検索キーワード： 第二次世界大戦・ホロコースト

NEW YORK, 1942. ER KÆRLIGHEDEN STØRRE END DRØMMEN OM SUCCES? Sophia arbejder for den succesrige Elizabeth Arden, men da en loyalitetskonflikt skaber problemer i hendes kærlighedsliv, overvejer hun, om tiden er inde til at stå på egne ben. Da veninden Henny pludselig bliver alvorligt syg, er Sophia nødt til at hjælpe, og hun vender tilbage til sin tidligere arbejdsgiver, Helena Rubinstein, der stiller hende over for en næsten umulig opgave. Samtidig melder Sophias mand sig frivilligt til at kæmpe ved fronten, hvilket bringer krigen i Europa foruroligende tæt på.

La vie d'une jeune fille italienne après la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Graziella Ponti naît dans les années 1930 en Italie, au sein d'une famille aimante, dans un petit village de Lombardie, Pieve Santa Clara. Ses parents ne sont pas riches, mais la petite fille connaît une vie douce, jusqu'à ce qu'un accident de chantier rende son père invalide, et que la guerre frappe à la porte. Réformé, son père ne part pas au front, contrairement aux autres hommes du village, mais l'arrivée de soldats nazis entraîne les adultes à prendre en 1944 une décision difficile.

Зима 1942 года. Затерянный в белорусских лесах партизанский отряд остро нуждается в продовольствии, теплых вещах и медикаментах для раненых. На поиски провизии в близлежащее село отправляются старшина Рыбак и бывший школьный учитель Сотников. На обратном пути солдаты натыкаются на полицейский патруль, Сотников получает тяжелое ранение в ногу, и друзья попадают в плен к немцам, где полицаи после короткого допроса должны решить их дальнейшую судьбу.

אילזה פישר ורנטה בּאואר, נערות בגיל ההתבגרות בברלין והחברות הכי טובות, מוצאות את עצמן משני צדי המתרס, לאחר שארצן מאמצת את המשטר הפשיסטי וגודעת בכך את הקשר שביניהן. אילזה, הארית, קושרת את גורלה במפלגה הנאצית ומשליכה עליה את יהבה. ואילו רנטה, היהודייה, רואה את עולמה הבטוח מתרסק לנגד עיניה על ידי חוקי הגזע של היטלר, ואחר כך מתנפץ לגמרי על ידי בגידה קשה מנשוא.

In the heart of war-torn Rotterdam, the latest instalment of the Fernsby's War Series unfolds in a gripping saga of espionage, love, and sacrifice. Rotterdam finds Michael Fernsby in a deadly game of cat and mouse, sent to the Netherlands on the eve of the German invasion with the fate of Europe in the balance. Meanwhile, Mina's broadcasts of courage and truth have made her the Nazis' most wanted. Michael's beloved, the voice behind the rallying cries of a suppressed nation, now stands directly in the crosshairs of the menace he seeks to dismantle.

Set against the backdrop of the Second World War, this is the heartbreaking story of a young girl in love, the secret she must never reveal and the family who betrayed her trust. It's 1942 and the world is at war. Yet the wealthy Belleville family appear untouched and secure in their grand Australian home Prior Park. That is until daughter Julia, on the cusp of womanhood, falls desperately in love with an American Army officer against her family's wishes. For Julia, it is life-changing.

Poland, 1942. After witnessing the destruction of her hometown in Warsaw, Anna Kowalski joins the Polish Resistance. She is tasked with smuggling as many children as possible out of the Warsaw Ghetto through the sewers and relocating them to safety. Through her work, Anna meets Johnnie Nowak, an RAF pilot who had managed to escape from a prisoner of war camp. He's not safe in Warsaw, so Anna leads him out of the city to protect him...

Un premier roman qui se déroule durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, au sein d'un cirque itinérant absolument magnifique, et qui traite du passage à l'âge adulte d'une fillette durant les heures les plus sombres de notre histoire. 1938. Lena Papadopoulos n'a jamais tout à fait trouvé sa place dans le cirque, même en tant que fille de l'extraordinaire illusionniste en tête d'affiche, Theo. Brillante et curieuse, Lena aspire à la magie du monde réel de la science et de la médecine, malgré les limites de son fauteuil roulant.

The most bombed, besieged and deprived nation of the Second World War. The Maltese endured devastating circumstances that pushed human fortitude to the limits; yet they persevered against incredible odds to earn worldwide admiration. One of the most epic yet least known stories of the Second World War, which turned the tide of the war in the Mediterranean, Europe and North Africa.

''זיכרון רחוק צף ועלה בראשו מבעד לערפילי ילדותו: נערה צעירה ויפה מלטפת את ראשו ונותנת לו מתנה. לפתע נעלמה הנערה ואיש מבני המשפחה לא הזכיר אותה עוד. לפני שמת אביו במחנה הריכוז, הוא סיפר לו על דודתו החיה באנגליה. אבל הכול התערבל בראשו במהלך הימים הקשים שעברו עליו. הוא לא זכר את שמה, הוא לא היה בטוח אם אכן היא קיימת במציאות...''

London, 1987: Die Malerin Lotte Laserstein blickt auf ein langes Leben zurück. Als eine der ersten Frauen studierte sie in den 1920er-Jahren Malerei in Berlin und stand vor einer glänzenden Karriere. Doch die Nationalsozialisten zwangen sie zur Flucht nach Schweden. Unermüdlich malte sie weiter. In einer Kleinstadt arbeitete sie an Auftragsporträts und Landschaftsaquarellen, doch die Anerkennung blieb aus.

Soline Roussel é bem experiente no ramo dos finais felizes. Por gerações, sua família manteve um requintado salão de noivas em Paris, onde a magia é feita com agulha e linha. Dizem que a noiva usa um vestido Roussel tem garantida uma vida de alegrias. Mas perdas arrasadoras durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial deixam o mundo e o coração de Soline em ruínas, e sua fé no amor, abalada. Ela encaixota as lembranças e as guarda, junto com os sonhos destruídos, determinada a esquecer.

Pearl Harbor has been bombed. The Nazis unleash their U-boats against the east coast and sink American ships. Young men overwhelm the recruiting offices and James Brand is determined to serve in the U.S. Navy and not in some research laboratory. He plans to become just another recruit, but his talents are known to most of the scientific community, including Einstein.

Nino, giovane panettiere siciliano, viene catturato dopo l’8 settembre. Dell’armistizio non ha capito granché, credeva che i tedeschi lo rispedissero a casa dalla sua famiglia, nelle Madonie, invece quel treno lo ha portato in un campo di prigionia oltre le Alpi, a patire fame, freddo e paura. Nino è un IMI, un internato militare, senza nemmeno i diritti di un prigioniero. Qualche conforto gli viene dall’amicizia con Lorenzo, un giovane toscano spigliato, che con lui lavora nelle cucine governate dal Piemontese, un gigantesco macellaio.

The warm sea breeze ruffles the pages of my notebook as I meet the bright eyes of the elderly lady sat opposite me on the porch. Sofia has been keeping a devastating secret for over sixty years. Why did she fake her own death during the war? And why is she back now to finally tell her story?

Italy, 1940. With Florence on the cusp of war, Il Scorpione, the no-nonsense Englishwomen of the city, find their genteel livelihoods under grave threat by the approach of the Nazis. Tea rooms and bookshops are closed by the Fascists, and the women are forced to join the war effort. Desperate to help in any way that she can, Angelina Leone, expert art-historian and the half-Italian niece of Il Scoprione’s founder makes a deal with the devil.

Gun fire, explosions, bombs, and maybe even instant death lie in wait as you follow the lives of two young men and their families from opposite sides of the globe as they become enmeshed in deadly world events that culminate in the war-torn skies above Europe.

As Allied bombs rain down on Torino in the autumn of 1942, Stella Costa’s mother sends her to safety with distant relatives in a Tuscan villa. There, Stella finds her family tasked with a great responsibility: hiding nearly 300 priceless masterpieces from Florence, including Botticelli’s famous Primavera. With the arrival of German troops imminent, Stella finds herself a stranger in her family’s villa and she struggles to understand why her aunt doesn’t like her. She knows it has something to do with her parents.

From every corner of America, they crossed the Atlantic to destroy the Nazi war machine on its own turf: the B-17 bomber crews flying bloody bombing missions over northern Europe. On March 6, 1944, General Doolittle launched a massive operation he believed would change the air war. The largest air armada the Eighth Army Air Force had ever launched. The first full-scale daylight bombing of Berlin, capital of the Third Reich.

Scion of a wealthy New York family, Captain Hank Mitchell is a hot shot fighter pilot flying escort for American bombers as they penetrate Nazi-occupied Europe. His P-51 is hit over Germany and he bails out over the English Channel. Burned terribly, he is pulled from the freezing water of the English Channel to realize his life has forever changed. Angry and bitter, he meets Doctor Roger Hanson, an Army Air Corps flight surgeon, who knows that Hank’s best chance is to take part in the RAF’s cutting edge burn treatment program.