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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 ...

Hitler and Hindenburg at night (1/30/33), at window of Hotel Kaiserhof. Crowd goes wild. SA putting up antisemitic signs in Jewish stores, painting windows, wearing signs on the day before the boycott of Jewish stores (3/30/33). Crowds watch. SA pile into open truck, driving through street, chanting: "Kauft nicht bei Juden." Goebbels' speech (4/1/33) at Lustgarten announcing boycott of Jewish businesses. ...

Jules de Vries

location of manuscript: http://www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number: 238/146

"I wrote this book on June 6, 2019, 75 years after D-day, the greatest invasion the world has ever seen. Seven thousand ships, 150,000 troops, 4,000 American and British deaths on the very first day! The courage of the men, who jumped from the landing ships into the sea, sometimes drowning with their heavy equipment, and stormed the beaches under heavy fire from machine guns, rifles and artillery salvos, ...

The story of a French village that helped save thousands hunted by the Gestapo during World War II, told in full for the first time. With unprecedented access to newly opened archives in France, Britain, and Germany, and interviews with some of the villagers from the period who are still alive, Moorehead paints an inspiring portrait of courage and determination: of what was accomplished when a small ...

"Malaya under Japanese occupation is the scene of this remarkable novel. Its author was born and raised in that country as one of a large Chinese fmaily. He eventually became a school-teacher and a master of English ... Mr. Chin Kee Onn's experiences and observations ... gave him both the knowledge and the determination to write about the period. The inclusion in his story of specific guerilla and ...