検索キーワード： 第二次世界大戦

Eine Frau, ein Gasthof – und eine bewegende Geschichte. Der Zweite Weltkrieg ist vorbei, der »Hirschen« hat eine dunkle Zeit überstanden. Nun wollen Anna und ihr Mann August nach vorn blicken, die Ärmel hochkrempeln und ein neues Kapitel mit ihrem Gasthof aufschlagen. Doch das Leben hat anderes mit ihnen vor – Anna stirbt sehr überraschend. Und trotz aller Trauer über ihren Verlust muss August eine Frage klären: Wer übernimmt den »Hirschen«? Seine älteste Tochter Maria wäre eine perfekte Wahl, aber sie ist Witwe.

Als Amerika sich in eine War Bride verliebte. New York, 1948. Es ist einer der letzten Flüge des Jahres aus Europa, der an diesem Dezembertag landet. An Bord sind deutsche War Brides, junge Frauen voller Hoffnung auf ein neues Leben. Auf dem Weg zu den amerikanischen Soldaten, in die sie sich während des Kriegs verliebten. Doch eine War Bride wird nicht abgeholt: Luise Adler. Wo ist ihr Verlobter?, fragen sich auch die New Yorker Zeitungen, die auf Luises Geschichte aufmerksam werden.

Nell’estate romana del 1943, Gina, una studentessa di famiglia benestante, si innamora perdutamente di Betto, un intrepido ragazzo ebreo che fa parte di un’organizzazione clandestina. Tra i due si sviluppa una relazione intensa e proibita, nel bel mezzo di una delle più sconvolgenti tragedie della recente storia europea. Dopo la caduta di Mussolini, infatti, Roma è piombata in un turbine di violenza culminato nell’occupazione della città da parte delle truppe di Hitler.

Japan’s landed some heavy blows… but it’s time for the next round and this time… America is hitting first! At pearl harbor, the men and pilots of Enterprise stepped into a nightmare. At the Marshals, Wake and Marcus, they let the Japanese know that the U.S. was not afraid to fight. At Midway, they deflected a massive attack and altered the course of the war… and now it’s time to truly get some payback. The navy and Marines are going to do what Japan failed to do at Midway – break down the door and get their foot in Japanese territory.

September 1940. Britain stands alone against an imminent Nazi invasion. Handpicked groups of men, drawn from the restricted occupations form the covert Auxiliary Units. Their role; saboteurs and guerrilla fighters. Their motto, Terror by Night. With a life expectancy of two weeks, their identities are a closely guarded secret from all but the local senior policeman but once activated, that policeman will become the cell’s first victim.

This is the story of my family and their struggles through a very tough time during WWII and their strength, faith in God, and tenacity during a very dark period in history--a story of a family finding strength and courage to carry on when all was dark. It begins with the birth of my dad and carrying on to the time of new beginnings for my family in America. Enjoy a tale of time.

When Stefan Jochum returns from England to Berlin in August 1945, it is to find a city counting the cost of the Second World War. The Hotel Quadriga is in ruins, his father is dead and his sister, Monika, is living in the Soviet-occupied zone. Determined to survive despite unconquerable odds, his mother Viktoria ekes out an existence from the cellar of the Cafe Jochum.

Un tatuaje en la piel puede condenarte o salvarte la vida. Inspirado en una conmovedora historia real. Es 1943 y Ana Kaminski cruza las puertas de hierro de Auschwitz junto a su amiga Ester Pasternak. Cuando llegan ante el oficial, Ana dice que es comadrona y que Ester es su asistente. Pronto se da cuenta de que el destino de muchos niños está en sus manos. Cuando dos oficiales de las SS arrebatan a un bebé de los brazos de su madre para confiarla a una familia alemana, Ana siente un dolor infinito.

La novela que saca a la luz la historia de las mujeres españolas obligadas a prostituirse en los campos de concentración. Yo, Isadora Ramírez García, que perdí mi nombre cuando abandoné España junto a mi madre, Carmen, y a mi tía Teresa en 1939 en busca de mi hermano Ignacio, voy a contarte mi historia, María. Para que sepas quién soy y quién era tu abuela, y todo aquello que reunió a nuestras familias durante la Guerra Civil para separarlas después. Sabrás de sus pérdidas, que fueron las mías, del dolor inhumano y las lágrimas constantes…

It’s May 1941, and the war is in full swing. Yet in the quiet village of Woodville in rural Kent a happy event is on the horizon, as Faye Bright interrupts her training with the British Secret Service to return home and marry her true love, Bertie Butterworth. But as preparations get underway, a ghostly premonition throws a spanner in the works. Who is the Corn Bride, and is her burning visage a warning, or a threat to the happiest day of Faye’s life?

Denne bog handler om mine oplevelser under og efter 2. verdenskrig på Lolland, men mest om mit møde med Vuk og hans folk som kom fra De 12 Ringes Planet. Jeg fik lov til at være sammen med dem og skulle skrive alt ned jeg oplevede. Og det gjorde jeg. Jeg har prøvet at have deres dragter på og fløjet med dem i deres trekantede fly og så hvordan de var indrettet - jeg har spist sammen med dem samt oplevet mange spændende ting som beskrevet, og mit indtryk af dem er, at de er meget hjælpsomme og omsorgsfulde og at de vil os det godt.

This action- and suspense-packed novel by John Winn Miller introduces Captain Jake Rogers, a hardened smuggler transporting contraband through the U-boat infested waters of the North Atlantic in the beginning phases of World War II. He takes on cargo few other captains would be willing to carry—if the price is right. But after witnessing the oppression of Jews in Amsterdam, Rogers agrees to take on the most dangerous cargo he has ever transported.

Global Hawk reconnaissance aircraft from the American Territory of Guam detect suspicious Chinese naval activity near an abandoned island airbase. Intercepted radio traffic suggests the Chinese are hunting for an Army Air Corps plane that disappeared in 1945. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations sends Agent Jack Quintana to find out why. Quintana teams up with tipsy British diplomat Thurgood Throckmorton (that’s “Sir Thurgood” to you rabble) on Guam’s seedy “Tumon Strip”.

Fourteen-year-old Moshe Kessler steps off the train at Buchenwald concentration camp. Having endured the horrors of Auschwitz-Birkenau, lost touch with his entire family, and survived the death march in the freezing winter, Moshe has seen more than his share of tragedy. At Buchenwald, the new arrivals are assigned to their barracks. Kinder Block 66 is to be Moshe’s new home, but he doesn’t yet realize just how significant this will turn out to be. For just a short time later, the Germans decide to destroy the camp—but they are not prepared for Buchenwald’s secret resistance.

Nicholas Dixon lives with his mother and brother in London, England between the world wars. His father, Wilfrid, once with the First Battalion, First Canadian Regiment in the trenches of the Great War, now works in the coalmines of South Leeds and rarely returns to his family. Armed with his father’s wartime journal, a spirited imagination, and a taste for insurgency, Nicholas embarks on a quest to reunite the family. A journey that will forever alter his perception of his father, leading Nicholas to confront his own cowardice.

Dans un hôpital bavarois, Koja Solm, vieil homme avec une balle nichée dans la tête, décide de raconter sa vie à son voisin de chambre, un jeune hippie pacifiste. Son enfance à Riga, dans les années 1920, sa carrière dans l'Allemagne nazie, puis comme espion dans la jeune République fédérale. Sa relation destructrice avec son frère aîné, Hubert. Leur amour commun, dévastateur, pour leur sœur adoptive, Ev, d'origine juive.

Dans un hôpital bavarois, Koja Solm, vieil homme avec une balle nichée dans la tête, décide de raconter sa vie à son voisin de chambre, un jeune hippie pacifiste. Son enfance à Riga, dans les années 1920, sa carrière dans l'Allemagne nazie, puis comme espion dans la jeune République fédérale. Sa relation destructrice avec son frère aîné, Hubert. Leur amour commun, dévastateur, pour leur sœur adoptive, Ev, d’origine juive.

Dans un hôpital bavarois, Koja Solm, vieil homme avec une balle nichée dans la tête, décide de raconter sa vie à son voisin de chambre, un jeune hippie pacifiste. Son enfance à Riga, dans les années 1920, sa carrière dans l'Allemagne nazie, puis comme espion dans la jeune République fédérale. Sa relation destructrice avec son frère aîné, Hubert. Leur amour commun, dévastateur, pour leur sœur adoptive, Ev, d'origine juive.

When Clara Newton’s American pilot fiancé died during the war, she thought she might never heal. But now she has a new life looking after orphans in a children’s home named in his memory. Like wide-eyed, musical little Rita, who refuses to believe her mother died during the Blitz. With the Festival of Britain approaching, Clara is delighted to see the children singing and preparing to audition together. And with D-Day war hero and handyman Ivor living next door, she begins to open her heart once more.

Heide pousse un cri, il saute en l'air et atterrit de l'autre côté du fossé, où il glisse sur la boue comme une pelle. Notre char commence à reculer de toutes ses forces. Évidemment, Porta a aussi vu le danger qui se trouve juste sous ses yeux, à l'affût, pour donner la mort et mutiler. Rien ne se propage plus vite que la découverte, par l'avant-garde, des mines si redoutées. Tout à coup, plus un bruit. Même la puissante mitraillette Maxim se tait. Nous retenons tous notre respiration, en espérant que la mine n'explose pas.