The Diary of Samuel Golfard and the Holocaust in Galicia
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This in-depth study of a Jewish man's diary from Nazi-occupied Poland provides an unfiltered view of...
Hitler's Chancellery: A Palace to Last a Thousand Years
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This book tells the story of the most iconic building of the Third Reich. Hitler's New State...
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A Silence That Speaks: A Family Story Through and Beyond the Holocaust
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Susan's mother, Lucy Fowler nee Smetana, was a Viennese Jew who fled to Nottingham, England, in 1938...
The Huntress
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From the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel, THE ALICE NETWORK, comes...
Charley (64 KP) rated The Book Thief in Books
Feb 16, 2019
The book Thief is set in a WW2 Germany and follows the life of Leisel Merminger and her struggles in a Nazi Germany.
Before I go into more detail of the storyline I want to first mention how moving it is to see the second world war from a different perspective. I knew that the German people didn't have it easy during the war as well as the allies but it isn't often spoken about. The pressure that the German people were under to conform to the Nazi regime was imense and this book shows this perfectly. It outlines the day to day struggles of a regular family.
This book is a brilliant read and I feel the best part about it is that it is narrated by Death. This gives a little bit of humour to an otherwise quite intense and dark read.
I feel everyone should give this brilliant book a go.
Erika (17788 KP) rated The Huntress in Books
May 4, 2019
Alright, so, I don't consider books post WWI to be historical fiction, and I normally steer clear of WWII/aftermath fiction because bookstores and goodreads are inundated with hundreds of novels. But, I decided to pick up this book anyway.
Essentially, it's a Nazi hunt. There are three viewpoints from three different characters. As I mentioned, Nina was insufferable. Most of the reviews I read talked about their love of this character and the origin of the Night Witches (AKA female, Russian pilots). Ian was one of the other main characters, a former war correspondent who's a Nazi hunter, trying to find 'The Huntress', who murdered his brother. Then, there's Jordan, an American teenager whose father marries a mysterious German woman with a daughter.
I won't spoil the plot, but basically, you can work out the entire plot within the first few chapters. What kept me reading was the writing style, and every other character but Nina.
Andy K (10821 KP) rated The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018) in Movies
Jul 16, 2019
I never thought I would be watching a story about love and regret based on the film's premise and first act. The movie is all over the place at times and doesn't really know what type of film it wants to be, but if you just accept the unusual premise the film works as entertainment alone.
The old man regrets some of the choices he has made in his life, but also stands by them at the same time.
The movie is told both present day 1987 and in flashback during World War II. The premise being the man who killed the head of the Nazi party who spread disease throughout the world is again called upon to eliminate another menace threatening global safety.
I could see how some could totally hate the idea and execution of this, but I found it different and delightful.
The Evil That Surrounds Us: The WWII Memoir of Erna Becker-Kohen
Kevin P. Spicer, Martina Cucchiara and Esther-Maria Nagele
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In 1931, Gustav Becker and Erna Kohen married. He was Catholic and she was Jewish. Erna and Gustav...
Raid: World War II
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RAID: World War II is an action-packed four player cooperative shooter set in Europe during World...