Bøger om 2. verdenskrig

In 1939, in the Polish town of Tarnogród, 65 miles (105 km) south of Lublin, lived 5000 residents, half Jewish. Jews lived in Tarnogród for hundreds of years. By the end of WWII none remained.The story of this community, it's history, it's people, it's culture and it's demise is told in this book by those who survived. After the War they settled in Israel, the United States and England.In 1966, as a memorial to the Tarnogród they knew, they published Sefer Tarnogrod, The Book of Tarnogrod, in Yiddish and Hebrew.The authors wrote -"We do not pretend to erect a full memorial to the ancient Jewish Settlement in our city. Tarnogród deserves a more perfect monument. Our ambition was to describe and commemorate the Tarnogród that still lives in us, that is in our flesh and bones.May The Book of Tarnogrod be a kind of bridge between the past that has been so cruelly interrupted, and the future whosesun rises before our eyes."The authors hope that this book will serve as a bridge to the future is fulfilled. Jews have returned to Tarnogród to visit where their ancestors lived. In addition to what is written on these pages memorials have been erected in Tarnogród to those who perished in the Holocaust. And now Sefer Tarnogrod has been translated into English.

Japan’s Holocaust is a comprehensive exploration of Japan’s mass murder and sexual crimes during the Pacific and Asian Wars from 1927 to 1945.Japan’s Holocaust combines research conducted in over eighteen research facilities in five nations to explore Imperial Japan’s atrocities from 1927 to 1945 during its military expansions and reckless campaigns throughout Asia and the Pacific. This book brings together the most recent scholarship and new primary research to ascertain that Japan claimed a minimum of thirty million lives, slaughtering far more than Hitler’s Nazi Germany. Japan’s Holocaust shows that Emperor Hirohito not only knew about the atrocities his legions committed, but actually ordered them. He did nothing to stop them when they exceeded even the most depraved person’s imagination, as illustrated during the Rape of Nanking as well as many other events. Japan’s Holocaust will document in painful detail that the Rape of Nanking was not an isolated event during the Asian War but rather representative of how Japan behaved for all its campaigns throughout Asia and the Pacific from 1927 to 1945.Mass murder, rape, and economic exploitation was Japan’s modus operandi during this time period, and whereas Hitler’s SS Death’s Head outfits attempted to hide their atrocities, Hirohito’s legions committed their atrocities out in the open with fanfare and enthusiasm. Moreover, whereas Germany has done much since World War II to atone for its crimes and to document them, Japan has been absolutely disgraceful with its reparations for its crimes and in its efforts to educate its population about its wartime past. Shockingly, Japan continues, in general, to glorify is criminals and its wartime past.

"In 1932, Hazel Ying Lee, a nineteen-year-old American daughter of Chinese immigrants, sat in on a friend's flight lesson. It changed her life. In less than a year, a girl with a wicked sense of humor, a newfound love of flying, and a tough can-do attitude earned her pilot's license and headed for China to help against invading Japanese forces. In time, Hazel would become the first Asian American to fly with the Women Airforce Service Pilots. As thrilling as it may have been, it wasn't easy. In America, Hazel felt the oppression and discrimination of the Chinese Exclusion Act. In China's field of male-dominated aviation she was dismissed for being a woman, and for being an American. But in service to her country, Hazel refused to be limited by gender, race, and impossible dreams. Frustrated but undeterred she forged ahead, married Clifford Louie, a devoted and unconventional husband who cheered his wife on, and gave her all for the cause achieving more in her short remarkable life than even she imagined possible. American Flygirl is the untold account of a spirited fighter and an indomitable hidden figure in American history. She broke every common belief about women. She challenged every social restriction to endure and to succeed. And against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Hazel Ying Lee reached for the skies and made her mark as a universal and unsung hero whose time has come."--

"Berlin 1945. Following the fall of the Third Reich, drug use-long kept under control by the Nazis' strict anti-drug laws-is rampant throughout the city. Split into four sectors, Berlin's drug policies are being enforced under the individual jurisdictions of each allied power-the Soviet Union, Britain, France, and the US. In the American zone, Arthur J. Giuliani of the nascent Federal Bureau of Narcotics is tasked with learning about the Nazis' anti-drug laws and bringing home anything that might prove "useful" to the United States. Five years later, Harvard professor Dr. Henry Beecher began work with the US government to uncover the research behind the Nazis psychedelics program. Begun as an attempt to find a "truth serum" and experiment with mind control, the Nazi study initially involved mescaline, but quickly expanded to include LSD. Originally created for medical purposes by Swiss pharmaceutical Sandoz, the Nazis coopted the drug for their mind control military research-research that, following the war, the US was desperate to acquire. This research birthed MKUltra, the CIA's notorious brainwashing and psychological torture program during the 1950s and 1960s, and ultimately shaped US drug policy regarding psychedelics for over half a century. Based on extensive archival research on both sides of the Atlantic, TRIPPED is a wild, unconventional postwar history, a spiritual sequel to Norman Ohler's NEW YORK TIMES bestseller BLITZED. Revealing the close relationship and hidden connections between the Nazis and the early days of drugs in America, Ohler shares how this secret history held back therapeutic research of psychedelic drugs for decades and eventually became part of the foundation of America's War on Drugs"--

On Emmy's first day at work, she finds a poetry collection by Rainer Maria Rilke, and on the title pages is a handwritten dedication: To Annelise, my brave Edelweiss Pirate. Emmy is instantly intrigued by the story behind the dedication and becomes determined to figure out what happened.

"Orphaned during the Second World War, Aelish and Isabel McGuire--known as the twins of Belfast--are given over to the austere care of the Sisters of Bethlehem. Though they are each all the other has, the girls are propelled in opposite directions as they grow up. Rebellious Isabel turns her back on the church and Ireland, traveling to Newfoundland where she pursues a perilous yet independent life. Devout Aelish chooses to remain in Northern Ireland and takes the veil, burying painful truths beneath years of silence. For decades the two are separated, each unaware of the other's life. But after years of isolation Aelish is unexpectedly summoned to Newfoundland, where she and her estranged sister begin to bridge the chasm between them. Reunion brings to light the painful secrets and seismic deceptions that have kept these sisters apart, leaving the McGuire twins to begin reconstructing their understanding about themselves as women and as family--what they know of love, hope, and above all, forgiveness"--

Bogen her indeholder 116 kildetekster og statistikker og illustrationer om Holocaust. Kilderne er alle kommenteret for at sætte dem ind i deres historiske sammenhæng.Bogens fagredaktør, Palle Andersen, indleder med en introduktion til begrebet Holocaust, jødeforfølgelserne og de nazistiske beslutningstagere, der stod bag folkemordet. Opbygningen er herefter kronologisk-tematisk for at sætte fokus på den konstante skærpelse af jødeforfølgelsen fra 1933 til 1945: Fra diskrimination og udstødelse over vold og forarmelse – og fra 1942 systematiske drab.Bogen forsøger, så langt kilderne tillader det, at se jødeforfølgelse og Holocaust fra børns og unges perspektiv. En række af kilderne er aldrig tidligere blevet trykt på dansk.HOLOCAUST – EN KOMMENTERET KILDESAMLING er målrettet historieundervisningen i udskolingen, på stx, hf og VUC.PALLE ANDERSEN (født 1955) er historiker. Han har tidligere udgivet en lang række bøger om nazismen og Holocaust, bl.a. Polen og Holocaust – polsk antisemitisme (Ellekær, 2018) og Holocaust – mordet på de europæiske jøder (Ellekær, 2000). Sammen med Mona Jensen har han skrevet Tyske krigsforbrydelser 1939-1945 – og den danske illegale presse (Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2015).

Gentle Resistance is a story of nonviolence in the face of tragedy. Two photographers, one English and one German, meet on the field of battle, early in WWII. They become fast friends, later, partners, and we ride with them through the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. Their children marry.But life is not a fairy tale. As the story passes to the children, there is tragedy, loss, and the need to transcend sheer horror. It's a tall tale that feels like real life. Come travel with Roger Gilchrist and his family and his friends.

World War II (hereafter referred to as WWII) is a fascinating era in fashion, society, and politics. The fashion of the era was truly representative of the events happening in the world in a most visible way. This era made indelible marks on future designers and the science of fashion as the world knows it. Fashion and costume design were influenced and changed due to the many limitations presented and imposed by WWII. WWII represents a great marker of change socially, technologically, economically, and politically. While it affected the entire world, the main focus of this thesis will explore the effect of WWII on fashion and costume design on the United States and Britain.

Das Jahrbuch des Dokumentationsarchivs des österreichischen Widerstandes (DÖW) untersucht seit 1986 alle Aspekte des Nationalsozialismus. Dieses Bemühen um Erforschung und Aufarbeitung bleibt immer fragmentarisch. Zu viele Zeug*innen haben nicht überlebt, Dokumente wurden vernichtet, Erinnerungen lange abgewehrt. Dem trägt das Jahrbuch 2023 mit dem Titel "Bruchstücke" Rechnung. Die präzisen Einblicke der einzelnen Beiträge fügen sich wie Splitter zu verschiedenen Themen in ein Mosaik: die Befragung von ehemaligen SS- und Wehrmachtsangehörigen durch einen Auschwitz-Überlebenden in den 1960er Jahren in Deutschland, private Filmaufnahmen aus dem Kriegsgefangenenlager Stalag XVII A, die Erinnerung an den bewaffneten Widerstand der Kärntner Partisan*innen, die Vertreibung eines Kinderstars der Operette aus Wien, das Schicksal der ersten von Wien ins besetzte Polen deportierten Juden, das tödliche Bombenattentat auf österreichische Roma 1995, Demokratiebildung und rechtsextreme Einstellungen in migrantischen Communities. Das Buch skizziert verschiedene historische und aktuelle Ansätze und Motivationen von Forschenden ebenso wie die digitale Umsetzung von Ergebnissen heute.

In the past six months, Byrney has endured quite a few hairy moments; knocked unconscious, threatened with a German Luger pistol, and almost blown away for good above the Glacier Di Aureola high up in the Pyrenees. Now as the Mediterranean Mistrals begin to settle Byrney hopes that the summer of 1977 aboard the charter vessel 'Liberty Angel' will bring less turbulent times ahead, even if it means he has to work below the plimsoll line.In these strange new surroundings and distracted by a motley crew, millionaires and models, Byrney feels he can at least put his errant past behind him. However when Gingernut, the Churchtown Bruiser is spotted visiting Byrney's favourite bar in Monte Carlo, Byrney is reminded there's no hiding place for his guilt. How long can he keep his secrets to himself? It'll take a series of mishaps and tragedies before Byrney realises his only salvation and eventual redemption can only be uncovered back home in England.In the meantime he and Fionn being the youngest members of the ships crew are in a more vulnerable position than they imagine.Do worse things really happen at sea?

ÆGTE KÆRLIGHED OVERLEVER ALTZara Mitchell arbejder som sygeplejerske på et hospice, og hun kender derfor mere til døden og dens omstændigheder end mange andre. Så da hendes søster beder om hjælp til at tage sig af deres syge bedstemor, siger Zara ja på trods af komplicerede familiebånd.Bedstemor Nonna er ganske vist bleg og træt, men hun er lige så klar i hovedet, som hun altid har været. Fast besluttet på at afdække fortidens hemmeligheder beder hun derfor Zara om at gennemgå alle de støvede nipsting og arvestykker på det gamle loft.Snart finder Zara det, som Nonna søgte efter: En læderindbundet dagbog, der rummer en fortælling om heltemod og kærlighed i det krigshærgede Italien i 1943. Bogen blotlægger fortidens hemmeligheder, og det ændrer alt, hvad Zara troede, hun vidste som sin familie og om sig selv. Pressen skriver:“Taylor håndterer de to tidslinjer perfekt, og hun formår at fremhæve fortidens vigtige indvirkning på nutiden. Hun undersøger komplicerede familiebånd, mens hun også skaber troværdige og stærke karakterer. Læserne vil helt bestemt være godt underholdt.”— Publishers Weekly“En fantastisk blanding af mystik og familiesaga.”                — Historical Novels Review”Det er en af de bedste bøger, jeg har læst i år.”— ***** Goodreads”De ord vi hvisker er en fantastisk fortælling fuld af hjertevarme og heltemod”.—***** Goodreads”En intens og følelsesladet historie om familie, kærlighed, hemmeligheder, selvopofrelse og tilgivelse.”— ***** Goodreads

Paris, 1940: As the German soldiers march down the Champs-Élysées, the Bélanger twins know there is no escape - their lives are about to change forever.

The story of the most infamous massacre of American soldiers in World War Two. An ideal book for people interested in the works of Alex Kershaw, Ben Macintyre and Jonathan Freedland. 'Drive on recklessly, give no quarter and to take no prisoners', these are the words that SS-Obersturmbannführer Joachim Peiper gave to his men on the eve of this notorious event. In December 1944 the German counteroffensive in the Ardennes was in full swing, spearheaded by the armor of the Kampfgruppe Peiper. When they met a U.S. Army convoy of the 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion they swiftly surprised the Americans and immobilized the convoy. Realizing that they were out-numbered and out-gunned the soldiers of the 285th Field Artillery surrendered to the Waffen-SS, little did they know that they would be mown down by Nazi machine guns in cold blood shortly afterwards. Charles Whiting reconstructs Kamfgruppe Peiper's drive into the Ardennes during the Battle of Bulge and the subsequent slaughter of eight-four American soldiers in remarkable detail. Through in-depth research and interviews with many who were alive on this fateful day, including Jochen Peiper himself, Whiting uncovers the traumatic sequence of events and its aftermath. 'a good tactical study ... Various interesting personalities appear.' Military Affairs Massacre at Malmedy: The Story of Jochen Peiper's Battle Group Ardennes, December, 1944 should be essential reading for all who wish to learn more about one of the most heart-breaking events of the Second World War.