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Durante el verano de 1942, en el corazón del régimen nazi, una serie de panfletos anónimos que denunciaban a Hitler y sus atrocidades aparecieron en plazas públicas y buzones de correo, e inundaron la Universidad de Munich. Natalya Petrovich, una joven estudiante de enfermería, sabe quiénes están detrás de estos papeles que llaman a la resistencia: un grupo secreto conocido como la Rosa Blanca, dirigido por Sophie y Hans Scholl.

In the summer of 1942, as war rages across Europe, a series of anonymous leaflets appears around the University of Munich, speaking out against escalating Nazi atrocities. The leaflets are hidden in public places or mailed to addresses selected at random from the phone book. Natalya Petrovich, a student, knows who is behind the leaflets - a secret group called the White Rose, led by siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl and their friends. As a volunteer nurse on the Russian front, Natalya witnessed the horrors of war firsthand.

All'inizio del 1943 i genitori di Magda Ritter inviano la loro figlia presso alcuni parenti in Baviera, sperando di tenerla al sicuro dalle bombe alleate che piovono su Berlino. Dalle giovani donne tedesche, in tempi così duri, ci si aspetta che facciano il loro dovere lavorando per il Reich e sposandosi per dare alla patria figli forti e in salute. Assegnata al rifugio di montagna di Hitler, solo dopo settimane di addestramento Martha scopre ciò che dovrà fare: sarà una delle giovani donne che assaggiano il cibo del Führer.

May 1917. The elegant streets of Boston are thousands of miles away from the carnage of the Western Front. Yet even here, amid the clatter of horse-drawn carriages and automobiles, it is impossible to ignore the war raging across Europe. Emma Lewis Swan's husband, Tom, has gone to France, eager to do his duty as a surgeon. Emma, a sculptress, has stayed behind, pursuing her art despite being dismissed by male critics. 

1920s Germany: Though the world has changed in the wake of the Great War, it is still ruled by men. Even a woman as resourceful and intelligent as Niki Rittenhaus needs alliances in order to survive. Her marriage to Rickard Länger, a movie producer for Berlin's Passport Pictures, seems convenient for them both. When Rickard succumbs to increasing pressure from the Nazis to make propaganda movies, a horrified Niki turns away from her own film aspirations and instead, begins to write.

Two Jewish sisters, one in London, the other in Warsaw, see their worlds fall apart as Hitler invades Poland. Hanna escapes The Blitz, while her sister and parents are forced into the Ghetto. Hanna joins the Special Operations Executive in an attempt to free her family from the ever-tightening Nazi stranglehold, and is aided by a Polish woman who befriends them. Casting light into one of the darkest periods of World War II, acclaimed author V.S. Alexander's powerful novel tells of two Jewish sisters of Polish descent who unite in a fight to save their family from the Warsaw Ghetto.

Hanna Majewski y su hermana menor, Stefa, no pueden ser más diferentes: mientras que Hanna deja Polonia para vivir libre de las ataduras que su religión le impone, Stefa es una adolescente modelo, obediente y comprometida con las tradiciones judías. Sin embargo, ambas están seguras de que el amor que sienten la una por la otra es incondicional y, por eso, cuando la Segunda Guerra Mundial estalla y los nazis comienzan a sacar de sus hogares a miles de judíos para encerrarlos en el gueto de Varsovia, Hanna decide regresar a su patria para salvar a su familia, sin importarle que esto pueda costarle la vida.