検索キーワード： 第二次世界大戦・ホロコースト

Summer 1941. War rages in Europe. The Germans march towards Ukraine. Halya, Liliya and Vika are no strangers to sorrow. They lost family during the Holodomor, loved ones in Stalin's purges, and war looms once more on the horizon. These daughters of Ukraine will face devastation and loss as they fight to survive and protect the ones they love.

Dashing and well-connected, Lanny Budd has earned the trust of the Nazi high command. To Adolf Hitler and his inner circle, the American art dealer is a “true believer” committed to their Fascist cause. But Lanny is actually a secret agent serving as President Franklin Roosevelt’s eyes and ears in Germany. When he learns of the Führer’s plans for conquest, Lanny’s dire warnings to Neville Chamberlain and other reluctant European leaders fall on deaf ears.

Der er grænser overalt, fx mellem Luxembourg, Tyskland og Belgien, og der er grænser for, hvad synsnerven kan tåle. Efter Anden Verdenskrig foregiver belgieren Markus at være blind, selv om synet er intakt bag de mørke briller. Den eneste, der er indviet i hans hemmelighed, er lille Robert, søn af en amerikansk soldat, som krigen slugte. Det er til Robert, Markus fortæller sin historie, som også er historien om belejringen af Stalingrad, en historie om umulige valg, tvivlens forbandelse – og krigens vilkårlighed.

Anden Verdenskrig er brudt ud, og Hillevis børn er flyttet hjemmefra. Kristin har stiftet familie og er flyttet nordpå, og Myrten er rejst til Stockholm med en hemmelighed, som hverken Hillevi eller Kristin nogensinde kommer til at kende. Hjemme ved Svartvattnet indhenter fortiden Hillevi i form af Elis. Da han atter en gang truer med at gribe afgørende ind i hendes families tilværelse, er hun ikke i tvivl om, at hun må handle.

1984. Die fünfzehnjährige Marta flieht aus dem kommunistischen Polen nach Deutschland. Sie lässt das Kriegsrecht, Nahrungsmittelrationierung, Solidarność hinter sich. Alles ist neu. Nach dem Abitur in Kiel und dem Medizinstudium im Berlin der ersten Stunde nach der Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands geht sie in die Schweiz, wo sie forensische Psychiaterin und Psychotherapeutin wird. Dreißig Jahre nach der Emigration stirbt die stets rätselhafte Mutter, und erst dann kommt deren ungeheuerliches Geheimnis von historischer Tragweite ans Tageslicht.

Elsa Schiaparelli - die große Gegenspielerin Coco Chanels. Tief verletzt, weil ihr Mann sie mit Isadora Duncan betrogen hat, verlässt Elsa Schiaparelli New York. Nie wieder will sie von einem Mann abhängig sein. In Paris ob ihres Esprits und ihrer Kreativität gefeiert, gilt sie schon bald als originellste Couturière ihrer Zeit - und die Frau, die in der Mode bislang den Ton angegeben hat, wird zu ihrer größten Rivalin: Coco Chanel. Doch dann muss Elsa nicht nur um das Leben ihrer kleinen Tochter kämpfen, sie muss auch entscheiden, ob sie der Liebe noch eine Chance geben will.

When beautiful, shy Edith married her elegant banker husband, Julius, she believed that their union would be forever. In spite of her humble background, they have loved each other since the minute they met at a dance. As she learns how to behave in the high-society world Julius has opened to her, she is determined to enjoy every moment. But the Nazi party is growing in power, and her marriage comes under increasing strain. Julius is of Jewish origin—and even some of Edith’s closest family believe their relationship is an abomination, demanding she divorce him.

Vienna, 1937. When beautiful American Kitty becomes engaged to Austrian diplomat Edgar, she finds herself thrown into a very different world in Europe, and soon longs for home. But when the woman designing her wedding dress, Judith, takes Kitty under her wing, she sees the city of Vienna in a new light–a city of culture and music that she can explore with her new friend.

December 1940. Down Street underground station, in the heart of London's Mayfair, is now a secret retreat for Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his cabinet from the relentless air raids overhead. In this supposedly secure location, the body of a woman is found, stabbed in the heart. The victim, fortune-teller Lady Za Za, did not see this one coming. Chief Inspector Coburg and Sergeant Lampson are called to investigate but whispers of treason and corruption succeed in muddying the waters of the case.

Cleethorpes – 1940. As the new year dawns, the show at the Empire comes to an end and it’s time for the girls to move on. All the seaside girls have their own battles to fight. And while they figure things out it’s time for them to do their bit for the war and keep Britain smiling.

Bestsellerautor David Safier erzählt die Geschichte seiner Eltern: Sie führt uns vom Wien des Jahres 1938, als sein Vater Joschi dort studierte, über die Gefängnisse der Gestapo bis nach Palästina, wo er als Barmann und Spion arbeitete und schließlich zur See fuhr. Waltraud wächst als Tochter eines Werftarbeiters in Bremen auf. Im Krieg wird die Familie ausgebombt, wohnt jahrelang in einem Eisenbahnwagen. Als das Wirtschaftswunder kommt, ergattert Waltraut einen begehrten Ausbildungsplatz zur Verkäuferin. Bei ihrer ersten Begegnung mit Joschi in einer Eisdiele lässt Waltraut ihn abblitzen.

Georgian mansion Wharton Park was a place of childhood solace for Julia Forrester, spending summers in the Norfolk countryside with her beloved grandfather. So after tragedy strikes, she finds herself seeking comfort at Wharton and the allure of its hothouse, once home to exotic flowers from all corners of the globe but now lying abandoned. There she meets the new owner, the charming and magnetic Kit Crawford, whose own past is shrouded in sadness and mystery.

In 1942, country girls Minnie Hodgson and Margot McNee set sail from Perth, Australia for Singapore in search of adventure, full of excitement and keen to do their part working as nurses to the fallen soldiers in a time of war. What they encounter is an army of new friends and the terrors of a city under siege. When the Japanese attack and Singapore falls, they are forced to flee aboard the Vyner Brooke. The ship is bombed, resulting in utter devastation.

Spring 1938. The Vienna Writers Circle meets at Café Mozart to share hopeful stories during a hopeless time. Mathias and Johannes - fellow writers, cousins, and close as brothers - thrive within this creative group of friends. But when the Nazis take over Austria, everything changes. With their families' lives now under threat, the men hide in plain sight using false identities. The safety of their loved ones and their writing is their only salvation.

Almost losing her life in a bomb blast while serving in the Women's Volunteer Service has made Ann Gilby take stock of what's really important - her family. With daughter Sheila back home, and Joy still working munitions at the Cadbury factory and engaged to her soldier sweetheart, home life feels more settled too. Ann has even come to an uneasy truce with her husband, Len, despite her recent discovery of his infidelity and the fact that he has fathered a child with another woman.

American Josie Anderson and Parisian Arlette LaRue are thrilled to be working in the French resistance, stealing so many Nazi secrets that they become known as the Golden Doves, renowned across France and hunted by the Gestapo. Their courage will cost them everything. When they are finally arrested and taken to the Ravensbrück concentration camp, along with their loved ones, a reclusive Nazi doctor does unspeakable things to Josie’s mother, a celebrated Jewish singer who joined her daughter in Paris when the world seemed bright. And Arlette’s son is stolen from her, never to be seen again.

Amsterdam, 1941. When the Nazis invade Amsterdam, singer Johanna Vos watches in horror as her Jewish friends are forbidden from performing with her onstage, and the vibrant music scene she loves is all but erased. Johanna helps organize the Artists’ Resistance, an underground network that arranges for Jewish musicians to perform at house concerts hosted by their allies. When Johanna is told about a Jewish orphan who is headed for deportation, she does not think twice: she takes the baby in as her own, hiding the truth from everyone, including her sister, Liesbeth.

Elisabeth Eidenbenz left Switzerland in 1937 to aid children orphaned during the Spanish Civil War. Now, her work has led her to France, where she's determined to provide expectant mothers and their unborn children a refuge amid one of the worst humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Desperate to escape the invasion of Franco's Fascist troops, Isabel Dueñas becomes one of many Spanish patriots fleeing their country. She leaves behind her husband as he fights for democracy, and she seeks asylum in a refugee camp across the border in France.

Townsville, 1942. Young women aged sixteen and over are obliged by law to join the war effort, and Emma Hatton's world is at last about to change. Longing to escape the humdrum poverty of oceanside Blueholm Bay and the demands of her domineering mother, Emma reaches the bustling wartime mayhem of Townsville where the city streets are filled with glamorous GIs and red lipstick is the colour of the day. Befriending charismatic Cassie O'Byrne, Emma believes her adult life has finally begun.

Connie Starr was always a difficult child. Her mother knew as soon as Connie entered the world that day in Ballarat in 1934 and opened her lungs to scream, there was more chaos in the world than before and it wouldn't leave until Connie did. From the safety of a branch high in her lemon tree where she speaks to angels, she sees the world for what it is - a swirling mass of beauty and darkness, of trauma and family, of love and war and truth and lies - lies that might just undo her and drive her to a desperate act.