After World War II more than one hundred books appeared that dealt with the experience of the Italian army in Russia, and particularly the terrible winter retreat of 1942-1943. Few Returned (I piu non ritornano) is the only one of these that is still regularly reissued in Italy. Eugenio Corti, who was a twenty-one-year-old second lieutenant at the time, found himself, together with 30,000 Italians ...

First Da Capo Press ed. xi, 326 p., [32] p. pl. : ill. ; 24 cm

"In this pioneering study, Ingrid de Zwarte examines the causes and demographic impact of the Dutch 'Hunger Winter' that occurred in the Netherlands during the final months of German occupation in the Second World War. She offers a comprehensive and multifaceted view of the sociopolitical context in which the famine emerged and considers how the famine was confronted at different societal levels, including ...

Includes bibliographical references and index. xviii, 754 pages ; 24 cm

340 p. : illustrations

"What we know of war is always mediated knowledge and feeling. We need lenses to filter out some of its blinding, terrifying light. These lenses are not fixed; they change over time, and Jay Winter's panoramic history of war and memory offers an unprecedented study of transformations in our imaginings of war, from 1914 to the present. He reveals the ways in which different creative arts have framed ...

March of millions: Videoversie van de televisieserie Die Flucht die in maart 2007 in Duitsland werd uitgezonden, over de vlucht van Duitsers uit Oost-Pruisen in de winter van 1944-1945. - Duits gesproken, Nederlands ondertiteld. 3 dvd-video's (579 min.) : kleur, geluid.

Includes bibliographical references and index. 3 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Met index. VI, 356 p. ; 22 cm

Met index. VII, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

219 p.

"First published, winter 1942." vii, [1], 164 pages frontispiece, plates 21 cm

Reprint. Originally published: London : A. Lane, 1978. 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm

2nd ed. xiv, 360 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Mevrouw Ten Have-Kasteel komt uit een gezin van 6 meisjes. Ze heeft het geallieerde bombardement op de Fokkerfabriek in Amsterdam Noord op 17 juli 1943 meegemaakt: zij was toen 10 jaar. De R.K. Ritakerk vierde die dag het 25-jarig bestaan van de parochie met een feestelijke mis. De kinderen van de R.K. scholen zaten klassegewijs in de kerk, toen de bommen vielen. Het meisje Kasteel ziet de inslag en ...

The Verdoner Family - Gerrit and Hilde Verdoner, their children Yoka (b.1934), Francisca (b.1937) and Otto (b.1939) - were Jewish. In May 1940, when the Germans overran the Netherlands, Nazi decrees aimed specifically at Jews forced Gerrit out of his business and Yoka out of her second grade class. When the Nazis commandeered their home, the Verdoners went to live with Gerrit's parents in Amsterdam. ...

The Steffi Steinberg Winters papers consist of newspaper clippings related to Jewish refugees at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York; compositions written by Steffi Steinberg (later Winters) during her time at Oswego High School; and two photographs of Jewish refugees at Oswego High School. The poem included in the collection was composed by Steffi Steinberg on the occasion of the resignation of Fort ...

Includes bibliographical references and index. XVII, 763 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index. XVII, 786 pages, 72 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Family history of the Dutch Belgraver family during World War Two and their emigration to Australia, compiled from detailed records and diaries. Simon Belgraver was detained in the Polizeigefängnis Scheveningen and in the prisoner of war-camp Rheinbach in Germany. 172 pagina's. : illustraties. ; 30 cm

Lit. opg.: p. 578-610. - Index. XVII, 622 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.