Social groups: religious groups and communities

Gerda Rothberg was born in 1926 in Lotzen.

Some 60 million people died during the Second World War; millions more were displaced in Europe, Africa, and Asia.

In April 1941, a passenger ship was attacked and sunk by Nazi Germans.

One of WWII's final untold stories, this visceral account of the white-knuckled bombing mission American airmen carried out on Hitler's hometown of Linz, Austria is now told for the first time through the eyes of the men on the airplanes as well as the innocent Austrians under the bombs.

Yemen has faced continuing crises since 2010.

Taking stock of Yiddish literature in 1939, critic Shmuel Niger highlighted the increasing number and importance of women writers.

First published in 2007.

An in-depth history of the US Navy's light aircraft carrier the USS Princeton and its operational exploits in the Pacific Theater of World War II.

Most progressive among all faiths in the contemporary world, Islam is not only a religion, but also a complete code of life.

A remarkable book.

The Fragility of Law examines the ways in which, during the Second World War, the Belgian government and judicial structure became implicated in the identification, exclusion and killing of its Jewish residents, and in the theft - through Aryanization - of Jewish property.

Originally published in 1946, this volume, based on some of the evidence taken from captured German files and archives, discusses many questions concerning German policy and diplomatic manoeuvre during the Second World War.

Military historian Victor Brooks argues that the year 1943 marked a significant shift in the World War II balance of power from the Axis to Allied forces.

Unmittelbar nach der Befreiung der nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager im Frühjahr 1945 entstanden Fotografien, die Berge von Leichen zeigen, Massengräber, halbverhungerte Überlebende auf Pritschen oder hinter Stacheldraht.

This book showcases multidisciplinary research at the intersection of the Islamic tradition and biomedicine.

Das vorliegende Werk dokumentiert einen aufregenden Aktenfund im Zentralen Parteiarchiv der SED: den autobiographischen Romanentwurf Recha Rothschilds, einer jüdischen Kommunistin, geschrieben wahrscheinlich zwischen 1946 und 1948 in Erwartung der Repatriierung in die Sowjetische Besatzungszone.

In the years between the two world wars, the Jewish community of Poland-the largest in Europe-was the cultural heart of the Jewish diaspora.

Islam has revolution the world and sons of Islam have changed the world scenario, to a great extent: Followers of Islam or Muslims have scaled new and newer heights in all fields, e.

This book uses original research and interviews to consider the views of contemporary members of the Orange Order in Canada, including their sense of political and societal purpose, awareness of the decline of influence, views on their present circumstances, and hopes for the future of Orangeism in Canada.

This book argues that the dominant descriptions of the 'caste system' are rooted in the Western Christian experience of India.

"e;In war novels authors typically feature ships such as destroyers, battleships, or aircraft carriers, but not support vessels.

In the 1990s, many evangelical Christian organizations and church leaders began to acknowledge their long history of racism and launched efforts at becoming more inclusive of people of color.

The Nazi regime was a regime of unparalleled destructiveness.

The Italian army, unlike those of the British and French, did not use tanks in combat during World War I and, by November 1918, only one training unit equipped with French Schneider and Renault tanks had been formed.

Entering service in 1897, the Arisaka family of bolt-action rifles armed Japanese troops and others through two world wars and many other conflicts, including the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 05.

This intimate biography reveals how FDR took personal charge of the military during WWII: "e;Splendid .

"e;A WWII soldier's rosy letters home are juxtaposed with his recollections of combat's harrowing on-the-ground reality in this immersive debut memoir.

A thoughtful and provocative biography of the controversial Pope who led the Catholic Church during World War II

There is a claim that Hitler's rise to power was left unchallenged by the inaction of Pope Pius XII.

"e;"e;Even though women were not supposed to be on the front lines, on the front lines we were.

The first ever illustrated study of the largest and most significant clash between the Royal Navy and the Italian Regia Marina.

"e; Holocaust survivor Harry Gordon recalls in brutal detail the anguished years of his youth, a youth spent struggling to survive in a Lithuanian concentration camp.

Recently the scholarly community and popular media have highlighted the denial of science by conservative Christians, linking a low view of scientific expertise to the United States' current cultural turmoil.

Highlighting the seminal role of German Jewish intellectuals and ideologues in forming and transforming the modern Jewish world, this volume analyzes the political roads taken by German Jewish thinkers; the impact of the Holocaust on the Central and East European Jewish intelligentsia; and the conundrum of modern Jewish identity.

In an atmosphere of growing concern over the threat posed by Islamist violence, political Islamism has become the most important of geopolitical issues.

Granddaughters of the Holocaust: Never Forgetting What They Didn't Experience delves into the intergenerational transmission of trauma to the granddaughters of Holocaust survivors.

Theodore Parker was one of the most controversial theologians and social activists in pre-Civil War America.

All Behind You, Winston tells the story of the most remarkable gathering of leaders in modern British history: the War Ministry that saw the country through its darkest - and finest - hour.

Hans Mol was born in the Netherlands during the 1920s.

A fascinating history of the great summer offensive launched by the Red Army in 1944 which turned the tide of the war.

The Bolshevik takeover of Russia created an alternative Russia in exile that never laid down its arms.

Since the Mediterranean connects cultures, Mediterranean studies have by definition an intercultural focus.

Despite its pervasive reputation as a place of religious extremes and war, Afghanistan has a complex and varied religious landscape where elements from a broad spectrum of religious belief vie for a place in society.

In June 1941 - during the first week of the Nazi invasion in the Soviet Union - the quiet cornfields and towns of Western Ukraine were awakened by the clanking of steel and thunder of explosions; this was the greatest tank battle of the Second World War.

After receiving his draft notice on March 5, 1941, 21-year old Alex Kunevicius harbored dreams of joining George Patton's First Armored Division.

Ruth Klein’s story is about merchants and landowners—aristocratic Polish Jews.

Between the grinding battles of the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa and the finality of the atomic bomb strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the U.