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Hello Darling!
Allen & Unwin 2006; US$ 34.53The definitive biography of one of Australia's best loved stars of stage and screen, the fabulous and inimitable Jeanne Little. more...
Anne Frank TRG
Saddleback Publishing 2008; US$ 10.95Born in Germany in 1929, Anne Frank was a teenager during World War II. Because Anne was from a Jewish family, she and her family were forced to escape the terror of the Holocaust that swept the continent. Beginning in 1942, Anne kept a diary of the difficult journey of her family. See how Annes family tried to escape the horror of war, and how... more...
NS-Raubgut, Reichstauschstelle und Preussische Staatsbibliothek
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 70.00The book describes the control exercised by the National Socialist state over academic libraries and analyses their collaboration, in particular in the theft of books and the identification of 'Enemies of the Reich'. In addition, it deals with aspects of the identification and restitution of books stolen and confiscated between 1933 and 1945. This... more...
In the Shadow of the Rising Sun
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2010; US$ 11.19When Mary Thomas left the shores of England for Singapore in December 1939 to live a leisurely life of an Englishwoman in a colonial outpost, she did not expect to soon find her circumstances greatly changed. After the Japanese bombs fell on 8 December 1941, Mary chose not to rush for the first boat out of Singapore and instead stayed on to serve in... more...
A Lucky Child
Profile 2009; US$ 14.38At the age of ten Thomas Buergenthal arrived at Auschwitz after surviving the Ghetto of Kielce and two labour camps, and was soon separated from his parents. Using his wits and some remarkable strokes of luck, he managed to survive until he was liberated from Sachsenhausen in 1945. After experiencing the turmoil of Europe's post-war years - from... more...
Saint Praftu
Grosvenor House Publishing 2011; US$ 8.74Part 1 of 'Saint Praftu' describes the author's early childhood in India, his wartime service in the RAF, and twenty years of civil flying in Burma, India and Nepal. At one period during the War, he belonged to the select group of pilots who undertook the hazardous operation of flying Lysanders to France at night during the moon periods, to land and... more...
Warman's World War II Collectibles
F+W Media 2010; US$ 24.99Collecting the Good War "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny."Franklin Delano Roosevelt Hailed as "The Greatest Generation," the men and women who fought in World War II carried an unimaginable burden. Their date with destiny, both horrendous and heroic, shaped the world we know today. This newly expanded second edition... more...
Streit um die Wehrmacht
Tectum Verlag 2011; US$ 21.56Hauptbeschreibung Die Wanderausstellungen des Hamburger Instituts für Sozialforschung zu den Verbrechen der Wehrmacht in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus waren emotionale Kristallisationspunkte, an denen die Diskurse der Kriegs- und Nachkriegsgenerationen in zahlreichen Debatten sichtbar geworden sind. Das wird besonders deutlich, wenn man einen... more...
Rettungswiderstand
Wallstein Verlag 2012; US$ 25.87Hauptbeschreibung Arno Lustiger schildert die Bemühungen, Juden im gesamten besetzten Europa das Leben zu retten, aus einer neuen Perspektive. So erweitert er die Kriterien dessen, was in der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung unter "Judenrettung" verstanden wird: Er schildert nicht nur die Aktionen derer, die als "Gerechte unter den Völkern" geehrt wurden,... more...
Der Holocaust
Wallstein Verlag 2012; US$ 9.69Hauptbeschreibung Deutsche Ausgabe Die wichtigsten Fakten zum Holocaust auf den Punkt gebracht. Eine fundierte Lektüre - nicht nur für den Schulunterricht. Aller Informationsfülle und aller medialen Präsenz zum Trotz ist das Wissen über den Holocaust oft verzerrt, fragmentarisch oder fehlerhaft. Die Gedenkstätte Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, beantwortet... more...









