Holocaust

""You are to report to Station X at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, in four days time....That is all you need to know." This was the terse telegram hundreds of young women throughout the British Isles received in the spring of 1941, as World War II raged. As they arrived at Station X, a sprawling mansion in a state of disrepair surrounded by Spartan-looking huts with little chimneys coughing out thick smoke-these young people had no idea what kind of work they were stepping into. Who had recommended them? Why had they been chosen? Most would never learn all the answers to these questions. Bletchley Park was a well-kept secret during World War II, operating under the code name Station X. The critical work of code-cracking Nazi missives that went on behind its closed doors could determine a victory or loss against Hitler's army. Amidst the brilliant cryptographers, flamboyant debutantes, and absent-minded professors working there, it was teenaged girls who kept Station X running. Some could do advanced math, while others spoke a second language. They ran the unwieldy bombe machines, made sense of wireless sound waves, and sorted the decoded messages. They were expected to excel in their fields and most importantly: know how to keep a secret"--

Michael Haas sensitively records the experiences of the composers who fled the Nazis, escaping Hitler's Germany to make new lives across the globe. Haas traces the distinctive contribution these composers made to the twentieth-century soundscape?and offers a moving record of the incalculable effects of war on culture.

In 1944 in the German-occupied French countryside, a Jewish girl's quest to save her favorite piglet takes a dangerous turn when she runs into a Nazi officer. Will she manage to keep her secret?

Life is precious.> Janice Huse, www.janicehuse.com> Allan Parker, President of The Justice Foundation https: //thejusticefoundation.org The message of this book is clear, and compelling. Life matters! Human life must be valued and protected in culture and law from conception till natural death. Compelling pictures and stories make this accessible to high school students and adults.

"Mixing dystopian sci-fi, mythic fantasy, and zombie horror, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, is a graphic novel based on a suppressed opera composed in 1943 by two prisoners, Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann, at the Terezâin concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. The authors did not live to see their masterpiece performed. Set in an alternative universe where Atlantis never sank but instead became a technologically advanced tyranny, the power-mad buffoonish Emperor declares all-out war--everyone against everyone. Death goes on a labor strike, creating a hellscape where everyone fights, but no one dies. Can the spirit of Life stop this terror with the power of love? Includes designs from the original opera, historical essays, photographs, and more"--

"The first-ever biography of SS Overseer Maria Mandl, the highest-ranked woman in the Nazi killing machine and one of the few female perpetrators of the Holocaust. With new details and previously unpublished photographs, this gripping, unflinching examination charts her transformation from engaging country girl to "The Beast" of Auschwitz. By the time of her execution at thirty-six, Maria Mandl had achieved the highest rank possible for a woman in the Third Reich. As Head Overseer of the women's camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, she was personally responsible for the murders of thousands, and for the torture and suffering of countless more. In this riveting biography, Susan J. Eischeid explores how Maria Mandl, regarded locally as "a nice girl from a good family," came to embody the very worst of humanity. Born in 1912 in the scenic Austrian village of Münzkirchen, Maria enjoyed a happy childhood with loving parents--who later watched in anguish as their grown daughter rose through the Nazi system. Mandl's life mirrors the period in which she lived: turbulent, violent, and suffused with paradoxes. At Auschwitz-Birkenau, she founded the notable women's orchestra and "adopted" several children from the transports--only to lead them to the gas chambers when her interest waned. After the war, Maria was arrested for crimes against humanity. Following a public trial attended by the international press, she was hanged in 1948."--

The Last Ghetto is a social and cultural history of Terezín, or Theresienstadt, a transit ghetto for Central and Western European Jews prior to their deportation for murder in the East. It offers the first analytical case study of a Holocaust victim society that explains human behavior in extremis, and demonstrates how prisoners created new social hierarchies, reshaped their conceptions of family, and developed new loyalties. Based on extensive research in archives around the world and empathetic reading of victim testimonies, this history of everyday life in a prisoner society reveals the many forms of agency and adaptation in Nazi concentration camps and ghettos.

A highly original and compelling account of individual Jews who resisted Nazi persecution, challenging the traditional portrayal of Jewish passivity during the Holocaust

In Deutschland ist das alltägliche Leben, einschließlich Unternehmen, Verbänden, Kommunalverwaltungen, Parks, Schulen, Kirchen und Medien, immer noch von den Nazi-Verbrechen belastet, die im öffentlichen Bewusstsein nicht anerkannt werden. Das sagen Zachary und Katharina F. Gallant, die die derzeitige deutsche Praxis des Gedenkens an die Verbrechen des Nationalsozialismus kritisieren, weil sie die Stimmen und die Handlungsfähigkeit der Opfergruppen ausgeklammert. In ihrem Buch fordern sie eine "Entnazifizierung 2.0", die darin besteht, das Vermögen der deutschen Unternehmen und Familien zu enteignen, die direkt mit den Naziverbrechen in Verbindung gebracht werden können, um dieses enteignete Kapital zur Bewältigung der dringendsten Katastrophen unserer Zeit einzusetzen.

A beautifully designed graphic novel bringing to life Kitty, Anne Frank's imaginary confidant, as she searches for her missing friend in the modern world. ___________________I had no clue when I came back to life, or how it happened. I just know there was a terrible storm outside the house . . . It's the middle of the night at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, when a thunderbolt shatters the glass case holding history's most famous diary.Magically, Anne's imaginary friend, Kitty, comes to life. But when Kitty learns that Anne and her beloved sister Margot died in the war 75 years earlier, she decides to run away, taking the diary with her.Following the path of the sisters all the way to where they met their fatal end, Kitty encounters the European refugee crisis and Anne's legacy. Join Kitty on her journey of discovery in Where Is Anne Frank . . .___________________Praise for Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation'A stunning, haunting work of art . . . The comedy of the diary - one of the book's most charming and often overlooked aspects - shines in this form' New York Times Book Review'Faithful to the spirit and often the language of the diary . . . the beautiful artwork offers a charming and convincing view of Anne on the page' Economist'A modern classic' The Times

The Routledge International Handbook of Perspectives on Second and Third Generation Holocaust Survivors offers a comprehensive collection of cutting-edge studies from the wide range of fields dealing with new research about descendants of Holocaust survivors

(Eco)Anxiety in Nuclear Holocaust Fiction and Climate Fiction demonstrates that disaster fiction-nuclear holocaust and climate change alike-allows us to unearth and anatomize contemporary psychodynamics, and enables us to identify pre-traumatic stress as the common denominator of seemingly unrelated types of texts.

Arriving in America after World War II, Andrew Laszlo kept much of his Hungarian childhood a secret. Decades later, his wife Ann, convinced him to share the secret with his grown children. When Andrew was born in 1926, His middle-class family lived in Papa, a small town west of Budapest. It was a happy time.At age fifteen, Andrew was not allowed to join the Boy Scouts. His brother could not attend the university. The reason.... Their mother was Jewish. As Nazi inspired antisemitism grew, Andrew's determination to survive was tested again and again.On March 19, 1944, Germany invaded Hungary. He wrote: "...as I warned you...Yes, from here on this account is going to get rough."His family was relocated to the Ghetto and forced to wear the yellow Star of David. Andrew's brother, Sandor, and then Andrew were conscripted into Hungarian Labor forces. His mother, father, grandmother and aunt were taken away.As the war dragged on, Andrew was sent to the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp. Years later; his children learned that Anne Frank was a prisoner in the camp at the same time. She perished before the war ended.The loss of his family deeply affected Andrew. At 20 years old, having nothing left, he escaped Russian occupied Hungary and made his way to post-war Germany. There, he filed an emigration petition for the United States. He arrived in New York Harbor on January 17, 1947. He carried his secret past locked in his heart...for 50 years.Andrew Laszlo went on to have a distinguished motion picture career. He was a cinematographer for over 50 movies and televisions series, including Shogun and Rambo, First Blood. He worked with many of the movie stars of his time. He traveled the world doing pictures and teaching the next generation of film makers.

Text in English; translated from Hebrew and Yiddish.

**A Telegraph Best History Book 2023 and Spectator Book of the Year**The inspirational story of the ordinary people who forged the documents that saved thousands of Jewish lives in World War Two.'Powerful ... gripping ... inspiring' JONATHAN DIMBLEBYBetween 1940 and 1943, a small group of Polish diplomats and Jewish activists in Switzerland engaged in a wholly remarkable - and until now, almost completely unknown - humanitarian operation. Under the leadership of the Polish Ambassador, Aleksander Lados, they undertook a systematic programme of forging identity documents for Latin American countries, which were then smuggled into German-occupied Europe to save the lives of thousands of Jews facing extermination in the Holocaust.The Lados operation was one of the largest rescue missions of the entire war, and The Forgers tells this extraordinary story for the first time. We follow the desperate bids of Jews to obtain these life-saving documents, and their painful uncertainty over whether they will be granted protection from the Nazis' murderous fury. And we witness the quiet heroism of those who decided to act in an attempt to save thousands of lives.'Fascinating' The Times'Remarkable' Sunday Times'As gripping as it is moving' JULIA BOYD'An astonishing book' KATJA HOYER

The powerful true story of a Holocaust survivor told by her daughter that is as uplifting and astonishing as it is heart wrenching.

By largely focusing on daily life, the authors create a space in which to explore relations among people of varying ethnic, religious, regional, and national identities. They also engage with multiple disciplines: anthropology, history, visual studies, genocide studies, as well as transnational, memory, and gender studies.

"Elegant yet shattering... Rendered in plainspoken yet devastating prose, Masson's historical narrative is intercut with startling present-day moments... This is haunting." - Publishers Weekly"This heart-wrenching recollection views the traumatic events and close calls that punctuate the author's memories... A brief, rare, and powerful testimony." - Library JournalThis short, beautifully-written memoir is a rare first-hand account of a child's life in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. The author weaves together memories from her wartime childhood, reflections on the burdens and damages she carried into her adult life, and accounts of her travel to contemporary Warsaw seeking to find traces of the past. Written vividly and honestly, this unique tapestry of time and perspective not only stands out in the vast literature that discusses the Holocaust, but also appeals to anyone interested in the lasting impact of childhood trauma, as well as the human potential for resiliency.

"Extraordinary storytelling about unfathomable horror." - Library Journal (starred review)"[A] worthy tribute to the extraordinary bravery of a remarkable woman." -- Publishers WeeklyIn World War II's Poland, thirty year old Zofia Sterner and her husband Wacek refuse to be classified as Jews destined for extermination.Instead, they evade the Nazis and the Soviets in several dramatic escapes and selflessly rescue many Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto and a labor camp, later becoming active participants in the Warsaw Uprising where they are taken prisoner. This retelling, captured through diaries, interviews, war crime trial testimonies, and letters, detail the Sterners' heroic rescues, escapes, and ultimate survival. A true story of hope amid horrifying tragedy, How We Outwitted and Survived the Nazis illustrates how war brings out the worst and the best in people, and how true humanity and heroism of ordinary people are revealed by their willingness to risk everything and help others. This story is about being human under the most inhumane conditions.

The first transnational study of the memory of the Kindertransport and the first to explore how it is represented in museums, memorials, and commemorations.

A compelling nonfiction graphic novel, Whistleblowers is the true story of four courageous individuals who risked their careers—or their lives—to confront the unfolding Holocaust.Who were the whistleblowers?Alan Cranston—a young journalist and future U.S. senator who exposed the truth of Hitler’s plans.Henry Morgenthau, Jr.—a member of Franklin D. Roosevelt's cabinet who confronted the President over the plight of Jewish refugees fleeing HitlerJan Karski—an eyewitness to Nazi atrocities who met with American and British officials to alert them about the death camps.Josiah E. DuBois Jr.—an American civil servant who blew the whistle on colleagues inside the Roosevelt administration who were blocking the rescue of refugees.Acclaimed author Dr. Rafael Medoff, director of the David Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, and award-winning comics creator Dean Motter bring to life these tales of moral courage in the face of genocide.

In the dreadful summer months of the year 1942, when the Germanmass-murderers were each day shooting, burning and gassingthousands of Polish Jews; in the fateful days - after the Yuden actionin Kittev - when I myself wasn't sure about the next day, I resolvedthat as long as I still lived, to record the appalling events. I began towrite the record, the daily events and experiences of Kittev and thesurrounding cities and towns, according to the authentic reports wereceived from those places.One of the main reasons that moved me to record all these bloodyevents was my then naïve belief that the great democratic world hadno idea of what was happening, because if they did know what theGermans were doing, they would surely employ all means to stopthe horrible destruction-work of the Nazis, their murderous actionsagainst the innocent Jews. All Polish Jews shared this belief, as did theJews of our city, Kittev.Since nobody believed that any Jew could be saved from the bloodytalons of the Nazi evil beast and the Ukrainian murderers, that hemight be able, after the war, to appear as a living witness and accusethe mass-murderers before the world tribunal, I resolved to make mymodest contribution to the history of the German murder-actionsthat they should not be forgotten. I employed every free minuteand wrote down every day what we experienced until the completedestruction of Kittev and her Jews.Eisig HusenApril 10, 1958

Museum Worthy examines the history behind works of art that were looted in western Europe by the Nazis during the Second World War and never returned to their rightful owners, instead claimed by postwar governments of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands for display in museums, embassies, ministries, and other public buildings.

Diese erstmals 1961 in Polen veröffentlichten Erinnerungen von Mag. phil. Jerzy Osuchowski an den ehemaligen Konzentrationslager­komplex Gusen zählen nicht nur zu den wichtigen und essentiellen Werken im Kanon der Erinnerungsliteratur an diesen einst größten aber viel­fach noch wenig bekannten nationalsozialistischen KZ-Komplex auf öster­reichischem Boden, sondern sind auch eine erschütternde Doku­mentation der Zustände, Akteure und Methoden in diesen, von Anfang an auf die Vernichtung von ganzen Häftlingsgruppen ausgerichteten Todeslagern in der Nähe des ehemaligen KZ Mauthausen.Der Autor, welcher in den Jahren 1940 bis 1945 von der ersten bis zur letzten Stunde in Gusen vor allem als Schreiber eingesetzt war, hinterließ mit diesen Erinnerungen eine äußerst wertvolle Chronik und Charakterisierung der Täter im ehemaligen Konzentrationslager KL Gusen I.Mit schonungsloser Offenheit und bemerkenswerter Objektivität be­schreibt Osuchowski auch die erbarmungslose und hoch korrupte Wolfsgesellschaft, welche die Lager-SS damals vor allem mit deutsch­sprachigen Funktionshäftlingen etablierte, welche sehr oft wegen ihrer kriminellen Vergangenheit in Gusen waren. Diese ermöglichte die Erfüllung der vom NS-Regime vorgesehenen Vernichtungsquoten an diesem Ort der frühen massenweisen Vernichtung ganzer Häftlingsgruppen.Osuchowski zeichnet in diesem bedeutenden Werk zum ehem. KZ-Komplex Gusen auch nach, dass es die in der Nachkriegszeit so oft be­schworene internationale Solidarität in einem Todeslager wie Gusen I kaum gab und es zum Teil Jahre dauerte bis verschiedene, oft schon deut­lich dezimierte nationale Gruppierungen in ihrem Schmerz und ihrer Ohnmacht jenes Vertrauen entwickeln konnten, welches er­for­derlich war, um langsam mehr und mehr Kooperation und Widerstand in diesen bestialischen KZs zu entwickeln. Bemerkenswert ist daher in diesem Buch auch die auffallende Differenzierung zwischen den privi­legierten ¿Deutschen¿ und den Häftlingen anderer Nationen, welche im Mai 1945 in den Stunden nach der Befreiung in der ¿Hölle von Gusen¿ in eine beispiellose Lynchorgie ausartete.