Titoli in Seconda guerra mondiale e Olocausto

On a foggy night in Hampstead, London, a party has gathered in an artist's studio to weather the wartime blackout. A civil servant and a government scientist match wits in a game of chess while Bruce Manaton paints the portrait. In the kitchen, Rosanne Manaton prepares tea for the charlady of Mr Folliner. When the murder of 'Old Mr. F' is discovered by his Canadian infantryman nephew, it's not long before Inspector Macdonald of Scotland Yard is called to the scene.

It’s 1937. Poland is about to catch fire. In the boxing ring, Jakub Szapiro commands respect, revered as a hero by the Jewish community. Outside, he instills fear as he muscles through Warsaw as enforcer for a powerful crime lord. Murder and intimidation have their rewards. He revels in luxury, spends lavishly, and indulges in all the pleasures that barbarity offers. For a man battling to be king of the underworld, life is good. Especially when it’s a frightening time to be alive.

Trieste, 1941. Giorgio e Mattia Gherdovich sono i figli di un importante esponente del Partito fascista. Partiti per Lubiana convinti di poter fare la differenza nella fondazione della nuova provincia da poco annessa, scoprono presto quanto la guerra può essere cruda e straziante sia con i vinti che con i vincitori. Così nel 1943, pochi giorni dopo l'armistizio dell'8 settembre, i due fratelli decidono di prendere due strade diverse.

Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee in disguise from their castle, and the whirlwind escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star.

Through years of war and devastation, Tatiana and Alexander suffered the worst the twentieth century had to offer. Miraculously reunited in America, they now have a beautiful son, Anthony, the gift of a love strong enough to survive the most terrible upheavals. Though they are still young, the ordeals they endured have changed them-and after living apart in a world laid waste, they must now find a way to live together in postwar America.

Frankrig 1937. 14-årige Irene Sauvelles flytter med sin familie til en lille kystby i Normandiet, hvor de slår sig ned på en kæmpe ejendom, der er ejet af den mystiske legetøjsfabrikant og opfinder, Lazarus Jann. Irene bliver straks betaget af stedets skønhed og de mange lokale anekdoter og ikke mindst den unge mand Ismael. Mordet på en ung pige ødelægger idyllen, og får Irene til at undre sig. Hvad gemmer der sig bag de mystiske fortællinger, der verserer blandt byens beboere?

Este audiolibro reúne los mejores cuentos del escritor sueco Stig Dagerman. Los veinticinco relatos que componen este audiolibro reflejan los conflictos y angustias que definieron a toda una generación: la que fue testigo del último suspiro de una forma de vida eminentemente agrícola y que vivió los desastres de la II Guerra Mundial.

A più di un anno dalla fine della seconda guerra mondiale, Umberto torna in Italia. Nel 1935 era partito volontario come guardia forestale, convinto di realizzare il sogno di un Impero fascista. Aveva lasciato l'altopiano di Asiago, il suo, per raggiungerne un altro, quello eritreo. Allo scoppio della guerra "vera", contro l'Inghilterra, Umberto viene fatto prigioniero.

Lucia vive vicino Cassino, insieme ai suoi fratelli. Quando i tedeschi in ritirata occupano Pietravairano, papà Marco si nasconde con tutta la famiglia, nella fattoria di zio Alfredo che però, poco dopo, sarà arrestato dai nazisti. La gente impaurita cerca rifugio sui monti e la famiglia di Lucia, insieme a molti altri profughi, viene ospitata dai monaci che però non vogliono saperne di Gegè, il fedele porcellino. Nonostante le bombe, la fame e le malattie, i bambini trovano comunque il modo di continuare a sorridere.

Il racconto è un viaggio attraverso gli anni antichi, I Guerra mondiale, II Guerra, i partigiani, i migranti, un viaggio dell'esistenza sempre attuale con la famiglia, dolce amaro come la vita.

En enero de 1939, las tropas de Franco entran triunfantes en Barcelona. Con ellas va Mauricio Casasnovas, guapo como un artista de cine. Es el heredero de una empresa textil, al que espera una mujer sumisa y un futuro dorado de noches en el Liceo, los mejores sastres y fulanas de lujo. Pero la...

Утром 22 июня 1941 года молодой лётчик летит на биплане У-2 к границе, чтобы передать приказ командующего Западным военным округом генерала Павлова. Это война? Или провокация? Ответа нет, связь потеряна, этим утром никто ничего не знает. Рушатся военные планы, совершают внезапный поворот человеческие жизни.

Året är 1944 och fronten närmar sig den estniska staden Tartu. Urmakaren Rein Aule tvingas bryta fyra års tystnad för sin hustru Liina: han har i hemlighet förbättrat en tysk krypteringsmaskin, och nu är han en jagad man. Tre stormakter vill till varje pris kontrollera hans unika kunskap...

Der Roman erzählt vom Leben in einer deutschen Stadt in den Jahren von 1920 bis 1934 am Beispiel der Geschicke von fünf Familien, die ganz unterschiedliche gesellschaftliche Milieus repräsentieren. Im Vordergrund die Kinder, sowohl des klassenbewussten, politisch engagierten Arbeiters als auch des großbürgerlichen jüdischen Bankiers. Daneben die des liberalen, konfessionslosen intellektuellen Arztes, des faschistischen Kleinbürgers und schließlich des verarmten ostjüdischen Einwanderers.

Set in 1945 between Hitler's death and Hiroshima, The Second Child is a satirical thriller about one young woman's plot to outsmart the supreme dictators in a world on fire. From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The First Friend. You can't choose your family, but you can choose...

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Inspired by the true story of a secret mission taken during World War II, Gunner is the atmospheric, exciting start of a suspenseful new thriller series. March 1941. Joseph Gunner is back on the streets of Glasgow after being wounded on the front lines in France. Keeping the pain in his leg at...

Acclaimed novelist and playwright Yasmina Reza masterfully portrays the messiness of family, where affection and resentment intertwine and the weight of a shared past looms large. When adult siblings Serge, Jean, and Nana embark on an unexpected road trip, they take along one daughter and more...

In the final months of World War II, a clandestine group known as The Choir smuggles thousands of escapees out of Nazi-occupied Rome via a secret route known as the Rome Escape Line. When an unidentified airman falls from the sky, The Choir is plunged into lethal danger, and the survival of the...