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Walter Suskind, a German Jew living in Amsterdam, orchestrated the escape of close to 1000 Dutch children who were marked for transport to the death camps. These are the stories of five of the children who were saved and those adults involved in their rescue. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005. 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Provided by the Army and Navy Department of the Young Men's Christian Associations, 347 Madison Ave., New York 17, NY, one of the agencies of the United Service Organizations. 77 p. ; 16 cm.

In the last decade of the twentieth century, today's United States Air Force marks the fiftieth anniversary of its part in a national effort that opposed a coalition of enemies in a global war. American and allied air forces in the conflict for the first time achieved striking range and effectiveness making air power a force equal to that of traditional armies and navies. The Center for Air Force History ...

Who are the rescuers, the men and women whose gripping personal narratives make up the core of this remarkable book? Why did they risk everything - their livelihoods, their homes, their lives, and even those of their families - to save Jews marked for death during the Holocaust? Are they ordinary people, as they themselves claim, or truly heroic? Malka Drucker and Gay Block spent three years visiting ...

Despite the quantity of material written about the Combined Bomber Offensive during the Second World War, the full human dimension of air combat has not been thoroughly explored. This book investigates the unique nature of aerial warfare and the men who took part. It analyses aircrew selection, reaction to combat, adaptability to stress, morale, leadership and combat effectiveness. First-hand reflections ...

Met lit. opg. 266 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

'In the early 1930s, life for the Jews is on the brink of ruin: Hitler has come to power, and the golden memories of happy times are fading fast. One young couple, Margret and Heinz Lichtenstern, decide to flee Germany with their parents and daughter, Tutti. They move to Amsterdam, where Heinz is able to coninue his work ... and where there seems to be hope for the future. Two years later, Tutti's ...

Not quite a year after graduating from the Massachusetts Nautical School (MNS) on September 23, 1941, and just ten months into World War II, Capt. George Duffy's good fortune came to an end, when his ship, the American Leader, was sunk by a German commerce raider. George and forty-six of his shipmates were plucked out of the South Atlantic Ocean and taken prisoner. This book relates his two spartan ...

An anti-war novel that looks at the relationship between common humanity and evil.--Publisher's description. Translation of: Der nie verlor. 540 pages ; 21 cm