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Onderzoek naar de manier waarop ingezetenen van kamp Westerbork schreven over hun verblijf in een ogenschijnlijk 'mild' kamp, van waaruit meer dan honderduizend mensen werden doorgevoerd naar de concentratie- en vernietigingskampen in het oosten. In deze uitgave worden zoveel mogelijk de mensen zelf aan het woord gelaten. Het boek is gebaseerd op het proefschrift 'Als ik morgen niet op transport ga, ...

This study describes not only what happened from the D-Day landings in June 1944 to the surrender of Germany eleven months later, but why it happened. While an enormous amount has been written about this campaign, most of it focuses on a single army or an individual battle. Levine stresses a truly integrated approach that combines both strategy and tactics and covers the land, sea, and air efforts ...

The Alzen family papers include identity papers, correspondence, and court papers documenting a Catholic farming family’s life in Nazi Germany, August Alzen’s forced sterilization, Johann Alzen’s death at Dachau, and the family’s efforts to receive compensation after the war. Documents include Agnes Alzen’s Arbeitsbuch; Albert Alzen’s Military Government questionnaire, Freie Deutsche Liga membership ...

Proefschrift Universiteit van Amsterdam. 1 online resource (534 p.)

"The unsung heroes of the Second World War were the women who were left behind. Isolated from the action, fearful for the lives of their menfolk and hopeful for a future at peace, they adapted well to a rapidly changing world. This book provides a full commentary onhome life during those wartime years. Drawing on an unrivalled collection of contemporary women's magazines, the authors have extracted ...

Reel 2 shows the ruins of Berlin, German POWs, wreckage of the I.G. Farben plant, and close-ups of Pres. Truman, V. Molotov, Stalin, and Churchill. Narrator refers to "race hatred" and "intolerance." Question marks on screen. "How can we be sure Germany won't try it again?" Footage of German civilians burning Nazi books and papers, with a brief shot of Hitler's image. Germans look at posters showing ...

Sous le fascisme, suite à la promulgation des lois raciales en 1938, la Préfecture et les commissariats de police de Rome mirent en œuvre un dispositif de contrôle et d'investigation sur les Juifs italiens et étrangers dans la ville, sur leurs déplacements, leur conduite morale et politique, leur dévouement au fascisme, leurs proches et leurs relations.

Popular perceptions of life in Japanese prisoner of war camps are dominated by images of emaciated figures, engaged in slave labour, and badly treated by their captors. This book, based on extensive original research, shows that this view is quite wrong in relation to the large camp at Changi, which was the main POW camp in Singapore. It demonstrates that in Changi the Japanese afforded the captives ...

How thousands of ordinary people helped 4,000 Allied servicemen to evade capture. This had an astonishing impact on the morale of their Air Forces. Maps on lining papers. 327 pages 15 plates, map, portraits 24 cm