifiques ou ceux du monde de l'Art.
Français à part entière la veille, indigène israélite d'Algérie le lendemain, l'abrogation du décret Crémieux le 7 octobre 1940 frappe le jeune Raymond Ellouz, venu d'Alger à Paris pour étudier la musique sacrée juive.
A savvy study (Publishers Weekly) and a fascinating exploration of the roles many spy novelists played during World War II and the influence of intelligence work on their writing.
This book addresses the reasons why the contemporary far-right has gained political resonance in a variety of states across both the Global North and South.
Les itinéraires de vies de ce livre renvoient certes à des trajectoires spécifiques mais, en réalité, l'histoire des Rafenberg, Kac, Rymer, Flak est celle de milliers de familles juives d'origine polonaise, prises dans la fureur antisémite du nazisme et de la collaboration vichyste, celle de nombreux immigrés juifs de la mythique Mitteleuropa.
Cette chronique familiale romancée, rédigée par Clara pour honorer une promesse faite à sa grand-mère Paula, s'appuie sur le journal intime de la vieille dame dans lequel elle raconte la vie des Meier en Pologne, leur installation à Paris, les persécutions dont ils furent victimes de la part des nazis et de leurs complices français et son engagement dans la résistance en Haute-Provence.
The Second World War Illustrated: 1944 follows the author's visual tour of the war by means of painstakingly researched and digitally restored pictures from the period of the key battlefields and events of the period from September 1943 to the late summer of 1944.
An intimate look at Elie Wiesel, author of the seminal Holocaust memoir Night and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize As an orphaned survivor and witness to the horrors of Auschwitz, Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) compelled the world to confront the Holocaust with his searing memoir Night.
Voici le destin difficile d’un jeune Alsacien devant abandonner famille et études, n’ayant eu d’autres choix que de vêtir tour à tour l’uniforme des deux camps et forcé à survivre dans un monde auquel rien ne le prédestinait afin de partir en guerre.
Understanding Zionism is a detailed introduction to the background and development of the Zionist movement, its various streams, and its impact on government and society in Israel.
Dans une France libérée mais exsangue matériellement et moralement, une tâche immense attend le général de Gaulle : le jugement de la collaboration, indispensable au rétablissement de l'autorité de l'État et œuvre de régénérescence de la nation.
Understanding Zionism is a detailed introduction to the background and development of the Zionist movement, its various streams, and its impact on government and society in Israel.
'A heart-warming tale about resilience, friendships and family, and the inestimable power of the written word' RUTH HOGAN'A heart-warming depiction of strong female friendships tested by suffering - Annie Lyons really is the queen of the wartime saga' CLARE CHAMBERSCan two young women and one book change the course of war?
This myth-busting military biography reveals the true story of the legendary WWII German flying ace-and how his story was manipulated during the Cold War.
The confrontation between German and Soviet forces at Stalingrad was a titanic clash of armies on an unprecedented scalea campaign that was both a turning point in World War II and a lasting symbol of that wars power and devastation.
What does it mean when a radical understanding of National Socialism is inextricably embedded in the work of the twentieth century's most important philosopher?
"e;The authors offer a very different perspective on this campaign and are very frank in their assessment of the performance of the Allies and Germans on many levels.
Acclaimed author Andrew Thomas has chosen fifty fascinating cameos of individual actions or incidents across a wide variety of major and minor campaigns and scenarios ranging from the First World War to the present day.
This interdisciplinary collection of primary and secondary readings encourages scholars and students to engage critically with current debates about the origins, implementation and postwar interpretation of the Holocaust.
McManus presents an intellectual history of the conservative and reactionary tradition, stretching from Aristotle and Filmer to Alexander Dugin and Patrick Deneen.
This book focuses on the social voids that were the result of occupation, genocide, mass killings, and population movements in Europe during and after the Second World War.
Devastating and compellingDAILY MAILPoignant TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT____________________________________________________________________________________________ The extraordinary story of Bep Voskuijl, Anne Frank's closest friend during the 761 days she spent in the Secret Annex.
'Ambitious, wide-ranging and learned' Times Literary Supplement 'Vivid and extraordinary' Wall Street JournalFrom Boudicca to Ukraine, battlefields have always contained a surprising number of female fighters.
