検索キーワード： 第二次世界大戦・ホロコースト

An epic story of love, loss and second chances, The Last Boat Home will captivate readers of Fiona Valpy, Lorna Cook and Hazel Gaynor. 1940: When Daisy, a paintress at the local pottery, looks out across Poole Harbour, waiting for the ‘little ships’ to bring the retreating soldiers home from...

June 1941. Hitler's armies race toward vulnerable Leningrad. In a matter of weeks, the Nazis surround the city, cut off the food supply, and launch a vicious bombardment. Widowed violinist Sofya Karavayeva and her teenage granddaughter, Yelena, are cornered in the crumbling city.

Lily Baker is back, and in her most trying job yet... A country at war. Friends in trouble. Lily may be off the bomb-blasted streets, but the danger's not over… England, 1941. Reunited briefly with her husband-to-be before he returns to fighting, Lily Baker now finds her mundane army office...

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.

"C'era una volta un re, e questo re incaricò il suo mago prediletto di fabbricare uno specchio magico. Questo specchio non ti mostrava il tuo riflesso. Ti mostrava la tua anima - ti mostrava chi eri realmente". E il campo di concentramento è quello specchio. Nella zona d'interesse del campo, Golo Thomsen, nazista mediocre, riscopre un sentimento che pareva impossibile in quel luogo e in quel tempo. S'innamora di Hannah Doll, una donna sposata, che come lui sta scrutando lo specchio per capire chi è. Ma c'è un problema: Hannah è la moglie del Comandante: il cinico, spietato, grottesco Paul Doll.

Die bewegende Fortsetzung des Romans »Was uns durch die Zeiten trägt« über die Suche einer jungen Frau nach einer neuen Heimat. Von Bestsellerautorin Marion Johanning. Westfalen, 1956: Nach der Vertreibung lebt Luise mit ihrer Familie in der Nähe von Kurstadt in Westdeutschland. Der Rückweg in die schlesische Heimat scheint durch den Eisernen Vorhang für immer versperrt, und Luise hat wenig Hoffnung, dass sie Marian jemals wiedersehen wird. Als sie ihrer Jugendliebe Wolfgang begegnet, fühlt sie sich sofort wieder zu ihm hingezogen.

Als Harald Rüster in Pleskow den Bahnhof verlässt, wird er Augenzeuge, wie das SS-Sonderkommando Ahrends jüdische Frauen und Kinder zusammentreibt, wobei der Hauptsturmführer Ahrends mutwillig von der Pistole Gebrauch macht und eine Frau und ihr Kind niederschießt. Sein Glaube an die Lehren des NS-­Regimes gerät ins Wanken.

Helen Fairfax is a ferry pilot and the mother of Peter, aged six. From Monday to Friday, she flies from factories to airfields, then returns to the family farmhouse where her parents look after the boy. She feels torn being away from her son so much, but after her husband died in the Battle of Britain she vowed to live up to his example of courage and strike back at the enemy. Now the Germans are about to launch the V-2 against London, and MI6 is desperate to get its hands on an undamaged prototype of the rocket to discover how it might be defeated.

Der zweite Band der mitreißenden Schönborn-Saga von Bestsellerautorin Barbara Leciejewski. Bremen, 1914: Sehnsüchtig wartet die 17-jährige Charlotte Schäfer auf einen Brief aus England. August Schönborn, ihr Kindheitsfreund aus Mühlbach, wurde bei Ausbruch des Krieges festgenommen und sitzt in einem Internierungslager auf der Isle of Man. Doch das rettet ihm das Leben – viele junge Männer werden nicht nach Mühlbach zurückkehren.

The Azad Hind Fauj plans to set up the Azad Hind Bank at Port Blair, after the liberation of the Andaman and Nicobar islands from the British. However, the treasure and men sent to open the branch are mysteriously lost. A British police officer is on a dangerous mission to acquire a mysterious weapon in a forbidden island on Nicobar, which can help them win the WWII. The clue to finding this liquid is hidden in a poem.

1945. The tiny bundle in her arms barely stirs as she hurries out into the dark street. Remembering Villa Teresa, a thousand miles away in sun-soaked Italy, Betty thinks of the letter she had to write to stop the bombing and save Gianni. Instead, it cost her everything, and she will never see her beloved again. Letting her little baby go will tear her apart, but she knows it is the only way to keep her child safe.

After Pearl's home is destroyed in the Exeter Blitz, so too are her dreams of performing onstage. Finding work as a bus conductress instead, a chance encounter revives her hopes once more, and soon she is singing for the troops alongside new friend Ivy. When agent Gordon Gold approaches them, Ivy jumps to sign with him and sets off for the bright lights of London. But Pearl is wary of the charming man and decides to stay, watching her friend go with a heavy heart. A year later, while Pearl is struck mute by an illness, Ivy returns - and is quick to seize the chance to fill Pearl's place.

In one unforgettable night, Max Spiegelman's life splits in two. As war looms and Nazism continues to rise, Max is forced into choices that place him and his alter ego on opposing sides of a divided world. Tethered by their dreams, the boys watch helplessly, haunted by visions of what could have been. But in each parallel universe, they share a magnetic bond with an enchanting, grey-eyed girl.

The World My Wilderness was published in 1955 and follows the story of Barbary Deniston, a 17-year-old girl growing up in London during World War II. Barbary’s parents are divorced, and she divides her time between her mother’s bohemian lifestyle and her father’s more conventional life. The novel explores themes of identity, family, and the impact of war on individuals and society. It is considered one of Macaulay’s most personal and autobiographical works.

Devastated when her wedding is called off and an injury ruins her career as a violinist, Amber escapes to her parents' holiday home on a beautiful windswept island. The charming cottage is falling apart, and Amber loses herself in the renovations. But then she meets Kai, a seriously ill young boy who loves music. Amber is determined to help him, and as she teaches him to play, she can feel herself coming back to life.

1948: Die Frau im Bonner Johannes-Hospital weiß, dass sie nur noch wenige Tage zu leben hat. Auf dem Sterbebett ziehen Szenen ihres Lebens an ihr vorbei. Gussie ist 24, als sie den 19 Jahre älteren Witwer Konrad Adenauer heiratet. Aufgewachsen in einem liberalen und protestantischen rheinischen Elternhaus, wird sie die Ehefrau eines preußischen Katholiken und damit Stiefmutter seiner drei Kinder. Sie schenkt fünf Kindern das Leben.

Der mitreißende Auftakt zur historischen Saga über das Schicksal der Unternehmerfamilie Lemberg im Sudetenland. Von Bestsellerautorin Karin Lindberg. Böhmen 1937: Als die junge Alba Lemberg nach einem Aufenthalt bei Verwandten nach Hause zurückkehrt, währt die Freude über das Wiedersehen nur kurz. Denn schon bald gerät sie mit den Eltern über deren Vorstellung für ihre Zukunft aneinander. Vater Carl will von Albas Plänen, eine Lehre im Betrieb zu absolvieren, nichts wissen. Der Patriarch hat andere Sorgen, er ringt um den Erhalt der Lemberg-Webereien, dazu bereiten ihm Fehler aus der Vergangenheit seelische Qualen.

Fesselnde Landser-Geschichten in Romanheft-Länge Der vorliegende Band Das Afrikakorps unter Erwin Rommel entführt Sie in die sengende Hitze Nordafrikas, wo die deutsche Wehrmacht und italienische Truppen im November 1942 auf El Alamein vorstoßen. Der gewiefte Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel – der "Wüstenfuchs“ – treibt seine Männer immer weiter voran, um die Briten vernichtend zu schlagen. Im Zentrum der Geschichte steht Unteroffizier Krüger vom Pionier-Ersatz-Bataillon 68. An vorderster Front erlebt er die harten Kämpfe um Bir Hacheim, Tobruk und El Alamein.

A heinous, co-ordinated plot to attack a series of prominent synagogues, located across five different continents, is scheduled to take place on Yom Kippur - the Jewish Day of Atonement. For that one day of the year, celebrated prayer houses will be packed to the rafters with Jewish worshippers and the results could prove to be devastating. The mastermind behind the attacks is a direct blood descendant of Adolf Hitler - his grandson, former Republican presidential candidate John Franklin.

March 1942: Adolf Hitler is dead at the hands of the Royal Air Force. A vengeful Luftwaffe has exacted the Third Reich’s revenge on Great Britain, and London lies in flames. With the Royal Family fleeing to Canada and Great Britain’s Pacific colonies being ceded to Imperial Japan, the United States faces a stark, dangerous future alone. With a broad cast of characters underpinned by historical research, Acts of War examines the terrifying “What if…” of a German victory in Europe followed by upheaval in the Court of St. James.