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Эта книга — основанный на реальных событиях времен Второй мировой войны во Франции рассказ о двадцатитрехлетней девушке Еве, которая, используя свой талант художника для изготовления поддельных документов, помогает сотням еврейских детей бежать от нацистов в нейтральную Швейцарию. Дети получают новые, вымышленные имена и не смогут долго помнить свои настоящие. Ева и ее возлюбленный Реми решают сохранить их настоящие имена и зашифровывают их в старинной книге, которой дают название Kнига утраченных имен.

Алесь Адамович знал о войне не понаслышке. В 1942 году, когда ему было всего четырнадцать лет он стал связным партизанского отряда. Именно потому все то, что в последствии создал писатель, написано так реалистично и правдиво, ведь он описывал свою реальную войну. Произведения Алеся Адамовича переведены более чем на двадцать языков, и не оставили равнодушным никого в цивилизованном мире.

Україна в огні Олександра Довженка — психологічна повість, присвячена темі Другої світової війни. Автор з надзвичайним драматизмом зображує воєнні жахіття, протиставляючи цій руйнації любов. Твір є обов'язковою частиною шкільної програми.Олександр Довженко — український письменник і кінорежисер, автор кіноповістей "Україна в огні", "Зачарована Десна", "Поема про море", "Антарктида", фільмів "Звенигора", "Земля" тощо. українська література, класична література, психологічна повість.

Violet Ellis is living in the shadows of her father’s ruined reputation. So, when wealthy widower James Atherton offers her employment, she immediately begins the treacherous journey to his home on the remote Cornish island of Aoife’s Bay – despite the bone-chilling allegations surrounding his late wife Elizabeth’s death. In James’s company, Violet begins to feel the love that has been missing all her life. But when anonymous letters start to plague the bay’s residents, threatening to expose what really happened to Elizabeth, Violet feels the hostility towards her grow.

Britain is in the throes of war, but Katharina Valentine feels sidelined. Employed as a shorthand-typist in the War Office, she is transferred to the basement below – having had no idea that this dark, airless, underground maze, home of the top-secret Cabinet War Rooms, even existed, let alone what her work will entail. Unexpected staff shortages present an opportunity to work directly for Winston Churchill himself, and Katie jumps at the chance. And as she grows closer to Wing Commander Baxter Edwards, things start to look up…

It is 1941, and America teeters on the brink of war. Outgoing naval officer Ensign Jim Avery escorts British convoys across the North Atlantic in a brand-new destroyer, the USS Atwood. Back on shore, Boston Navy Yard secretary Mary Stirling does her work quietly and efficiently, happy to be out of the limelight.

From New York Harbor to the battlefields of France, relive World War One through the eyes of an unknown soldier, as told through his diary. See how the 100-year-old diary brings a father and his estranged son back together by retracing his experiences fighting in the battlefields of France in 1917 -1918 to his final resting place—the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

Dedicated local vet Laura cares for the farm animals of the little village of Bramble Heath. But falling bombs aren't the only danger as the war hits close to home. Laura is not afraid to serve her country by caring for animals and protecting the crops everyone relies on. But, just when the country is most in need of food, the farms of the village come under attack. Desperate to figure out who could be doing such terrible things even while German bombs rain down, Laura is relieved when the Ministry respond to her requests for help. But the man they send isn't what she expects.

No More Parades is the second of four in Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End tetralogy, a work that Ford hoped would contribute to the obviating of all future wars. The novel follows Christopher Tietjens, a wealthy British landowner and the last British Tory; his unfaithful wife, Sylvia; and his mistress, Valentine Wannop. Highlighting the tension between traditional values and the new reality of a world marred by war, the novel details Tietjens' turmoils in both his personal life and on the warfront—and what follows when those struggles become one and the same.

1940, England. After a series of run-ins with his superiors, Flying Officer Angus Mackennelly is posted to Squadron 696—the Maverick unit full of misfits and outsiders. Angus has just returned from gunning down enemy aircraft when he is given a shocking top-secret mission. A spy is in their midst, feeding information to the Germans, and Angus is tasked with exposing him. MI6 pin their suspicions on one of the squadron's foreign pilots, but Angus is not convinced. He needs to get closer to the men in his unit to try and unravel their secrets.

In the spring of 1957, Jacob Versteeg is graduating from high school at the top of his class. Quite an accomplishment for a guy who spent his young childhood in a German concentration camp. When the war ended, he was adopted by Huub Versteeg, a kind fellow POW at Bergen-Belsen who had taken him under his wing. For ten years Jacob grew up in Chicago surrounded by the love of his new family, including Danny and Anya McClain and their two young children. In fact, he has thrived.

Arrêté en octobre 1943 comme résistant, Sylvain Vergara, âgé de 18 ans, est emprisonné à Fresne, torturé puis déporté Nacht und Nebel en février 1944. Il est l’un des plus jeunes internés non-juifs de Buchenwald dont il devait être libéré le 11 avril 1945. Marqué à vie par cette épreuve, il n’a rien écrit d’autre que ce témoignage, rédigé au tout début des années 1960 alors qu’il désespérait de faire entendre sa voix.

American horse trainer Adia Kensington is living her dream of working at the famous Janów Podlaski stables in Poland, where the best Arabian horses in the world are bred. But her plans to bring a priceless stallion to the US are derailed when the German army storms into her adopted country in 1939. Little does she know this is just the beginning of six long years of occupation that will threaten her beloved horses at every turn.

Recently widowed, Sheila is determined to run the Porthcurno shop on her own, despite family opposition. Seeing villagers facing hard times, she’s desperate to help but not sure where to even start. When her soldier beau breaks off their engagement to marry someone else, Land Girl Selina is devastated. Will going to the aid of her struggling sister restore her faith in human nature?

It’s 1945, there’s a brand-new Labour government, and Valentine Vere-Thissett, aged 23, is returning home from an undistinguished war, spent in the ranks. But following the death of his heroic older brother, and to his horror, Valentine is now Sir Valentine, seventh Baronet and extremely reluctant heir to Dimperley Manor, a gigantic liability, devoid of income, sodden with debt and half-filled with stuffed animals and dependent relatives – the latter intent on clinging to an impossibly outdated way of life.

Studente di umili origini ingenuo e inesperto, ma dalla mente brillante, John Kemp arriva a Oxford dal Lancashire nell'autunno del 1940, mentre sull'Inghilterra cadono le bombe tedesche. Nel college si trova a dividere la stanza con Christopher Warner, rampollo di un'agiata famiglia. Per rendersi interessante agli occhi del compagno, dal cui stile di vita dissoluto è respinto e affascinato al tempo stesso, Kemp si inventa una sorella immaginaria, Jill. Le cose si complicano quando si innamora di una ragazza vera, appartenente all'alta società, che porta lo stesso nome.

8 settembre 1943: uno dei momenti più difficili della nostra storia. Il momento in cui una generazione si trovò davanti a un bivio che l'avrebbe segnata in maniera indelebile. La vicenda di Johnny, futuro partigiano del capolavoro di Fenoglio, riassume tutta la confusione di quell'attimo incredibilmente lungo; tutto il peso delle scelte prese quando infuria la battaglia. Primavera di bellezza (1959) è il terzo e ultimo libro pubblicato in vita da Beppe Fenoglio.

Against the backdrop of Auschwitz-Birkenau's ever-present brutality, Felcia tends to the plants needed for one of the Reich's most ambitious experiments—one that could tip the war in favor of the Nazis. When Sabina Kupka discovers the horrifying nature of her father's job at a coal mine run by Nazis, she agrees to work with an increasingly defiant resistance. What starts small but significant soon propels her into a frontline role—dangerous enough to cost her her life if caught.

London 1940: Um ihre elfjährige Tochter vor Luftangriffen zu schützen, beschließen die Thompsons schweren Herzens, Beatrix für ungewisse Zeit zu einer Gastfamilie in die USA zu schicken. Nach der langen Schiffspassage trifft Bea wütend und verängstigt in Boston ein, aber schon bald fühlt sie sich bei den Gregorys zu Hause, während ihre Erinnerungen an das Leben in England langsam verblassen. Mit ihren Gasteltern und deren Söhnen William und Gerald teilt Bea nicht nur ihren neuen Alltag, sondern verbringt auch unvergessliche Sommer im Ferienhaus der Familie in Maine.

Former chief investigator Jan Kalisz lives a dangerous double life, forced to work with the occupiers as he gathers information for the fledgling Polish resistance. Even his family cannot be told his true allegiance. When the niece of a Wehrmacht general is found terribly mutilated, Jan links the murder to other killings that are of less interest to his new overlords. Soon, he finds himself on the trail of a psychopathic killer known as The Artist. But, shunned as a Nazi collaborator, can he solve the case before another innocent girl is taken?