検索キーワード： 第二次世界大戦・ホロコースト

When desperate choices mean the difference between life and death. Inspired by true events, Bright One tells the story of Jetti Finkelthal, Lisajoy Sachs' great-grandmother. In Czernowitz, Romania, this young Jewish mother is forced to face impossible choices as the world begins to collapse around her.

Nach dem sensationellen Debüt „Hast du uns endlich gefunden" befasst sich Edgar Selge erneut mit den dunkelsten Jahren der deutschen, der eigenen Geschichte und macht daraus große Literatur. In seinem neuen Roman stößt der Erzähler, Edgar, auf das Schicksal eines Jungen, der während der Blockade Leningrads durch die deutsche Wehrmacht verhungert ist. Jura hat ein Tagebuch hinterlassen, das Edgar immer wieder liest, sodass er bald glaubt, den Jungen zu kennen. Zwischen den beiden entspinnt sich ein Austausch über Jugend, Träume, Literatur, Mütter, Abschied, Fremdheit und Nähe.

Paris, 1945. Alors que la guerre vient tout juste de se terminer, un cadavre est découvert dans un hôtel borgne de Pigalle. L’assassin, arrêté sur les lieux, est un vagabond, dont la dernière adresse était le camp d’Auschwitz. L’homme qu’il a tué d’une balle dans la tête était...

Verona, 1944. When an air raid strikes Elisa's home, she is left with nothing but the clothes on her back, the teddy bear clutched in her arms and her beloved older brother. Traumatised into silence, six-year-old Elisa can no longer speak and relies on Robi to guide her through this war-torn...

“I’ve loved every one of Susanna Kearsley’s books!” —Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author Step into a world of unforgettable mystery and heart-wrenching emotion—where a decades-old murder, a brave journalist, and the echoes of WWII converge in an irresistible...

East London, 1943: As air raid sirens wail, can the East End Girls join forces to protect their city and the people they love? Nell Reilly’s blonde curls and piercing blue eyes might look angelic, but she is ready to fight with everything she has for a better future. Brought up in London’s tough East End, she is fiercely determined to keep the promise she made to her little sister Jo to build a new life for them one day. Until a chance meeting changes everything…

Marianne ist sechs Jahre alt, als sie von ihrer Mutter an den Bahnhof in Berlin gebracht wird, wo sie im August 1939 die Reise in das ferne England antritt. Marianne ist eines von etwa 10.000 jüdischen Kindern, das dank des Engagements von Einzelpersonen und Organisationen vor der Vernichtung durch die Nazis gerettet wird.

Llega a su fin la monumental saga literaria sobre el fascismo, con los últimos seiscientos días de Mussolini hasta su ejecución en abril de 1945, cuando su cadáver se colgó boca abajo en la Plaza Loreto, en Milán. En este último volumen, Scurati narra los meses más oscuros de la República italiana, la hora de la peor violencia de una guerra civil que sembró el terror en las calles mientras los aliados bombardeaban el país.

En cette année 1938, Berlin vit au rythme de la terreur nazie. Pour la famille Landau, des Juifs possédant un petit magasin de musique, il devient presque impossible de survivre. Et lorsque la terrible Nuit de Cristal éclate, avec ses assassinats et ses déportations, Rachel la fille aînée...

Edith, gymnaste et danseuse accomplie, rêve de ballet et de succès olympiques. Mais en 1943, la vie en Hongrie est dangereuse pour une jeune fille juive et alors que l'Europe s'embrase, Edith est déportée à Auschwitz avec sa famille. Lorsque l'horreur sévit partout autour d'elle et que la...

As the end of the Second World War in Europe looms, a new conflict is in its early stages: who will control Europe when the war ends? Soviet double-agent 'Archie' is now a British diplomat in the United States, feeding information on the Special Relationship back to Moscow Centre. Meanwhile...

En el Londres bombardeado, una secretaria encontró su misión: responder al corazón de las mujeres. Londres, 1940. En medio de los bombardeos nocturnos, Emmy Lake anhela ser corresponsal de guerra, pero su sueño se ve truncado al conseguir un puesto como mecanógrafa para la implacable columnista de consejos, Henrietta Bird. La señora Bird tiene una regla: toda carta "desagradable" va a la basura. Pero Emmy no puede ignorar el grito desesperado de mujeres que sufren la guerra, la pérdida y los amores fallidos.

During World War II, a star baseball player trades his bat for a rifle and discovers that some battles can't be won on any field. Will Jamison has it all as a rising star for the Washington Senators when Pearl Harbor changes everything. Driven by patriotism and family legacy, he enlists in the Army, leaving behind fame, fortune, and his secret affair with the married Kay Barlow. During the Battle of the Bulge, Jamison's unit makes a heroic stand near Bastogne against overwhelming German forces. He earns a Silver Star, but the brutal carnage leaves invisible scars that no medal can heal.

Lee Jackson presents Book 10 in the After Dunkirk series...

In 1930s Kansas, Theodore “Teddy” Davidson is shaped by the hardships of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and long days on the family farm. Determined to rise above those challenges, he earns a place in the Naval ROTC program at Georgia Tech, where he discovers a passion for aviation—and meets Caroline, the spirited Southern co-ed who changes his life. As Teddy works toward becoming a naval aviator, their young romance grows in the shadow of a world edging toward war. When conflict erupts, Caroline joins the Women’s Auxiliary as a ferry pilot while Teddy is deployed to the Pacific.

1945. World War II is now in its sixth agonizing year. In Europe, the Allies are closing in on Hitler’s horrific Third Reich, but victory remains elusive. In the Pacific, US forces are locked in a grinding island-by-island struggle against Imperial Japan. Summoned from the battlefields of...

Gennaio 1946. Mentre Londra sta lentamente riemergendo dal buio della Seconda guerra mondiale, la scrittrice Juliet Ashton riceve una lettera misteriosa: un uomo le scrive dall'isola di Guernsey, dicendo di aver trovato il suo nome e il suo indirizzo all'interno di un vecchio libro.

Bloomsbury presents A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende, read by Edoardo Ballerini. _______________ THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER _______________ 'A powerful love story spanning generations… Full of ambition and humanity' – Sunday Times 'One of the strongest...

Bloomsbury presents The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows, read by Charlie Norfolk. The beloved, life-affirming international bestseller which has sold over 5 million copies worldwide – now a major film starring Lily James, Matthew Goode, Jessica...

Valerie tinha três anos de idade quando foi levada de Paris para Londres, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Agora, aos vinte anos e sozinha no mundo, ela se candidata, com nome falso, a uma vaga de emprego na livraria do avô, Vincent Dupont. Ele é seu único parente vivo e a única pessoa que sabe o que realmente aconteceu com seus pais biológicos. À medida que passa a conhecer melhor o ranzinza e reservado Dupont, Valerie vai puxando o fio da própria história.