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Eine verbotene Liebe und eine Mutter, die um ihr Kind kämpft Narvik, 1940: Als im Fjord Kriegsschiffe auftauchen, ändert sich Lailas Leben für immer. Sie schließt sich dem Widerstand an, verliebt sich aber in einen deutschen Soldaten. Josef ist anders, er unterstützt sie bei ihren Aktivitäten. Dann wird er nach Russland geschickt, und Laila stellt fest, dass sie schwanger ist. Ihr bleibt nur, Zuflucht in einem Heim zu suchen, in dem man ihr Unterstützung verspricht. Doch Laila gerät in die Fänge eines grausamen Systems und muss für ihr Kind alles riskieren ...

Tatae’s Promise: You will live… You will tell Internationally acclaimed. 13 Awards. “Riveting, Inspiring Masterpiece... Nothing short of brilliant... I will never forget it.” Inspired by a never-before-told, true story of a young woman's escape from Auschwitz with her sister, Tatae’s Promise is an extraordinary narrative of unimaginable courage, family, faith and enduring love. Experience Hinda’s breathtaking life as it transforms from living in a happy home, to banishment to a ghetto, to prison, to the Auschwitz death camp, to escape, and then miraculously rebuilding her life.

As World War II looms ahead, Velma and Jack Gooding's joy of welcoming a healthy son into the world is soon overshadowed when Jack falls gravely ill with Tubercular Pneumonia. To aid his recovery, the family moves to a small farm, where Jack slowly recovers and eventually takes on part-time work. The attack on Pearl Harbor, a turning point for all Americans, propels the Goodings to California. There Jack builds B-17s, while Velma manages their home life with now two young sons.

Dann bricht der Krieg aus - und nichts ist mehr, wie es war. Träume zerbrechen, Wege trennen sich, und das Schicksal stellt jede Gewissheit auf die Probe. Wird es im Haus unter der Magnolie noch eine Zukunft geben?

Evie, a widow and stationmaster's daughter, can't help but look out for the weekly visit of the handsome man she and her sister call the Southerner on their train platform in the wilds of northern England. When polite salutations shift to friendly conversations, they become captivated by each other. After so much sorrow, the childless Evie can't believe love and the chance for her own family have come into her life again. When Roger is arrested, Evie comes up with an audacious plan to prove his innocence.

Berlin, 1933. Après le succès de son premier roman, l'écrivaine américaine Althea reçoit une invitation pour participer à un programme d'échange culturel en Allemagne. Paris, 1936. Elle a peut-être fui Berlin pour Paris, mais Hannah découvre que la Ville Lumière n'est pas le refuge contre l'antisémitisme qu'elle pensait trouver. New York, 1944. Depuis que son mari a été tué en combattant les nazis, Vivian mène sa propre guerre : empêcher les tentatives d'un puissant sénateur de censurer les Armed Service Editions, des livres de poche qui sont expédiés par millions aux soldats à l'étranger.

Vlak na de Tweede Wereldoorlog keert de naamloze verteller vanuit Californië terug naar zijn geboortestreek Piëmont. Met zijn enige vriend die nog in leven is, de arme Nuto, bezoekt hij de plekken uit zijn kindertijd. Terwijl hij door de wijngaarden, langs vijgenbomen en hazelnootstruiken loopt, begrijpt hij wat er in zijn geboortedorp is gebeurd tijdens de donkere jaren van het fascisme.

Herbert Levin n'est plus que l'ombre du Grand Nivelli, brillant et célèbre magicien qu'il était avant la guerre. Séparé de sa femme et de son fils, il tente de garder un semblant d'espoir et de survivre dans l'enfer d'Auschwitz. C'est dans ce même camp que Francisco Latino a réussi à se faire engager ; caché derrière son uniforme SS il fait tout pour protéger sa fiancée russe, prisonnière elle aussi. Rien ne lie ces deux hommes, si ce n'est un instinct de survie inébranlable et le besoin de voir la lumière gagner.

Twins Tessa and Theo are roots of the same tree, in tune with one another’s every thought and desire. As World War II takes hold across Europe, both are eager to do their part. Theo is recruited by the RAF and disappears into the skies, while Tessa jumps at the chance to join the Special Operations Executive, devoted to spying and sabotage behind enemy lines. It will be dangerous, highly classified work, but Tessa, despite all she shares with Theo, is no stranger to secret-keeping. Two years later, Theo comes home. Tessa does not.

March 1945—the Nazis have tested their first atomic bomb, the West doesn’t want the world to know—and the Soviets are racing to claim it. Desperate to keep nuclear technology out of Stalin’s hands, the Office of Strategic Services sends Scott Arlington on a one-way mission behind enemy lines. His objective: intercept the Nazi scientists, prevent the Soviets from seizing the German atomic facility, and erase all traces of the program—by any means necessary.

Singapore, 1941: Singapore City lights up with explosions as the first Japanese bombs rain down. Until now, the war has seemed a distant threat for Issey and her friends, drinking and dancing at Raffles. But with the Japanese invasion looming, Issey knows she must leave. Mysterious, handsome Alex Cartwright has sworn he will see her to safety. Cornwall, 2025: Nursing a broken heart, Lamorna flees her life in Singapore, returning to Trelenna, her Cornish family home. With ambitious plans to save and finance the crumbling house, her sister Zennor needs Lamorna’s help.

Paris, 1963. Behind Severine Kassel's carefully crafted image as the Louvre's most respected jewellery curator lies a woman haunted by unspeakable trauma. When she's invited to London to authenticate a collection of rare Byzantine pearls, her composed facade finally cracks. These are not just any pearls – they belong to her family, stolen in an act of unimaginable cruelty two decades earlier. Her shocking revelation sets off a frenzied hunt for former Nazi officer Ruda Mayek.

Christmas Day 1944: After his last mission put him in the tailspin of the Battle of the Bulge, Captain Billy Boyle travels to southeast England to visit his girlfriend, Diana Seaton, for a brief holiday respite. Diana is engaged in classified work at RAF Hawkinge, including Operation Corona, which recruits German-speaking Women’s Auxiliary Air Force members—many of them Jewish refugees from the Kindertransport rescue—to countermand German orders and direct night fighters away from Allied bombers.

The Life of Lee Lye Hoe is a fictionalized adventure story based on the life of a real person who was the nanny for author’s wife, Fong Moke Chee, when she was a child and their two children. She was born in the paternalistic rural society of Canton China in 1921. At age six her father abandoned her and her mother, leaving them to manage the family farm on their own. At age sixteen her mother died leaving her to manage the farm on her own and to raise two younger orphaned girl cousins.

Tirol, 1972: Nach einem traumatischen Erlebnis zieht sich die Münchner Ingenieurin Hanna Voss in die Einsamkeit der Alpen zurück. Im traditionsreichen Berghotel Waldfrieden sucht sie Ruhe – doch stattdessen begegnet sie Schatten, die bis weit in die Vergangenheit zurückreichen. Als Hanna in der Bibliothek ein vergilbtes Tagebuch entdeckt, entfaltet sich vor ihr das Schicksal von Johann Trenkwalder, einem Soldaten des Ersten Weltkriegs, und seiner Frau Margarete.

Marsica, 1927. Dopo il devastante terremoto che ha ridotto in macerie Avezzano, la città si prepara a una nuova era. Francesca, ragazza piena di speranze, vede nel fascismo una promessa di cambiamento, una via di fuga dalla miseria e dai sacrifici della vita contadina. Influenzata da Elisabetta, professoressa che mescola l'insegnamento scolastico con la propaganda politica, e dai discorsi degli uomini in camicia nera, la giovane è pronta a sfidare l'autorità del nonno, uomo conservatore e monarchico, pur di ottenere l'agognata iscrizione al partito.

Die Pfarrerstochter Luise träumt davon, das Fliegen zu erlernen. Gegen alle Widerstände gelingt es ihr, ihren Traum zu verwirklichen und Pilotin zu werden. Als die Nazis an die Macht kommen, muss sie die Fliegerei aufgeben und kehrt nach Franken zurück. Hier ist plötzlich alles anders: Alle schweigen, ganz egal, was passiert.

Hollywood, 1942. Jacqueline Love's acting career is flailing. Suddenly on the wrong side of 40, parts are drying up, directors are calling her "difficult," and Humphrey Bogart has definitely stopped taking her calls. Desperate to cling to stardom, Jackie takes the only gig that will have her: the Hollywood Victory Caravan, a train full of movie stars crossing the country to fundraise for the war effort. Jackie wouldn't call herself patriotic, but with her life's work on the line, she'll do anything.

Finalist for Best New Fiction at the American Fiction Awards 2024 Aniela Majewska, beautiful daughter of one of Kraków's most respected families, is ready to marry her dashing childhood sweetheart, Henryk Bartosz. But the Nazi invasion of Poland separates the young lovers, as Henryk chooses to fight for their country's freedom as part of the underground resistance and Aniela uses her beauty, wit, and indomitable spirit to navigate the Reich's brutal occupation centralized in her home city, doing whatever it takes to keep her family and her sanity intact.

On January the 22nd, 1945, a secret weapon of unimaginable power was brought from the quiet town of Haigerloch in Germany’s southwest, and loaded onto a plane waiting at Stuttgart. Less than a dozen people knew of the weapon’s existence, and even less knew where it was being taken. The aircraft, its crew, and its remarkable cargo were never seen again. Until now. When the wreckage of the aircraft is located in present day Washington D.C. with no sign of its deadly cargo on board, Sam Reilly is called in to investigate.