During World War II, Alexander Zwaap had to cover his identity by living under an alias. As of 1953, he legally changed his name to Lex van Delden. His life story is impressive considering the traumatic events he experienced in the war years. A past of which he never spoke, and which he knew to overcome with tremendous courage and resilience. Music was for him a “transfer medium between people.” He ...

Gesp met 7 onderscheidingen van H.R. Weelinck, v.l.n.r Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau, Bronzen Kruis, Oorlogsherinneringskruis, Verzetsherdenkingskruis, Ereteken voor langdurige dienst als offiecier der Zeemacht met het getal XXXV, King's medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom, Culturele onderscheiding uit Zweden. Harry Weelinck komt in oktober 1944 via de Noordelijke route in Schotland aan. ...

The War Illustrated, vol. 3, no. 65, November 29th, 1940.tijdschriften uitgegeven tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Bewerkt door Sir John Hammerton.Het tijdschrift bevatte persoonlijke verslagen van de oorlog door oorlogscorrespondenten.The Glory of Taranto : The courage of Coventry.

Het monument 'Frits de Zwerver' in Hardenberg herinnert aan de Nederlandse, gereformeerde predikant en verzetsstrijder Frederik Slomp (1898-1978). De gereformeerde predikant Frederik Slomp was gedurende de Tweede Wereldoorlog een actieve verzetsstrijder. Vanaf 1939 verleende hij hulp aan Duitse joden die naar Nederland waren gevlucht en regelde hij schuiladressen voor Duitse burgers die hun dienstplicht ...

"[An] anthology of diaries written by children all across Nazi-occupied Europe and in England. Twenty-three young people, ages ten through eighteen, recount in vivid detail the horrors they lived through, day after day... They come from Czechoslovakia, Austria, Israel, Poland, Holland, Belgium, Hungary, Lithuania, Russia, England, and Denmark. They write... of life in ghettos and concentration camps, ...

"In The Righteous , distinguished historian Sir Martin Gilbert explores the courage of those who, throughout Germany and in every occupied country, took incredible risks to help Jews whose fate would have been sealed without them. Indeed, many lost their lives for their efforts. From Greek-Orthodox Princess Alice of Greece to the Ukrainian Uniate Archbishop of Lvov, from priests and soldiers to employees ...

What does it mean to be a man? What does it mean to be manly? How has our notion of masculinity changed over the years? In this book, noted historian George L. Mosse provides the first historical account of the masculine stereotype in modern Western culture, tracing the evolution of the idea of manliness to reveal how it came to embody physical beauty, courage, moral restraint, and a strong will. This ...

"In January 1939, brothers Benno and Heinz, then just 9 and 13 years old, were put on a train departing Nazi Germany, in a desperate bid by their parents to send them to safety. What follows is a deeply moving account of sacrifice and loss, of courage and hope, as Benno recalls his harrowing journey across a continent on the brink of war. From Berlin to Amsterdam to London and, finally, to Toronto, ...

Munt. Verenigde Staten. Herdenkingsmunt. Goudkleurige munt ter herdenking van alle heldendaden en offers die gebracht zijn door het Amerikaanse leger, in het bijzonder de luchtlandingseenheden. De munt vertoont aan de ene zijde afbeeldingen van de emblemen van het US Army Airborne Command, het First Allied Airborne Army, de 101st Airborne Division, de 82nd Airborne Division en 9th Troop Carrier Command. ...

"The year is 1944. Sixteen-year-old Johannes van der Meer's homeland has been occupied by the Nazis for four long years. While enduring food shortages and nightly air raids, the people of the Netherlands wait patiently for the liberation they know will come. But for Johannes the struggle to endure is full of bitterness. The fact that his father is a Nazi collaborator has made outcasts of the van der ...