Author : Alison Leslie Gold
Publisher :
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 20,72 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
ISBN : 9781585423606
Author : Alison Gold
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 20,49 MB
Release : 2014-11-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781938371158
In this important new addition to the literature of World War II, Alison Leslie Gold links together the harrowing yet ultimately inspiring personal accounts of individuals who lived through this dark period in human history. Meditating on such themes as kindness, love, and art, their stories shed light upon the various forces that gave people the strength and courage to survive.
Author : Alison Leslie Gold
Publisher : Tarcher
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 15,94 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN :
In this important new addition to the literature of World War II, Alison Leslie Gold links together the harrowing yet ultimately inspiring personal accounts of individuals who lived through this dark period in human history. Meditating on such themes as kindness, love, and art, their stories shed light upon the various forces that gave people the strength and courage to survive. From the story of a young Jewish woman who defied death to keep a promise she made to her dead mother to protect her baby sister, to the story of a young Berlin boy, the son of a Nazi, who separated from his father to discover a lifelong passion for the theater, Fiet's Vase and Other Stories of Survival uncovers the glowing sparks of hope and human kindness that carried people through these tragic times.
Author : David Stafford
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 39,1 MB
Release : 2007-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0316023434
To end a history of World War II at VE Day is to leave the tale half told. Endgame 1945 highlights the gripping personal stories of nine men and women, ranging from soldiers to POWs to war correspondents, who witnessed firsthand the Allied struggle to finish the terrible game at last. Endgame 1945 highlights the gripping personal stories of nine men and women, ranging from soldiers to POWs to war correspondents, who witnessed firsthand the Allied struggle to finish the terrible game at last. Through their ground-level movements, Stafford traces the elaborate web of events that led to the war's real resolution: the deaths of Hitler and Mussolini, the liberation of Buchenwald and Dachau, and the Allies' race with the Red Army to establish a victors' foothold in Europe, to name a few. From Hitler's April decision never to surrender to the start of the Potsdam Conference, Stafford brings an unprecedented focus to the war's "final chapter." Narrative history at its most compelling, Endgame 1945 is the riveting story of three turbulent months that truly shaped the modern world.
Author : Marlene Wagman-Geller
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 13,60 MB
Release : 2015-03-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1492603066
Who Said Men Get to Monopolize the Glory? Discover the Little Known Women Who Have Put the World's Alpha Males on the Map. From ancient times to the present, men have gotten most of the good ink. Yet standing just outside the spotlight are the extraordinary, and overlooked, wives and companions who are just as instrumental in shaping the destinies of their famous—and infamous—men. This witty, illuminating book reveals the remarkable stories of forty captivating females, from Constance Lloyd (Mrs. Oscar Wilde) to Carolyn Adams (Mrs. Jerry Garcia), who have stood behind their legendary partners and helped to humanize them, often at the cost of their own careers, reputations, and happiness. Through fame and its attendant ills—alcoholism, infidelity, mental illness, divorce, and even attempted murder—these powerful women quietly propelled their men to the top and changed the course of history. Meet the Untold Half of History, Including: Alma Reville (Mrs. Alfred Hitchcock) Elena Diakonova (Mrs. Salvador Dali) Winifred Madikizela (Mrs. Nelson Mandela) Ann Charteris (Mrs. Ian Fleming, a.k.a. Mrs. James Bond) Ruth Alpern (Mrs. Bernie Maddoff) And 35 more!
Author : D. Herzog
Publisher : Springer
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 33,53 MB
Release : 2008-12-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0230234291
Tracing sexual violence in Europe's twentieth century from the Armenian genocide to Auschwitz and Algeria to Bosnia, this pathbreaking volume expands military history to include the realm of sexuality. Examining both stories of consensual romance and of intimate brutality, it also contributes significant new insights to the history of sexuality.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 40,9 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Jewish literature
ISBN :
An author and subject index to selected and American Anglo-Jewish journals of general and scholarly interests.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 49,66 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Jews
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 14,73 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Books
ISBN :
Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.
Author : Alyson Richman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 32,59 MB
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101552549
A rapturous novel of star-crossed love in a time of war—from the international bestselling author of The Secret of Clouds. During the last moments of calm in prewar Prague, Lenka, a young art student, and Josef, who is studying medicine, fall in love. With the promise of a better future, they marry—only to have their dreams shattered by the imminent Nazi invasion. Like so many others, they are torn apart by the currents of war. Now a successful obstetrician in America, Josef has never forgotten the wife he believes died in the war. But in the Nazi ghetto of Terezín, Lenka survived, relying on her skills as an artist and the memories of a husband she would never see again. Then, decades later and thousands of miles away, an unexpected encounter in New York leads to an inescapable glance of recognition, and the realization that providence has given Lenka and Josef one more chance. From the glamorous ease of life in Prague before the occupation to the horrors of Nazi Europe, The Lost Wife explores the power of first love, the resilience of the human spirit, and our capacity to remember.
