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The Secrets of My Life: Vintner, Prisoner, Soldier, Spy
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Peter M. F. Sichel, a fourth-generation wine merchant, found the path he was destined to walk...
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Minds of Men (The Psyche of War #1)
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2018 Dragon Award Finalist--Best Alternate History Novel Evelyn Adamsen grew up knowing she had...
Gareth von Kallenbach (971 KP) rated The Monuments Men (2014) in Movies
Aug 6, 2019
It becomes a race not only to find the pieces but to prevent their destruction at the hands of the German Army under orders of Hitler himself. The film demonstrates that culture and history are vital to civilization’s memory. With a war of this scale, The Monuments Men demonstrates one of the many aspects of humanity that was endangered. It also reminds audiences that there are many stories still be told from the World War II era. The performances of Bill Murray, John Goodman, and Bob Balaban outshine that of George Clooney Matt Damon and Cate Blanchett. Despite this being an all-star cast, it does not detract from the story and the way that it is portrayed on screen. Audiences will find themselves emotionally connected to some of the characters, images, and the overall story.
Hitler's Paratrooper: The Life and Battles of Rudolf Witzig
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Rudolf Witzig entered the history books as the heroic captor of Belgium's supposedly impregnable...
Shots in the Dark: Japan, Zen, and the West
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In the years after Wrold War II, Westerners and Japanese alike elevated Zen to the quintessence of...
German Hungarian Dictionary and Translator (Magyar - német szótár)
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I had heard of death marches, but in a very vague way. The Nine gives a face and a story to one of the many groups of people who were forced to march until they died of exhaustion, starvation, dehydration and exposure. This was thought to be easier than shooting them.
These nine women escaped and walked to freedom - but it wasn’t easy. They encountered many dangers, not least the ordinary Germans who thought that they must be criminals, or worse still, Jews. These women had skills though: they were Resistance fighters, and some were multi-lingual. The fact that they could speak many languages, and in particular German, is what helped them on their journey. These were determined, brave and resourceful women, and their escape to freedom used all of their collective strength.
I really liked that the story didn’t end at the point where they reached US soldiers. Gwen Strauss was able to find out what the women’s lives were like after the end of the war. How what had happened impacted on their personal lives.
It’s such a well-researched, fascinating read. It’s only through learning about the history and horrific treatment of the many people targeted by the Nazis, that we will hopefully remember and learn that these acts can never be allowed to happen again.
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole for serialising this book.
The Confidence Trap: A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War I to the Present
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Why do democracies keep lurching from success to failure? The current financial crisis is just the...