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"A relentless band of propagandists has convinced much of the world that Pope Pius XII and the Catholic Church, in the face of the great moral crisis of the twentieth century, were little more than Nazi lapdogs. The myth of "Hitler's pope", however, is grounded not in the facts of history but in the ideological agenda of Pius's detractors. Given unprecedented access to Church archives -- including ...

On Vichy and the Shoah, we thought we knew everything. This book shows that there is still much to discover. Responding to a series of key questions, Laurent Joly deeply renews the story of the persecution of Jews under the Occupation and sweeps away many misconceptions. Why, since the summer of 1940, did Marshal Petain's regime trigger an anti-Semitic policy? Why did he accept to contribute to the ...

In this book, Czech lawyer and scholar Jakub Drápal tells the story of the life of Kamill Resler, an attorney who defended the most prominent Nazi tried in postwar Czechoslovakia: Karl Hermann Frank, who would go on to be executed for his role in organizing the massacres of the Czech villages Lidice and Ležáky in 1942. Celebrating Resler's lifelong commitment to justice--to honoring even the most ...

O.59- Erich Kulka Collection: Documentation and testimonies regarding the struggle of the Jews of Czechoslovakia against the Nazis
 
 In the Collection there is documentation including testimonies regarding the resistance of the Czechoslovakian Jews against the Germans during World War II. The people interviewed include former soldiers and officers who fought in the Czechoslovakian Army, ...

Describes the journey of the ship "St. Louis", aboard which more than 900 German Jews tried to escape to Cuba in spring 1939. Despite a previous agreement, Cuban authorities refused to accept the refugees, as did the U.S. government. Captain Gustav Schröder, who was ordered to return to Germany, managed to set his passengers ashore at Antwerp. One-fourth of them were able to travel to England, while ...

Met lit. opg. 75 p. : ill. ; . cm

The Extraordinary State Commission for the Investigation of Crimes Committed by the Nazis and their Accomplices on the territory of the Soviet Union was established in November 1942. It was tasked with investigating war crimes and collecting documentation which would establish damage and material losses caused by the Nazi occupation. The Commission conducted its operations from the offices of the Central ...

In 1942, the U.S. Army unleashed one of its greatest secret weapons in the battle to defeat Adolf Hitler: training nearly 2,000 German-born Jews in special interrogation techniques and making use of their mastery of the German language, history, and customs. Known as the Ritchie Boys (named after Fort Ritchie in Maryland, the camp where they were trained), they were sent in small, elite teams to join ...

"Le 11 avril 1945, plus de 3000 déportés à bout de force espèrent leur libération dans deux petites gares ferroviaires perdues au fin fond de l'Allemagne nazie. Ils ont survécu aux effroyables évacuations des camps de concentration et ne peuvent se douter du sort atroce que leur réservent non seulement les gardes SS de leurs convois, mais aussi et surtout, le chef nazi de l'arrondissement. Les évènements ...