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In 1943, the Dutch champion boxer Leen Sanders was sent to Auschwitz. His wife and children were put to death while he was sent 'to the left' with the others who were fit enough for labour. Recognised by an SS officer, he was earmarked for a 'privileged' post in the kitchens in exchange for weekly boxing matches for the entertainment of the Nazi guards. From there, he enacted his resistance to their limitless cruelty. With great risk and danger to his own life, Leen stole, concealed and smuggled food and clothing to alleviate the unbearable suffering of the prisoners in need.

This is the story of Germany after the Nazis, a time when two separate states rose from the ashes to face each other across the Iron Curtain. Meanwhile, the people struggled to come to terms with both the physical and psychological impact of defeat, as well as guilt for the monstrous acts that had been committed under Hitler's regime.

A New Yorker staff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this "unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war” (Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain) ‘The book we need right now’ Atul Gawande, author of Being...

The Lion and The Dragon reveals the part that Britain played in the awakening of China, then covers relations between the two countries during the period when an aroused China did indeed shake the world. Lawrence James also follows the parallel trajectories of four competitive empires - the British, the Chinese, the Russian and the Japanese - during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and then the fortunes of a fifth imperial power, the United States.

Este libro nos ofrece diez relatos enmarcados por dos poemas: doce reflexiones, inesperadas y apasionadas, sobre la mayor tragedia colectiva del siglo XX.

In 1940, the German sons and daughters of infamous Nazi dignitaries Himmler, Göring, Hess, Frank, Bormann, Speer, and Mengele were children of privilege at four, five, or ten years old, surrounded by affectionate, all-powerful parents. Although innocent and unaware of what was happening at the time, they eventually discovered the extent of their father's occupations:

The Soviet Union is gone, but its ghostly traces remain, not least in the material vestiges left behind in its turbulent wake. What was it really like to live in the USSR? What did it look, feel, smell, and sound like? In The Soviet Century, Karl Schlögel, one of the world's leading historians of the Soviet Union, presents a spellbinding epic that brings to life the everyday world of a unique lost civilization. A museum of—and travel guide to—the Soviet past, The Soviet Century explores in evocative detail both the largest and smallest aspects of life in the USSR.

Thundering across the screen, Judah Ben-Hur’s iconic chariot race against his former friend turned bitter foe remains an indelible part of cinematic history, and established Charlton Heston as an international superstar. In many ways, the race was a metaphor for the actor’s dynamic life, symbolizing his struggle to establish himself in his profession.

When Nazis looked to flee Europe with stolen art, gems, and gold in tow, certain “neutral” countries were all too willing to assist them. By the end of January 1945, it was clear to Germany that the war was lost. The Third Reich was in freefall, and its leaders, apart from those clustered...

How Germany’s fledgling democracy nearly collapsed in 1923—and how pro-democracy forces fought back In 1923, the Weimar Republic faced a series of crises, including foreign occupation of its industrial heartland, rampant inflation, radical violence, and finally Hitler’s infamous “beer...

Mike Levy shines a light on the courageous deeds of twenty-two women and men who transformed the lives of the Kindertransport and other refugees. In 1938, when the Government refused to act and those around them turned a blind eye, these heroic individuals took it upon themselves to orchestrate one of the greatest lifesaving missions the world has ever seen.

When the Nazis invaded, they did not intend to govern fairly. Instead, they stripped defeated nations of their treasures, industry, and natural resources, with the aim of asserting German supremacy and imposing Hitler's New Order in Europe.

Anne Frank vertraute vom 12. Juni 1942, ihrem dreizehnten Geburtstag, bis zum 1. August 1944 ihrem Tagebuch an, wie sich ihre Familie zwei Jahre lang in einem Amsterdamer Hinterhaus vor den deutschen Besatzern versteckte. Die anschauliche Einführung schildert auf dem neuesten Forschungsstand das kurze Leben der Anne Frank, die Umstände des Untertauchens und was wir über den Verrat, die Deportation und den Tod Anne Franks im KZ Bergen-Belsen wissen.

Die stolze bäuerliche Landwirtschaft mit Viehmärkten, Selbstversorgung und harter Knochenarbeit ist im Laufe der Sechzigerjahre in rasantem Tempo und doch ganz leise verschwunden. Ewald Frie erzählt am Beispiel seiner Familie von der großen Zäsur. Mit wenigen Strichen, anhand von vielsagenden Szenen und Beispielen zeigt er, wie die Welt der Eltern unterging, die Geschwister anderen Lebensentwürfen folgten und der allgemeine gesellschaftliche Wandel das Land erfasste.

La guerra siempre ha tenido como resultado a prisioneros. En la antigüedad, muchos fueron convertidos en esclavos por los ejércitos victoriosos, mientras que en la Europa medieval, a menudo eran devueltos a sus familias a cambio de un rescate, lo cual llevaba a la fortuna o a la pobreza dependiendo del bando en el que se encontraba.

Marzo de 1942, una joven maestra de jardín de niños llamada Magda Hellinger, procedente de Eslovaquia, fue deportada al campo de concentración de Auschwitz junto con casi mil mujeres más, en el que sería uno de los primeros arribos de mujeres judías al terrible campo nazi. En muy poco tiempo la brutalidad del nazismo se volvió el principio de realidad en el que Magda se movía.

When Hannah's family flee from the Nazis to Amsterdam, she soon strikes up a friendship with a girl just like her freshly arrived from Germany. Precocious and outspoken, the girl's name is Anne Frank and for seven blissful years the inseparable pair navigate school, boys and coming of age.

Jackie Kohnstamm's mother rarely talked about what had happened during the war and had kept little evidence of her early life. It was only after her uncle and aunt had died that Jackie inherited an archive of material relating to the family back in Germany. Jackie's mother had managed to get out of Berlin in 1936, following her brother and sister who had already escaped. But Jackie's grandparents had remained.

Wohl nie waren so viele berühmte Schriftsteller und Reporterinnen aus aller Welt unter einem Dach versammelt wie in Nürnberg 1946. Sie kamen, um zu berichten – von den Gräueln des Krieges und des Holocaust, die dort vor Gericht verhandelt wurden. Sie wohnten und schrieben auf Schloss Faber-Castell, diskutierten, tanzten, verzweifelten, tranken. Uwe Neumahr erzählt ihre Geschichte in seinem aufregenden und bewegenden Buch. Erich Kästner war in Nürnberg und Erika Mann, John Dos Passos und Martha Gellhorn. Augusto Roa Bastos kam aus Paraguay, Xiao Qian aus China.

Paris, 1940. The City of Light has fallen under German Occupation. Among patriotic Parisians, the pursuit of art, culture, and jazz have become bold acts of defiance. So has forbidden romance for talented and spirited Jewish teenager Annette Zelman and dashing young Catholic poet Jean Jausion. Despite their devout families' vehement opposition, the young couple finds acceptance at the famed Cafe de Flore, whose habitues include Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Pablo Picasso, Django Reinhardt, and other luminaries of the Latin Quarter's creative world.