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Walking to work at the orphanage she was raised in, Halina tries to ignore the imposing gates of Auschwitz nearby. She has one dream: to survive the war and find out who her parents were. But one morning, a Nazi officer with icy eyes blocks her way. He needs a new nanny, and he gives Halina a choice: serve in his home, or be sent to the camp....

‘A woman can get more information about German supply lines and replacements than a man with a knife to a soldier’s throat…’ Germany, 1944 Best friends Vivien Allen and Junie Knight are part of the covert world of America’s Morale Operations branch. As members of The League of Lonely...

Luglio 1943, Bari. Un corteo pacifico di studenti che festeggiano la caduta del regime si imbatte in un presidio di soldati e miliziani. Alessandro Latorre, diciassette anni, assiste impotente a una violenza efferata, destinata a segnare per sempre la sua generazione. A settembre, dopo l'armistizio, un gruppo di giovani intellettuali occupa la sede di Radio Bari, e in breve tempo lo strumento di propaganda del Regime si trasforma nella più importante voce della lotta di liberazione in Europa.

The assassination of tsarist prime minister Pyotr Stolypin, a crucial event in the years leading up to the Revolution of 1917, is reconstructed from the alienating viewpoints of historical witnesses. The sole voice of reason among the advisers to Tsar Nikolai II, Stolypin died at the hands of the anarchist Mordko Bogrov, and with him perished Russia's last hope for reform. Translated by H.T. Willetts.

Luring Nazi officers from smoky taverns to their deaths was not what Evi Strobel bargained for when she agreed to join the Dutch Resistance. But that is what she did until that fateful night she was saved from rape by a downed American Airman. Nor did Zoe Visser expect to be picking pockets for Dutch ID cards for use by escaping Jews, much less leading frightened enemies of the Reich toward uncertain treks to the Belgian border.

Висконсин, 1941 год. Когда мужчины уходят на войну, Фрици вместе с сестрами вынуждены осваивать «мужские» профессии — от ремонта квартир до управления спецтранспортом. Они берут в свои хрупкие руки управление семейной заправкой. Стереотипы и скепсис? Плевать! Они не боятся замарать руки и полны решимости доказать, что сами выбирают свой путь. Однако их мирная жизнь длится недолго: для военных нужд требуются отважные женщины-пилоты.

München in den frühen 1950er Jahren: Die junge Margot ist stolz, als eine der wenigen Frauen einen Studienplatz für Mathematik an der LMU bekommen zu haben. Bei einer Vorlesung fällt sie durch außergewöhnlich kluge Fragen auf und erregt damit die Aufmerksamkeit eines Gasthörers, der für die Operation Gehlen, den Vorläufer des Bundesnachrichtendienstes, arbeitet. Aufgrund ihrer Begabung bietet er Margot eine Stelle in der Decodierungsabteilung an, welche sie voller Aufregung annimmt.

Dr. Walter Humphrey, a man of mixed race, must keep the dangerous secret of passing for white to survive. Alongside his lifelong companion Leatha, and a young woman named Betsy, they form an unconventional household, where they raise their brilliant daughter, Hannah. But it is Hannah whose story will capture your heart. Her journey as a surgeon leads her from the segregated South to the front lines of war-torn London. She must confront the complex legacy of identity and the powerful emotions that come with it.

A secret letter. A wartime promise. A courageous act of love... Singapore, 1942: The war is drawing ever closer, and Dorothy faces a heart-rending choice to flee the country she has come to call home. With warplanes advancing across the ocean, she is boarding a boat full of evacuees when...

After graduating as the first and only woman on her university course, orphan Beata is set on joining the Cipher Bureau. She's determined to save her country from invasion by cracking the Enigma code. But as gunfire rings across the rooftops of her hometown and Nazi boots sound on the cobblestones, Beata and her team are forced to work in secret.

Texas, 1943. Eva har altid drømt om at flyve, og med nazisternes hærgen i Europa, får de kvindelige piloter endelig en chance. Kvinderne danner stærke bånd, og med luft under vingerne og en mand, hun elsker, at vende tilbage til, er hver tur i luften en drøm, indtil det hele styrter i grus – og Evas fly styrter ned. Eva vågner, men hendes minder om uheldet er borte. Los Angeles, 1977. Eva er en helt almindelig husmor, gift med sit livs kærlighed og med en familie at være stolt af. Alligevel hjemsøges hun stadig af den nat for over 30 år siden, og en ulykke, hun ikke kan huske.

Czechoslovakia, 1944. Hilda and Sheindy's quiet lives are overturned the day the Nazis march them out of their village home and onto a train bound for the unknown. Separated from their parents and five older siblings, the girls cling to each other for survival in their new reality—between the cold, lonely walls of Auschwitz. Hilda knows that if they want to live, they will have to escape.

Moral Borders by Lee R. Rosenberg is a gripping historical novel that delves into the harrowing experiences of a Jewish family caught in the chaos of World War II. Spanning themes of survival, sacrifice, and the enduring human spirit, this powerful narrative explores the fates of Jacob, Sarah, and their children as they are torn from their lives and thrust into unimaginable circumstances.

A lush, multigenerational journey across time and continents, from 1920s Ohio to wartime France to modern-day Paris, where music, recipes and DNA reveal the stories they carry and the truths they can no longer hide. At the heart of the story is Audrey Dupré, a teenage piano prodigy who finds herself pregnant and exiled to Paris. Amid war and heartbreak, Audrey works in a vineyard in Beaune and as WWII ends, she is gifted four bottles of exquisite Burgundy. She opens each one at a defining moment in her long life.

In der Stadt der Liebe atmet sie die Luft der Freiheit – doch ein Sturm naht heran … Als Fleur Durand 1939 nach Paris kommt, erhofft sie sich einen Neuanfang. Über ihre tragische Vergangenheit hat sie einen Roman geschrieben, der das Interesse des großen Verlegers Maurice Mouret geweckt hat. Die Veröffentlichung soll ihr endlich das selbstbestimmte, freie Leben ermöglichen, das sie sich so lange gewünscht hat. Gleichzeitig findet sie in Maurice einen einfühlsamen Mann, der sie auf diesem Weg begleiten will.

Goodreads Editor’s Pick * Town & Country Best Book of Fall * Ms. Magazine Best Book * Most Anticipated: Autostraddle & Literary Hub "A favorite read of the year. The Salvage is a journey both eerie and inspiring to embark on.” —Chicago Review of Books It is 1962, and Marta Khoury, a...

In 1940s Italy, Ottie’s life is defined by family loyalty and the demands of her domineering father. Sent to work in a British munitions factory near Positano, she finds herself drawn to Hal, a soldier grappling with the horrors of war. As their forbidden love grows, Ottie is forced to confront the expectations of her family and the brutal realities of a country at war.

With tears in her eyes, Giulia listens out for bombers flying overhead. When Tori Coleman discovers that her mother was adopted, her whole world shatters. Just as Tori is getting closer to answers, an unexpected call from Jeremy stops her in her tracks.

Adelheid Brunner does not speak. She makes herself invisible, hiding in cupboards with her pet rat, Franz Joseph, listening in on conversations she can't fully comprehend. Then she meets Dr. Asperger, a man who lets children play all day and who recognizes the importance of matchboxes. When the Nazis march into the city, a new world is created and difficult choices must be made. Why are the clinic's children disappearing, and where do they go?

Toscane, 1944. Als de nazi's Italië binnenvallen, doet prinses Evelina Messina er alles aan om ze een warm welkom te geven in haar landhuis Villa Rosa. Tientallen jaren later bezoekt de Amerikaanse Annie Reynolds het in verval geraakte landgoed. Als Annie het dagboek vindt van de beruchte prinses Evelina Messina, waar veel pagina's zorgvuldig uit zijn weggesneden, begint ze te twijfelen aan het negatieve beeld van Evelina dat de dorpelingen schetsen.