検索キーワード： 第二次世界大戦・ホロコースト

Jsou poslední měsíce druhé světové války. Bývalý gymnaziální učitel latiny a řečtiny Egidius Arimond žije osaměle v městečku Kali nedaleko hranic s Belgií. Jeho hlavní zálibou a jediným zdrojem příjmů je včelařství. Kromě vášně pro včely a krásné ženy zdědil Egidius po svých předcích také epilepsii. V nacistickém Německu je pro něj toto onemocnění stigmatem, kvůli němuž byl suspendován z učitelského místa a donucen ke sterilizaci. Stále se však nad ním vznáší hrozba eutanazie, před kterou ho chrání bratr Alfons, letecké eso luftwaffe.

For Iris, each visit to her mother in St Mabon’s Cove, Cornwall has been the same—a serene escape from the city. But today, as she breaths in the salt air on the doorstep of her beloved childhood home, a heavy weight of anticipation settles over her. Iris knows she’s adopted, but any questions about where she came from have always been shut down by her parents, who can’t bear to revisit the past. Now, Iris can’t stop thinking about what she’s read on the official paperwork: BABY GIRL, FRANCE, 1939 – the year war was declared with Nazi Germany.

"Marie" erzählt die Geschichte zweier Schwestern mit jüdischen Wurzeln, die beide ein großes Ziel haben: Sie wollen den Zweiten Weltkrieg überleben. Ihre Wege trennen sich jedoch schon bald. Während Marie von dem verbitterten Fritz Heider entführt wird und unter seinen Übergriffen leidet, wird Sarah in ein Arbeitslager gebracht, wo sie andere Widrigkeiten überstehen muss. Marie versucht mit allen Mitteln das Versprechen einzulösen, das sie ihrer sterbenden Mutter gegeben hat und klammert sich am Leben fest. Zu ihrem Glück bekommt sie von unerwarteter Seite Hilfe.

June, 1941. When Bobby Bancroft arrived in Silverdale to take a job as a reporter on The Tyke magazine, the sleepy Yorkshire Dales village felt like a little pocket of a past long gone. But war finally seems to have come to Silverdale. The villagers face new hardships when shortages and rationing begin to bite, young men become scarce as more are called up, and Bobby finds herself juggling her job on the magazine with a new role as an ARP warden. Even her surly editor Reg and his wife are doing their bit, agreeing to take two evacuees from London into their home.

As golden sunlight shimmers across the crystal-clear waters, Francesca travels to the tranquil Italian island of Santa Caterina in search of precious rare books and a new beginning. Heartbroken after the sudden end of her long-term relationship, she jumped at the chance to help recover a collection of missing books. But when she arrives, she soon discovers she was invited by the island’s mysterious owner, alongside handsome local book collector Thiago, to unlock a secret that spans generations. Together, she and Thiago learn the books were hidden during the Second World War.

Between 1947 and 1957, Ealing Studios produced a series of immensely popular, darkly funny film comedies that made the West London borough famous throughout the world. Almost 50 years later, four of these timeless films were recreated for BBC Radio 4, and are now collected together for the first time.

April, 1940. Hitler is invading Denmark on Tuesday. Olivia Redmond has only a weekend to bring a Nobel Prize-winning chemist and his war-altering research to Britain. The scientist and his wife want to leave, but their troublesome daughter will do anything to stop her parents from departing. When the daughter’s German fiancé is murdered, the police refuse to let anyone depart until they find the killer. If Olivia wants to escape Denmark with the chemist and his breakthroughs, she will have to unmask the killer before the Nazis stop her forever.

October 1940. Livvy Redmond is thrilled to receive an invitation to a country house party away from the Blitz. There she hopes to help her husband overcome his injuries from fighting in France. But excitement turns to horror when she stumbles across two members of the house party—murdered.

Praga, 1938. La sombra de Hitler se cierne sobre Checoslovaquia. Unos voluntarios británicos liderados por Nicholas Winton, un joven agente de bolsa, se vuelcan en sacar del país en tren y en avión a los niños judíos para llevarlos a Reino Unido. Solo cuentan con la ayuda de Petra, su guía local, que se une a sus actividades clandestinas. En el centro de su empresa se encuentra la misteriosa Niña de la Sal, que todas las noches vende bolsitas de este codiciado ingrediente en las calles de la ciudad.

Dr. Richard Buckley returns home to his wife and beloved hometown of Dunderrig, weary and heart-sick over the horror and pointlessness of The Great War. Soon, trouble is coming from all sides—Richard’s unhappy wife leaves Dunderrig, and a Nazi occupied Europe marches steadily closer to home. In the blink of an eye, the peace he’d craved and enjoyed since his days on the battlefield are gone. Meantime, James and Juliet come of age in a world on the brink of chaos, where the remnants of rebellion at home have snowballed into the horrors of yet another world war.

Lüneburg 1945: Die Hansestadt ist überfüllt mit Vertriebenen aus Ostpreußen, die Wohnungsnot und der Hunger machen den Menschen schwer zu schaffen. Auch die junge Netti hat auf der Flucht alles verloren. Immerhin ergattert sie für sich und ihre Familie ein ungeheiztes Zimmer auf einem Bauernhof, willkommen sind sie dort aber nicht.

Trois destins de femmes de l’air, trois générations, de la pionnière convoyeuse des airs à ses descendantes, hôtesses de l’air. Des vies romanesques marquées par des fêlures intimes, la passion d’un métier. Et un secret... Élisa est une pionnière. Sa volonté, son courage, son sens des autres, elle les a mis toute jeune au service d’un métier naissant et rude : convoyeuse de l’air. Loin d’Étretat, sa terre natale, elle s’envole dans des avions sans confort et veille sur des passagers malades. En 1945, quand elle doit ramener les déportés en France, elle découvre la tragédie des camps.

The Lonely Sea is a collection of riveting tales of the sea including the story that launched Alistair MacLean's writing career and the account of the epic battle to sink the German battle ship, Bismarck.

Poniewierani, osaczani, tropieni. Uwięzieni, a niepokonani. Bohaterów tej książki łączy polski gen wolności. Przedzierali się przez ostępy Syberii i piaski irackich pustyń. Ukrywali w bagażnikach samochodów dyplomatycznych i zamarzali pod podwoziem tira by dotrzeć do miejsca, w którym mogliby oddychać swobodnie.

The year 1944. Beautiful American Kitty Larsson knows better than most that fighting the Nazis comes at a price. She’s spent years working undercover as an agent for the British and knows that doing what is right could cost her everything.... When Kitty is captured during a mission and her true identity is revealed, she learns her beloved husband, Edgar, has gone missing. The Gestapo tell her they have him and that his life is in her hands. If she doesn’t cooperate, he will die, and her worst fears will be realized.

Herzergreifend und Hoffnung spendend. Die wahre Geschichte des kleinen Djoko, der während des 2. Weltkriegs ganz allein quer durch Europa flieht – mitfühlend erzählt von Nummer-1-Bestseller-Autorin Hera Lind. Oktober 1940 im ehemaligen Jugoslawien: In einer entlegenen Gegend führt der 5-jährige Djoko mit seinem bärenstarken Vater und seiner zierlichen Mutter ein einfaches, aber glückliches Leben in einem kleinen Dorf. Bis die faschistische schwarze Armee der Ustashas auftaucht, die allen Serben den Tod geschworen hat. Eine Granate fällt in die winzige Hütte, nur Djoko überlebt schwer verletzt.

With the horrors of the Nazi regime becoming more apparent by the day, Maureen Ritter decides to remain in Paris. There, she meets a disturbed young man, who will change the course of history and set the match to a firestorm that will engulf the innocent Jews still in Germany. Fiona Ritter’s devotion to the Führer will be tested when the nightmare of Kristallnacht consumes Berlin. The foundations she built her life upon these last six years will be shaken, as she witnesses the horrific violence and destruction wrought that fateful night.

It is 1936, and Simon Travis, just 32 years old and the only son and heir to the families incredible fortune, has just become the fourth richest man in the world on the sad and unexpected death of his father. Simon is not really interested in running the vast business empire, and instead he arranges a meeting with the man his father most admired - Winston Churchill.

Imagine growing up in a German family right after WWII with no knowledge of your country’s horrendous Nazi past or an understanding of your own family’s fierce internal struggles. Marie is a dreamy child of a doctor whose family is offered refuge within the walls of Falkenburg Castle after the war. Within the safety of this thousand-year-old "stone mother," Marie begins her coming-of-age journey dominated by her troubled, often violent mother and comforted by her beloved father.

In this explosive third installment, the jungles roar with artillery, automatic weapons, and the screams of the wounded and dying! Decker, Edson, and Puller must use whatever means necessary to smash through Japanese lines and secure the freedom and safety of themselves and the people of the Solomons!