検索キーワード： 第二次世界大戦・ホロコースト

Milano, 8 settembre 1943: il paese si ferma ad ascoltare l'annuncio dell'armistizio. In realtà, sta per avere inizio la fase più dura del conflitto, in cui sarà difficile capire di chi potersi fidare davvero. Mentre Marilù resiste, cercando di tenere al sicuro le ragazze che lavorano per lei e aiutando come può i partigiani del quartiere, Venera decide di entrare nella Resistenza per opporsi alla situazione generale insieme alle donne lasciate in città, stanche di non avere mai voce in capitolo.

Search and Deception Brian O’Sullivan, an art history professor, discovers letters written by his mother, Katrina, sixty years earlier — letters that ignite a desperate search for the truth about her disappearance. Before he can begin, Interpol summons him to Amsterdam to help unravel a Nazi...

La historia de una mujer que lo arriesga todo para conquistar su libertad. Navarra, finales de los años 40. La guerra ha pasado, pero sus consecuencias aún pesan. La familia de la joven Amalia sobrevive vendiendo ajos, pero la sequía ha arrasado con las cosechas. Amalia tiene entonces una...

Brought to you by Penguin. ON THE EVE OF WAR, A ROYAL GUEST IS LURED INTO HITLER'S DEADLY WEB . . . Munich, 1937. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor have arrived in Germany for a historic meeting at Hitler's mountain retreat. But recent attacks by ruthless Communist band, Red Freedom, has brought...

Milwaukee, 1942. Les États-Unis viennent d'entrer en guerre. Jane Pearson, vingt-cinq ans, prend son courage à deux mains et s'engage dans la Croix-Rouge. Là-bas, Jane et les autres volontaires ont pour mission de soutenir le moral des troupes américaines, jusqu'au Débarquement. Voilà Jane et ses consœurs chargées de sillonner les bases militaires pour distribuer du café, des cigarettes et... des donuts, qu'elles cuisinent elles-mêmes. Le succès est total, les soldats attendent les jeunes femmes avec impatience.

Set against the dramatic backdrop of Dover's white cliffs during World War II, Crossing the Channel tells the remarkable story of Tommy Fletcher's transformation from terrified teenager to D-Day hero. In September 1940, as the Battle of Britain rages overhead and German bombs devastate his hometown, seventeen-year-old Tommy Fletcher makes a life-changing decision. Tired of cowering in air raid shelters while others fight for Britain's survival, he lies about his age and enlists in the Royal Navy, determined to take the war to the enemy.

In the harsh confines of Ravensbrück, the infamous Nazi concentration camp for women, Sarah Rothstein a Jewish book keeper, Marie Laurent a French resistance fighter, Zofia Nowicki a Polish nurse, are thrown together in a crucible of suffering. Yet in the face of unimaginable cruelty, they...

Po sierocym dzieciństwie i latach upokorzeń Maks próbuje ułożyć sobie życie u boku odnalezionej matki. Szybko jednak przekonuje się, że rodzinne ciepło bywa pozorne, a nałogi i bieda potrafią zrujnować każdy dom. Ucieczka na Ziemie Odzyskane, praca na kolei, potem służba wojskowa i powojenny chaos – to codzienność chłopaka, który wciąż szuka miejsca dla siebie. W tle akcja „Wisła", wypalone wsie, pamięć o Majdanku i niespełniona miłość do Hani. Czy Maks znajdzie w sobie dość siły, by przerwać krąg krzywd?

Alle sieben Jahre blüht der Wald. Von der Mutter gedrängt, heiratet sie mit 21 in eine angesehene Familie, obwohl sie einen anderen liebt. Ganz anders ihre Schulfreundin Burgi, die früh der Enge ihres Elternhauses entflieht und ihrem Drang nach Freiheit unbeirrt folgt. Beide Frauen zahlen einen hohen Preis, um ein selbstbestimmtes Leben zu führen. Aber sie gehen konsequent ihren Weg.

A gripping historical novel about a daring escape from Nazi Germany. The courage of the siblings and their helpers is put to the test as they risk everything to escape the horrors of war. The responsibility weighs heavily on the shoulders of twelve-year-old Holger. Ever since their Jewish parents were deported, it has been up to him to hide his younger siblings from the Gestapo. When a bomb hits the hiding place, the members of the network hatch a daring plan to help them escape from the Reich.

Kate Atkinson’s dazzling Life After Life, one of the top selling adult books of 2014, explored the possibility of infinite chances, as Ursula Todd lived through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. In A God in Ruins, Atkinson turns her focus on Ursula’s beloved younger...

What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale. What if...

Se enfrentaron al horror y lucharon contra la injusticia. Pero nada reconcilia más que el amor. Recién terminada la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en un Berlín arrasado y sin futuro aparente, Victoria sobrevive cantando cada noche en el club Kassandra. Pese a tener una mente prodigiosa, capaz de...

A gripping tale of moral courage in the shadow of victory—where the end of war begins history’s most perilous reckoning. With Hitler's suicide marking the end of the Third Reich and chaos consuming a shattered Germany, Captain Edward Hume continues to lead his bomb disposal squad—The...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE BRAND NEW NOVEL FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DRESSMAKER'S PROMISE, THE BEEKEEPER'S SECRET AND THE DARK OF THE MOON! Two women, decades apart, are torn apart by grief but brought together through hope. Shetland, 2001: Ruby Reid is running...

Oslo, 1938. Johanna von Fehrsburg hat in Norwegen mit Sven ein neues Leben aufgebaut. Doch der Schatten des nationalsozialistischen Deutschlands reicht weit. Als ihr Bruder Karl-Georg eine gefährliche Widerstandsmission plant, nimmt Johanna gegen dessen Willen seinen Platz ein. In Berlin taucht sie unter falscher Identität in eine Stadt ein, die sie kaum wiedererkennt. Während sie im Auftrag des Widerstands Informationen sammelt, begegnet sie Moritz – dem Mann, der ihr einst das Herz brach.

For fans of Pam Jenoff and Genevieve Graham, a novel based on the true story of a daring all-female aviation bombing unit called the Night Witches, who inspired fear in German soldiers throughout WWII 1941: As the Nazis flatten her country, Maria Raskova, a record-breaking Russian flight...

The Last of the Greatest Generation captures the disruptive, uncertain times during WWII, as seen through the eyes of the last living WWII veteran. "Papa John" is nearing the end of his life and has been harboring painful wartime secrets for many years. A fateful meeting with a damaged journalist turns the veteran and his granddaughter's life upside down, with shocking reverberations. Told in two timelines, this novel is a fast-paced mystery that embraces generational romance, patriotism, the horrors of war, and the race to find hidden truths that will impact Japan and the United States.

London, 1941. Polly Hope is bravely working as an air raid warden during the Blitz when she saves the life of the charming Freddie Fairbank. Over a thank-you breakfast at the Ritz, he asks Polly to help requisition a sprawling English country house for the war effort. Petherbridge Hall has grand rooms, lovely views and will be a perfect nursing home for injured troops, if they can only persuade the family to give up their house. But then they find the lord of the manor dead behind the gardener’s shed.

In diesem erschütternden und unvergesslichen Roman über Familienbande, Mut und Überleben müssen zwei Schwestern unmögliche Hindernisse überwinden, um wieder vereint zu sein. Nachdem sie sich jahrelang vor den Nazis versteckt haben, werden Rachel Epstein und ihre kleine Schwester Mindel von der Gestapo gefangen genommen und in das Konzentrationslager Bergen-Belsen gebracht. Doch bei ihrer Ankunft werden sie getrennt. Rachel weiß, dass ihre Schwester ganz auf sich allein gestellt keine Überlebenschance haben wird – es sei denn, sie findet jemanden, der sich um sie kümmert.