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During World War II, Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker, organized a rescue network of fellow social workers to save 2,500 Jewish children from certain death in the Warsaw ghetto. Incredibly, after the war her heroism, like that of many others, was suppressed by communist Poland and remained virtually unknown for 60 years.

One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters—a group of unknown heroes whose...

“This is by far the clearest book ever written about the Holocaust, and also the best at explaining its origins and grotesque mentality, as well as its chaotic development.”―Antony Beevor, bestselling author of Stalingrad Laurence Rees has spent twenty-five years meeting survivors and...

Diciassette mesi nascosti sottoterra: l'avventura di quarantasei ebrei nel diario di un ragazzo che sfuggì ai nazisti. Nei primi mesi del 1943 l'ombra della liquidazione incombeva sul ghetto di Drohobycz, una cittadina polacca ai piedi dei Carpazi. Gli ebrei scampati a due anni di occupazione nazista sapevano di essere condannati e cercarono di nascondersi in attesa dell'Armata rossa. Alcuni di loro, raccolti attorno alle famiglie Mayer e Schwartz, spesero le ultime risorse per costruire un bunker sotto una villa.

Das Schicksal einer kämpferischen Frau, die den Holocaust überlebte: Als Zweijährige kam Roma Ligocka ins Krakauer Ghetto. Die ersten Jahre ihres Lebens waren von Angst und Grauen geprägt sowie der ständigen Sorge, die Liebsten zu verlieren. Doch ihr und ihrer Mutter gelang die Flucht. Eine polnische Familie, die von dem kleinen Mädchen im roten Mantel so gerührt war, versteckte sie, und nur so konnte sie überleben. Eine ergreifende Geschichte über ein düsteres Kapitel im 20. Jahrhundert.