A Conspiracy of Decency: The Rescue of the Danish Jews During World War II, Paperback - Emmy E. Werner

Reducere. The people of Denmark managed to save almost their country's entire Jewish population from extinction in a spontaneous act of humanity - one of the...

Reducere. In July 1944, thirty-two-year-old Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg arrived in Budapest on a mission to rescue the last Jews of Europe.Over the nex...

Reducere. If someone who is rich and powerful comes to you for a favor, you don't persecute him - you help him. Having such a person indebted to you is a gre...

Reducere. DescriptionThe voices of the children and teenagers who witnessed the colonies' transformation to an independent nation have seldom been heard. Thi...

Reducere. Praise for The Rescue ""Steven Trent Smith grapples boldly with several big subjects: the Japanese occupation of the Philippines; the capture of Ja...

In a companion volume to their highly acclaimed book Overcoming the Odds, Emmy E. Werner and Ruth S. Smith continue their longitudinal study of app...

Reducere. Numbering 4, 000 select officers and men, Combat Team 370 was part of n Europe during World War II the 92nd Infantry Division, the only all-Negro d...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. DescriptionA leading naval and military historian presents the first book to cover the major submarine campaigns in all the WWII theaters. Vividly ...

Reducere. The first book to cover the major submarine campaigns in all the WWII theatres. The canvas is broad and deep, from the strategic perspective at ...

The first children's book about one of Ireland's greatest heroines, who saved the lives of hundreds of children during World War II.

Reducere. Fourteen-year-old Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who hoped to become a concert pianist. But when Hitler's armies advanced on pre-war Vienna, Lisa'...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Judith M. HeimannNovember 1944: Their B-24 bomber shot down on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast, ...

Author Hans Moederzoon van Kuilenburg was a 10-year-old girl living in Amsterdam when German soldiers invaded Holland in the spring of 1940. The Du...

75 years on from the end of the second world war, a unique collection from veteran Commonwealth voices who tell how the war changed their lives irr...

Reducere. *Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it is not fough...

Reducere. Patrick Henry, working with more than one thousand unpublished autobiographical pages written by key rescuers and with documents, letters, and inte...

Publisher: Holiday House IncAuthor(s): Andrea WarrenNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 208 x 233 x 18Cover type: Paperback / sof...

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of conten...

The American theater was not ignorant of the developments brought on by World War II, and actively addressed and debated timely, controversial topi...

This edited volume brings together key articles and documents about the unique role Albanians played in saving 100% of Jews who lived in Albania or...

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Reducere. World War II was a total war, devouring the military and civilian resources of nations. Women in Minnesota--like women across the country--made bol...

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Reducere. Kaia Alderson's debut historical fiction novel reveals the untold, true story of the Six Triple Eight, the only all-Black battalion of the Women's ...

Reducere. Available for the first time in English, this is the definitive account of the practice of sexual slavery the Japanese military perpetrated during ...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the campaign written by soldiers on both sides *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further r...

Reducere. In August of 1942, Great Britain faced a desperate situation. German bombers hammered the nation's industrial cities and towns daily, and the toll ...

Reducere. Conquered, Not Defeated: Growing Up in Denmark During the German Occupation of World War II, Paperback

Reducere. Following the horrors of Kristallnacht in November of 1938, frightened parents were forced to find refuge for their children, far from the escalati...

During the 1930s Mexico was undergoing a healing process after three decades of revolutionary turmoil and reform. In this climate, the coming of Wo...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Probably much of the confusio...

Reducere. Mere months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a volunteer group of American airmen to the Far East, convinced...

Reducere. AS the twentieth century breathes its very last, with Britpop at its zenith, twenty-seven-year-old A&R man Steven Stelfox is slashing and burning h...

Reducere. In the closing days of WWII, the Soviet Union attacked and occupied Japanese-controlled northern China, then called Manchuria. Immediately, misery ...

Reducere. The day the second atomic bomb was dropped, Clabe and Leora Wilson's postman brought a telegram to their acreage near Perry, Iowa. One son was alre...

Reducere. An inspiring true story about one girl's escape from the Holocaust to become a concert pianist against all odds, made popular by Mona Golabek's acc...

Reducere. This is the epic story of Escape and Evasion during World War Two. Main character is Donald Kenyon Willis, an American pilot who fought with the Fi...

Offers an account of the closing stages of the war against Japan, victory being due to the contribution of the British Pacific Fleet. This book is ...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The spy novel emerged from the intrigues of the mid-20th centu...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The spy novel emerged from the intrigues of the mid-20th centu...

Reducere. The Seabees Of World War II focuses on the accomplishments of this proud organization during the tough fighting that took place in the Pacific, and...