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A Little First-Person History of Immigration from Ukraine in 1914 to the New World, World War II, Disneyland, and Beyond.

In 1930, as a young woman, Christa Schroeder became a stenographer for the Nazi party, before being noticed by Hitler who, in 1933, hired her as his private secretary. Schroeder remained by Hitler's side, fiercely loyal, for twelve years, living at the Wolfsschanze and even joining him and his staff in the Führerbunker in Berlin in January 1945. In 1945, interned in the Augsburg camp, Christa Schroeder was interrogated by French liaison officer Albert Zoller who asked her to recount her years spent with the Führer.

British Heroes of World War II: True Stories of Individual Bravery from the Battlefields of World War II tells the incredible true stories of men and women whose bravery left a lasting impact on the Allies' victory. From covert operations behind enemy lines to heroic acts in fierce battlefield confrontations, these stories showcase the unbreakable human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity.

This book presents the remarkable personal journals of German soldier Hans Roth. Writing as events transpired, he recorded the mystery and tension as the Germans deployed on the Soviet frontier in June 1941. In these journals, battles are described in "you are there" detail, as Roth wrote privately, as if to keep himself sane, knowing that his honest accounts of the horrors in the East could never pass through Wehrmacht censors.

Bis heute geht von Hitler und seiner charismatischen Herrschaft eine widrige Faszination aus. Werke über zentrale Fragen seiner Herrschaft füllen ganze Bibliotheken. In dieser neuen, schlanken politischen Biografie fasst Hans-Ulrich Thamer unseren aktuellen Wissensstand prägnant zusammen und arbeitet insbesondere den Zusammenhang von Inszenierung und Macht sowie von Konsens und Gewalt heraus. Der renommierte NS-Fachmann zeigt klar und verständlich, wie der Führerkult und eine politisch geschickte Reaktion auf soziale Erwartungen der Gesellschaft zur Basis von Hitlers Politik werden.

Die Weiten Polens und Russlands, die Städte und Dörfer dieser Gebiete waren 1939 gezeichnet von brennenden Häusern, Blut und Tränen. Diese Spuren ...

Dive into a riveting historical journey that reveals the courageous triumph of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose, even if history tried to silence them. Have you ever wondered about the unsung heroes who dared to stand against tyranny? Does mainstream history leave you yearning for compelling stories of the figures who defied the odds? Are you searching for an engaging narrative that will challenge your intellect and resonate deeply with your sense of justice?

This book provides a complete overview of U.S. and British escape and evasion during World War II. It tells the story of the escape and evasion organizations, the Resistance-operated lines, and the dangers faced by the escapers and the evaders in a logical and compelling narrative. Heroism, betrayal, sacrifice, and cowardice are all elements of this fascinating part of the rich tapestry of World War II.

Prime Minister Winston Churchill crossed the Rhine River on March 25th, 1945. His presence was calculated to emphasize the British role in the defeat of the Germans and to divert attention away from Patton and the Americans who had crossed the Rhine at Remagen two weeks earlier. Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower had warned his commanders that Churchill would seek to steal the limelight. Eisenhower ordered his commanders to refuse any requests to cross the Rhine--“The answer must be 'no!'”

For decades, the dramatic stories of World War II soldiers have been the stuff of memoirs, interviews, novels, documentaries, and feature films. Yet the men and women who served in less visible roles, never engaging in physical combat, have received scant attention.

The scale of the Second World War was enormous: so many countries, so many battles, the challenges of training and deploying huge numbers of soldiers, sailors, and airmen. Every participant in that war had fascinating and often unique experiences and stories to tell. It’s no wonder the major locations in that war were referred to as “theaters.”

World War II tail gunner Gene Moran fell four miles through the sky without a parachute and lived. Captured by the Germans, he survived a harrowing eighteen months as a prisoner of war, including a six-hundred-mile death march in 1945 across Central Europe. When Gene returned home, he kept those memories locked up for nearly seventy years. His nine children knew little of their dad's war story. But when John, a young history teacher, learns of Gene's amazing fall, he's desperate to learn more. Finally, Gene agrees.

Just hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, 36 Japanese bombers attacked Wake Island and destroyed eight of its 12 aircraft. Two more raids shortly followed, further reducing the defensive possibilities for the men who were left to defend this small area of American soil in the center of the Pacific Ocean. The Story of Wake Island takes the listener to the heart of the action from the point of view of the commanding officer. It is a brilliant account of this tragic event that demonstrated the fighting spirit of the American soldier even in the face of unbeatable odds.

The Parachute Regiment is Britain's elite airborne infantry. On the 80th anniversary of their first crucial campaign, in Operation Torch in North Africa, historian and broadcaster Mark Urban combines perspectives from German and British sources to tell the gripping stories of the men who had the resilience, fitness and self-reliance to be "Red Devils"—the name they were given by their German enemies.

As a Russian recruit in World War II, Ivan Makarov witnessed General Chuikov pull out his pistol and shoot their regimental commander as a traitor. That was on his first day at the front. Thrown into an open field to face German tanks and artillery fire, with only rifles and machine guns to defend themselves with, almost 2,000 men of his regiment were wiped out in only six days at the Eastern Front. At this rate, Ivan struggled to comprehend how he would survive the hundreds of battles that lay before him, with death seeming to be the only certainty.

Victor Capesius custodiaba la reserva nazi de gas Zyklon B y proporcionaba fármacos que eran empleados por médicos para llevar a cabo experimentos espantosos y mortales en mujeres embarazadas y niños. Hurgaba en los cadáveres de los judíos en busca de empastes de oro, y llevado por la codicia, arrastraba pesadas maletas llenas de ese metal extraído a miles de víctimas. El farmacéutico de Auschwitz cuenta su historia. Tras una exhaustiva investigación, Patricia Posner recrea la historia de Victor Capesius.

08. September 1957. Zwölf Jahre sind vergangen, als ich in dieses Buch das letzte Mal einschrieb. Es war der 23. Februar 1945, Dieter war 12 Jahre alt. Zwei Lebensabschnitte von großer Bedeutung, die alles, aber auch alles enthalten, was das menschliche Schicksal an Glück und Leid zu enthalten vermag. Charlotte Korsch, eine junge Mutter in Berlin, begann ihr Tagebuch, als ihr Sohn Dieter im Jahre 1933 in Berlin geboren wurde, wenige Wochen nach Hitlers Machtübernahme.

Het verhaal van Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema blijft mensen fascineren, nu met de musical over zijn leven en de grootse herdenking van de bevrijding is zijn biografie meer dan populair. "Soldaat van Oranje" is niet alleen een spannend verhaal maar ook een historisch document over de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Prins Bernhard schreef niet voor niets over dit boek: "Ik ben erbij geweest, en zo was het." "Soldaat van Oranje" is een van de beroemdste boeken over de Tweede Wereldoorlog.

Markus Bauer erzählt die bewegende Geschichte seines Großonkels Leonhard März, der als Pak-Schütze den Wahnsinn an der Ostfront durchlebte und schließlich aus dem Kessel von Tarnopol 1944 nicht mehr zurückkehrte... Was Sie erwartet: "Wenn's so weitergeht, wie es jetzt ist, bleibt in einem Monat vom Regiment nichts mehr übrig; jeden Tag 10 bis 20 Verwundete und Tote." Leonhard März wurde Anfang 1941 in die Wehrmacht eingezogen und zum Schützen an der Panzerabwehrkanone ausgebildet.

Joey Jacobson, a young Jewish man from Westmount on the Island of Montreal, trained as a navigator and bomb-aimer in Western Canada. On arriving in England, he was assigned to No. 106 Squadron, a British unit tasked with the bombing of Germany. Joey Jacobson’s War tells, in his own words, why he enlisted, his understanding of strategy, tactics, and the effectiveness of the air war at its lowest point, how he responded to the inevitable battle stress, and how he became both a hopeful idealist and a seasoned airman.