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England: 1944. When psychologist Maddie Gresham is sent a mysterious message telling her to report to Trent Park mansion, she wonders how she will be helping the war effort from a stately home. Having signed the official secrets act, she soon finds captured Nazi generals are being detained at the house. Bugged with listening devices in every room, it’s up to Maddie to gain the Nazis’ trust and coax them into giving up information.

Paris, 1941: as Coco Chanel’s assistant, Adèle lives side by side with German officers in the splendour of The Ritz hotel. But Adèle has a secret. She is working for the resistance, right under the German’s noses. As occupied Paris becomes more and more dangerous, Adèle will have to decide if she can risk everything to save innocent lives and protect the man she loves. Present day: Chloé’s grandmother has never spoken about the war and avoids questions about the legendary designer she once worked for. Now Chloé has come to Paris, to uncover the truth about Adèle’s life.

I thoroughly enjoyed the book because of its mix of humor, Jewish history, and pathos. The narrator of the audiobook has a wicked sense of humor but is also able to convey vast swathes of Jewish history with poignancy - the pogroms, the othering, and the sufferings and tribulations, as well as the rise of zealotry and how it destroyed the Jewish people and drove them out of their own land.

When little Ruthie and her mother are taken to Belzec Extermination Camp in the midst of World War II, Ruthie's mother knows that her daughter's life is in grave danger. Desperate, she will do anything to save her from the terrible fate that awaits her, even at the cost of her own life. But she will have to act fast if she wants to give her daughter a chance of survival. Years later, Ruthie's daughter, Noga, delves into the untold mysteries of her mother's past, on a quest to heal their fragmented relationship.

Helsingør, Denmark, 1943. In the midst of the German occupation during World War II, Inger Bredhal joins the underground resistance and risks her life to save members of Denmark’s Jewish community and help them escape to Sweden. Copenhagen, 2018. Inger’s granddaughter Cecilie Lund is mourning her death when a mysterious discovery while cleaning out Inger’s flat leads past and present to intersect. As long-held secrets finally see the light of day, Cecilie learns the story of her grandmother’s courage and bravery.

Helsingør, Denmark, 1943. In the midst of the German occupation during World War Two, Inger Bredhal joins the underground resistance and risks her life to save members of Denmark’s Jewish community and help them escape to Sweden. Copenhagen, 2018. Inger’s granddaughter Cecilie Lund is mourning her death when a mysterious discovery while cleaning out Inger’s flat leads past and present to intersect. As long-held secrets finally see the light of day, Cecilie learns the story of her grandmother’s courage and bravery.

Eine unsterbliche Liebe in einer grausamen, unmenschlichen Zeit. Josef, ein junger jüdischer Musiker, und Lisa, eine arische Fabrikantentochter. Als die Deportation beginnt, gelingt Josef auf dem Transport ins KZ zweimal die Flucht und er findet den Weg zurück zu seiner Liebe, zu Lisa. Doch das Glück währt nicht lange. Durch Verrat landet er letztendlich im KZ. Dort rettet ihm sein Status als Geigenspieler das Leben. Josef wird KZ-Musiker. Es werden die schlimmsten Jahre seines Lebens, doch die unbändige Liebe zu Lisa spendet ihm Kraft und Hoffnung.

Was bedeutet Familie? Was heißt jüdisch sein? Wie umgehen mit Alter, Krankheit, Tod? Yasmina Rezas neuer Roman kreist um große Fragen. Die Geschwister Popper: Serge, verkrachtes Genie und homme à femmes, Jean, der Vermittler und Ich-Erzähler, und Nana, die verwöhnte Jüngste mit dem unpassenden spanischen Mann. Eine jüdische Familie. Nach dem Tod der Mutter entfremdet man sich immer mehr. Zu ihren Lebzeiten hat keiner die alte Frau nach der Shoah und ihren ungarischen Vorfahren gefragt. Jetzt schlägt Serges Tochter Joséphine einen Besuch in Auschwitz vor.

Stanisław Wróblewski to spokojny, ułożony mężczyzna - inżynier z wykształcenia, pracownik warszawskiego Biura Projektów, bohater wojenny odznaczony orderem Virtuti Militari. Pewnego dnia na jego biurko trafia książka ze wspomnieniami obozowymi. Na jednym ze zdjęć mężczyzna rozpoznaje siebie w roli kata-esesmana. Postać na fotografii ma tę samą bliznę na twarzy i jest tak łudząco podobna do bohatera, że nawet Zakład Medycyny Sądowej stwierdza, że to on sam.

An ancient coin from the Land of Israel goes missing during a dinner party hosted by the Lyon family. The most likely suspect is Judah Birnbaum, a young man from the Holy Land who has come to England to raise funds for his community. But why would the young man jeopardize his mission by stealing the coin? For once, Mr. Melamed has too many clues - making this one of the most baffling cases of his career.

It's a delightfully satirical exploration of the intersection between the quotidian and the absurd. Lev is a particularly memorable character; it turns out that when he said 'superintendent,' he actually meant 'janitor, and he neither encourages nor repudiates the strange notion that his arrival is the fulfillment of biblical prophecy. Throughout, Greene wisely explores the salutary power of faith.

Jest rok 1597. W chrześcijańskiej Wenecji Żydzi żyją za murami getta, a za przywilej praktykowania swojej wiary odwdzięczają się wiernością wobec Republiki i poszanowaniem jej praw. Na galeonie handlowym kupiec Menachem Campos wypływa do Stambułu, Hila, jego córka, szykuje się do zaślubin, a młoda synowa spodziewa się narodzin upragnionego syna. Los zdaje się im sprzyjać, lecz do czasu, bo gdy z morza nadchodzą tragiczne wieści, żydowską Wenecją wstrząsają pogłoski o tajemniczych znakach - zwiastunach prześladowań i klęsk.

Knar has been studying the physiology of humans for years in preparation to introduce Earth to the rest of the galaxy and present them as a species that can adapt to change well. Although he believes in his mission, he’s also had his eye on his coworker Leah, and her invitation to come home with her for the holidays is just the opportunity he’s been looking for. He just has to find some way to tell her that he’s more than just a gentile. He’s not even from this planet. And Leah hates liars.

My Mother's Son, the meticulously crafted debut novel from David Hirshberg, is a story told by a radio raconteur revisiting his past in post-World War II Boston, the playground and battleground for two brothers whose lives are transformed by discoveries they never could have imagined.

Abandoning the ship was risky. It meant Anna never returning to Scotland and reuniting with her daughter. Instead, Anna and her highlander, Alain MacArthur, faced an uncertain future in colonial Manhattan, where they knew no one, except for an old adversary seeking revenge. Anna’s story would have remained unknown if it were not for Hanna Duncan’s dogged pursuit of the truth about her ancient ancestor.

In 1942, Eva is forced to flee Paris after the arrest of her father, a Polish Jew. Finding refuge in a small mountain town, she begins forging identity documents for Jewish children escaping to neutral Switzerland. But erasing people comes with a price, and along with a mysterious, handsome forger named Rémy, Eva realises she must find a way to preserve the real names of the children who are too young to remember their own identities.

1940. Aiyi Shao is a young heiress and the owner of a formerly popular and glamorous Shanghai nightclub. Ernest Reismann is a penniless Jewish refugee driven out of Germany, an outsider searching for shelter in a city wary of strangers. He loses nearly all hope until he crosses paths with Aiyi. When she hires Ernest to play piano at her club, her defiance of custom causes a sensation. His instant fame makes Aiyi’s club once again the hottest spot in Shanghai. Soon they realize they share more than a passion for jazz - but their differences seem insurmountable....

Sarah Taube cowers in the bakery cellar clutching her three children, listening to the sounds of shooting by the White Cossacks during a pogrom. In order to survive, she enters into a bargain with the ruthless Commissar, Dimitri, an orthodox Jew transformed by tragedy into a high-ranking Bolshevik. Will Dimitri be able to protect Sarah Taube and her family? Will Sarah Taube be reunited with her wanderlust husband, who leaves for South Africa to seek his fortune and find himself, and will she realize her life-long dream to go to America?

Wealthy, beautiful Naneé was born with a spirit of adventure. For her, learning to fly is freedom. When German tanks roll across the border and into Paris, this woman with an adorable dog and a generous heart joins the resistance. Known as the Postmistress because she delivers information to those in hiding, Naneé uses her charms and skill to house the hunted and deliver them to safety.

In America, we're good at dividing ourselves into tribes - into "insiders" and "outsiders" - based on race, background, and beliefs. But what happens when a person is an outsider within her own tribe? Serach Gottesman, the mathematically gifted eldest daughter of a rigidly Orthodox-Jewish Boro Park family and Paloma Rodriguez, the street-smart Bronx-bred daughter of a neglectful Latina immigrant mother, seek broader vistas within a relationship that is forbidden by both of their communities.