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When Twilight Breaks

Sarah Sundin

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Munich, 1938. Evelyn Brand is an American foreign correspondent as determined to prove her worth in...

Romance World War 2 Germany Nazi Adult Fiction Christian Fiction

Bolt Action: Germany Strikes!: Early War in Europe

Peter Dennis and Warlord Games

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In 1939, Germany shattered the peace of Europe with a lightning-fast strike against Poland. The next...

The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Last Train to London in Books

Oct 5, 2020

4.75/5 to be precise! Author Meg Waite Clayton’s newest novel is a biographical, historical, women’s fiction novel about Geertruida Wijsmuller, aka “Tante Truus” who was instrumental in getting thousands of children out of Nazi Germany via the Kindertansport. This powerful and important novel was just released and I hope you’ll read my #bookreview of it on my blog now. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2019/09/13/saving-a-whole-world/

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The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)

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In 1960s Germany, criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse uses hypnotized victims and the surveillance...

Nazi Hunger Politics: A History of Food in the Third Reich

Gesine Gerhard

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During World War II, millions of Soviet soldiers in German captivity died of hunger and starvation....

Gertigstrasse 56

Ruth Stender

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A gripping narrative account of one family's struggle against fascism in Germany. Spanning...

Germany: Beyond the Enchanted Forest: A Literary Anthology

Brian Melican

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'German military figures had a certain terrifying glamour,' wrote Patrick Leigh Fermor, recalling...

Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated Jojo Rabbit (2019) in Movies

Jun 27, 2020

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

2019 | Comedy, Drama, War

8.0

(40 Ratings)

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After seeing the trailer for this I was very skeptical. I wondered how Hitler during Nazi Germany times could possibly be funny, even in satire. Truth be told, the only reason I got past that stage was because the movie stars Sam Rockwell, and I'm a sucker for him.

I stand corrected on my initial assessment.

Jojo Rabbit is a hilarious take on the life of a child during Nazi reign in Germany. Adolf Hitler is represented as an imaginary friend of a young man who is coming into his own. I know, this seems wicked dark and awful at the same time. But the way that it's approached by the film makers creates an environment that educates and enlightens to the times that were lived by the people of Germany while making it a bit lighter so that it doesn't weigh down all of your emotions to the point of not being able to carry them.

There are some very serious moments and I wouldn't recommend watching with young children (that should be a given if you watched the trailer). However, it is well worth a watch, or even a second. The acting alone is worth a second look.