Packed with personal accounts of the action, this is a vivid narrative history of the often-overlooked USAAF campaign in North Africa and Sicily in World War II.
Vom Neujahrstag bis zu Silvester: Die Traditionen im Alpenraum rund ums JahrBrauchtum und Rituale haben etwas Beruhigendes an sich: Sie strukturieren den Alltag und sind oft so in Fleisch und Blut übergegangen, dass sie ganz ohne Nachdenken ausgeführt werden.
Die Nordseeinsel Langeoog als Brennpunkt deutscher Geschichte:
Jörg Echternkamp historisiert erstmals umfassend einen Naturraum am Rande Deutschlands, der sich seit den 1880er Jahren zu einem Drehkreuz historischen Wandels entwickelt hat.
This book demonstrates how the Russian thought and literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries influenced Jewish thought and Hebrew literature.
Illustrated throughout, this book explains the composition and qualities of the Soviet tank force that fought Germany's mighty Panzers at the biggest tank battle in history.
The Destruction of Jewish Cemeteriesin Poland offers a comprehensive examination of the history of Jewish cemeteries in Poland, shedding light on an overlooked aspect of Holocaust history.
The relationship between Israel, American Jews, and the peace process has been a subject of passionate debate among scholars, political activists, and lay observers alike.
The deportation of 1,755 Jews from the islands of Rhodes and Cos in July 1944, shortly after the last deportation from Hungary, was the last transport to leave Greece for Auschwitz and brought to a close the last significant phase of the genocide of Europe's Jews (notwithstanding the death marches).
During the long years of the Second World War, tea remained the cornerstone of British hospitality, drunk and enjoyed by civilians and members of the armed forces alike.
"e;Walking the Tightrope: Civilian Pastoral Ministry and Armed Forces Chaplaincy"e; offers an in-depth exploration of the challenges, responsibilities, and blessings that come with a dual vocation as a civilian pastor and military chaplain.
Elegant yet shattering Rendered in plainspoken yet devastating prose, Massons historical narrative is intercut with startling present-day moments This is haunting.
Green Marble - Back Page By Ed Sims Set in a small town of Spencer, Indiana in the fifties, Chris and John, who were from totally different backgrounds, found their common interest in basketball.
The Story of What Is Broken Is Whole collects for the first time fifty years of writing by Puerto Rican Jewish feminist and radical thinker Aurora Levins Morales.
