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Book, William Heinemann, The Wolf : how one German raider terrorised Australia and the southern oceans in the first world war, 2010
... , ill, maps, p.384. Naval warfare - Germany Commerce raiders ...The true story of an epic voyage of destruction in World War One. July 1917: the First World War is about to enter its fourth horrendous year and ships are mysteriously disappearing off Australia and New Zealand, as a young Australian woman named Mary Cameron sails with her husband and daughter across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney. Less than a thousand miles from Sydney, a black-hulled freighter appears out of the vast blue emptiness, and Mary and her daughter rush to the deck to greet her. Suddenly, two hinged iron sections of the freighter's bulwarks drop down to reveal she is bristling with guns. She is in fact the German warship the Wolf, and the Cameron family are about to find themselves captive on one of the century's most extraordinary wartime sea voyages.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.384.non-fictionThe true story of an epic voyage of destruction in World War One. July 1917: the First World War is about to enter its fourth horrendous year and ships are mysteriously disappearing off Australia and New Zealand, as a young Australian woman named Mary Cameron sails with her husband and daughter across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney. Less than a thousand miles from Sydney, a black-hulled freighter appears out of the vast blue emptiness, and Mary and her daughter rush to the deck to greet her. Suddenly, two hinged iron sections of the freighter's bulwarks drop down to reveal she is bristling with guns. She is in fact the German warship the Wolf, and the Cameron family are about to find themselves captive on one of the century's most extraordinary wartime sea voyages.naval warfare - germany, commerce raiders - germany -
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Book, Aurum Press Ltd, The secret listeners : The men and women posted across the world to intercept the secret german codes for Bletchley Park, 2012
Before Bletchley Park could break the German war machine's code, its daily military communications had to be monitored and recorded by 'the Listening Service', the wartime department whose bases moved with every theatre of war (Cairo, Malta, Gibraltar, Iraq, Cyprus) as well as having listening stations along the eastern coast of Britain to intercept radio traffic in the European theatre. This is the story of the - usually very young - men and women sent out to farflung outposts to listen in for Bletchley Park, an oral history of exotic locations and ordinary lives turned upside down by a sudden remote posting - the heady nightlife in Cairo, filing cabinets full of snakes in North Africa, and flights out to Delhi by luxurious flying boat.Index, ill, map, p.354.non-fictionBefore Bletchley Park could break the German war machine's code, its daily military communications had to be monitored and recorded by 'the Listening Service', the wartime department whose bases moved with every theatre of war (Cairo, Malta, Gibraltar, Iraq, Cyprus) as well as having listening stations along the eastern coast of Britain to intercept radio traffic in the European theatre. This is the story of the - usually very young - men and women sent out to farflung outposts to listen in for Bletchley Park, an oral history of exotic locations and ordinary lives turned upside down by a sudden remote posting - the heady nightlife in Cairo, filing cabinets full of snakes in North Africa, and flights out to Delhi by luxurious flying boat.world war 1939-1945 - great britain - intelligence, world war 1939-1945 - cryptography -
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Book, Picador, Eight days at Yalta : how Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin shaped the post-war world, 2019
In the last winter of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin arrived in the Crimean resort of Yalta. Over eight days of bargaining, bombast and intermittent bonhomie they decided on the conduct of the final stages of the war against Germany, on how a defeated and occupied Germany should be governed, on the constitution of the nascent United Nations and on spheres of influence in Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Greece. Only three months later, less than a week after the German surrender, Roosevelt was dead and Churchill was writing to the new President, Harry S. Truman, of 'an iron curtain' that was now 'drawn down upon [the Soviets'] front'. Diana Preston chronicles eight days that created the post-war world, revealing Roosevelt's determination to bring about the dissolution of the British Empire and Churchill’s conviction that he and the dying President would run rings round the Soviet premier. But Stalin monitored everything they said and made only paper concessions, while his territorial ambitions would soon result in the imposition of Communism throughout Eastern Europe.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.398.non-fictionIn the last winter of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin arrived in the Crimean resort of Yalta. Over eight days of bargaining, bombast and intermittent bonhomie they decided on the conduct of the final stages of the war against Germany, on how a defeated and occupied Germany should be governed, on the constitution of the nascent United Nations and on spheres of influence in Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Greece. Only three months later, less than a week after the German surrender, Roosevelt was dead and Churchill was writing to the new President, Harry S. Truman, of 'an iron curtain' that was now 'drawn down upon [the Soviets'] front'. Diana Preston chronicles eight days that created the post-war world, revealing Roosevelt's determination to bring about the dissolution of the British Empire and Churchill’s conviction that he and the dying President would run rings round the Soviet premier. But Stalin monitored everything they said and made only paper concessions, while his territorial ambitions would soon result in the imposition of Communism throughout Eastern Europe.world war 1939-1945 - diplomatic history, yalta conference - crimea- 1945 -
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Book, Penguin Books, The coming of the Third Reich, 2004
... , bibliography, ill, maps, p.335. Germany - Politics and government 1933 ...n 1900, Germany was one of modernity's great success stories: The most progressive and dynamic nation in Europe, it was the only country whose rapid economic growth and innovation rivaled that of the United States. Its political culture was far less authoritarian than Russia's and less anti-Semitic than France's. Representative institutions thrived, and competing political parties and elections were a central part of life. How, then, could it be that in little more than a generation this stable modern country would fall into the hands of Adolf Hitler and the violent, racist, extremist political movement he led, a movement that would lead Germany and then all of Europe into utter moral, physical, and cultural ruin?" "There is no story in twentieth-century history more important to understand, and Richard Evans has written the definitive account for our time. A masterful synthesis of a vast body of scholarly work integrated with important new research and interpretations, Evans's history restores drama and contingency to the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis, even as he shows how ready Germany was by the early 1930s for such a takeover to occur. Its citizens were angry and embittered by military defeat and economic ruin, and its young democracy undermined by a civil service, an army, and a law enforcement system deeply alienated from the new order. The electorate was beset by growing extremism and panic about communism; and the small but successful Jewish community was subject to wide-spread suspicion and resentment. In the end, though nothing about what happened was preordained, Germany proved to be fertile ground for Nazism's ideology of hatred.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.335.non-fictionn 1900, Germany was one of modernity's great success stories: The most progressive and dynamic nation in Europe, it was the only country whose rapid economic growth and innovation rivaled that of the United States. Its political culture was far less authoritarian than Russia's and less anti-Semitic than France's. Representative institutions thrived, and competing political parties and elections were a central part of life. How, then, could it be that in little more than a generation this stable modern country would fall into the hands of Adolf Hitler and the violent, racist, extremist political movement he led, a movement that would lead Germany and then all of Europe into utter moral, physical, and cultural ruin?" "There is no story in twentieth-century history more important to understand, and Richard Evans has written the definitive account for our time. A masterful synthesis of a vast body of scholarly work integrated with important new research and interpretations, Evans's history restores drama and contingency to the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis, even as he shows how ready Germany was by the early 1930s for such a takeover to occur. Its citizens were angry and embittered by military defeat and economic ruin, and its young democracy undermined by a civil service, an army, and a law enforcement system deeply alienated from the new order. The electorate was beset by growing extremism and panic about communism; and the small but successful Jewish community was subject to wide-spread suspicion and resentment. In the end, though nothing about what happened was preordained, Germany proved to be fertile ground for Nazism's ideology of hatred.germany - politics and government 1933-1939, germany - nazi party -
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Book, Cavendish House, Hitlers panzers, 1983
Pictorial and textual descriptions om important German tank battlesIll, maps, p.63.non-fictionPictorial and textual descriptions om important German tank battles armoured warfare - history, germany - panzer forces -
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Book, Time Life Books, The reach for empire, 1987
... -and-the-dandenong-ranges Book The reach for empire Index, bib, ill, maps, p ...Chronicles the rise and eventual fall of Nazi Germany during World War II.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.162.non-fictionChronicles the rise and eventual fall of Nazi Germany during World War II. germany - history - 1939-1945, world war 1939-1945 -
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Book, Time Life Books, The apparatus of death, 1991
... -and-the-dandenong-ranges Book The apparatus of death Index, bib, ill, maps ...Chronicles the destruction of European Jewry during World War IIIndex, bib, ill, maps, p.183.non-fictionChronicles the destruction of European Jewry during World War IIgermany - history - 1939-1945, holocaust - jewish - 1939-1945 -
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Book, Time Life Books, The heel of the conqueror, 1991
... , maps, p.183. Germany - history - 1939-1945 World War 1939-1945 ...Chronicles various aspects of German occupation policy during World War IIIndex, bib, ill, maps, p.183.non-fictionChronicles various aspects of German occupation policy during World War IIgermany - history - 1939-1945, world war 1939-1945 - occupied terrirories -
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Book, Time Life Books, The SS, 1988
... -and-the-dandenong-ranges Book The SS Index, bib, ill, maps, p.184. Germany ...Chronicles the history of the SS during World War IIIndex, bib, ill, maps, p.184.non-fictionChronicles the history of the SS during World War IIgermany - history - 1939-1945, world war 1939-1945 - waffen ss -
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Book, Time Life Books, The road to Stalingrad, 1991
... -and-the-dandenong-ranges Book The road to Stalingrad Index, bib, ill, maps ...Chronicles the invasion of Russia during World War IIIndex, bib, ill, maps, p.185.non-fictionChronicles the invasion of Russia during World War IIgermany - history - 1939-1945, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - russia -
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Book, Time Life Books, Fortress Europe, 1992
... -and-the-dandenong-ranges Book Fortress Europe Index, bib, ill, maps, p.167 ...Chronicles the events leading up and including the invasion of Europe by the allies during World War IIIndex, bib, ill, maps, p.167.non-fictionChronicles the events leading up and including the invasion of Europe by the allies during World War IIgermany - history - 1939-1945, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - france -
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Book, Time Life Books, Lightning war, 1989
... -and-the-dandenong-ranges Book Lightning war Index, bib, ill, maps, p.185 ...Chronicles the invasion of Norway and France by Germany during World War IIIndex, bib, ill, maps, p.185.non-fictionChronicles the invasion of Norway and France by Germany during World War IIgermany - history - 1939-1945, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - western europe -
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Book, Time Life Books, Scorched Earth, 1991
... -and-the-dandenong-ranges Book Scorched Earth Index, bib, ill, maps, p.177 ...Chronicles the retreat from the East by Germany during World War IIIndex, bib, ill, maps, p.177.non-fictionChronicles the retreat from the East by Germany during World War IIgermany - history - 1939-1945, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - eastern europe -
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Book - Conquest of the Balkans, Time Life Books, 1990
... of the Balkans Index, bib, ill, maps, p.185. Germany - history - 1939 ...Chronicles the rinvasion of Yugoslavia and Greece by Germany during World War IIIndex, bib, ill, maps, p.185.non-fictionChronicles the rinvasion of Yugoslavia and Greece by Germany during World War IIgermany - history - 1939-1945, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - balkan peninsula and greece -
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Book - Barbarossa, Time Life Books, 1990
... -and-the-dandenong-ranges Barbarossa Book Barbarossa Index, bib, ill, maps, p ...Chronicles operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia, by Germany during World War IIIndex, bib, ill, maps, p.185.non-fictionChronicles operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia, by Germany during World War IIgermany - history - 1939-1945, world war 1939-1945 - operation barbarossa -
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Book, Time Life Books, Afrikakorps, 1990
... -and-the-dandenong-ranges Book Afrikakorps Index, bib, ill, maps, p.185 ...Chronicles the operations of the Afrikakorps in North Africa during World War IIIndex, bib, ill, maps, p.185.non-fictionChronicles the operations of the Afrikakorps in North Africa during World War IIgermany - history - 1939-1945, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - north africa -
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Book, Time Life Books, The Southern Front, 1991
... -and-the-dandenong-ranges Book The Southern Front Index, bib, ill, maps, p ...Chronicles the campaigns in Italy and in North Africa during World War IIIndex, bib, ill, maps, p.185.non-fictionChronicles the campaigns in Italy and in North Africa during World War IIgermany - history - 1939-1945, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - italy -
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Book, Time Life Books, Wolf Packs, 1989
... -and-the-dandenong-ranges Book Wolf Packs Index, bib, ill, maps, p.185 ...Chronicles the submarine war during World War IIIndex, bib, ill, maps, p.185.non-fictionChronicles the submarine war during World War IIgermany - history - 1939-1945, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - germany -
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Book, Time Life Books, War on the high seas, 1990
... -and-the-dandenong-ranges Book War on the high seas Index, bib, ill, maps, p ...Chronicles naval operations by Germany during World War IIIndex, bib, ill, maps, p.185.non-fictionChronicles naval operations by Germany during World War IIgermany - history - 1939-1945, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - germany -
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Book, Time-Life Books, The battle of the Atlantic, 1977
Germany attempts to strangle Britain--U-boats--Bismarck--convoys--Allied counterattack.Index, bib, ill, , maps, p.208.non-fictionGermany attempts to strangle Britain--U-boats--Bismarck--convoys--Allied counterattack. world war 1939-1945 - naval operations, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - atlantic ocean -
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Book, Time Life Books, Descent into nightmare, 1993
... -and-the-dandenong-ranges Book Descent into nightmare Index, bib, ill, maps ...Chronicles the defeat of Germany and the final days of the third ReichIndex, bib, ill, maps, p.183.non-fictionChronicles the defeat of Germany and the final days of the third Reichgermany - history - 1939-1945, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - germany -
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Book, Carlton, The Second World War experience v.1. Blitzkrieg 1939-1941, 2008
Volume one of a four volume series featuring Blitzkrieg. A four-volume series, published in association with the Imperial War Museum, covering the whole six-year global conflagration. Each volume contains removable documents and memorabilia in pockets or pasted in, featuring personal accounts from British veterans and contemporary letters, diaries, maps and archival facsimile memoabilia from the Imperial War Museum. Memorabilia includes: Order No 1 - the German order to invade Poland which led to the British declaration of war against Germany; The fake passport used by Sub-Lieutenant Heinz Kummer of the Graf Spee to flee back to Germany following the Battle of the River Plate; and, Montgomery's personal diary charting the events of the evacuation from Dunkirk; Roosevelt's handwritten notes for his 'day of infamy' speech which saw America's entry into the war; the order to McArthur to abandon the Philippines; Stalin's handwritten notes on his 'scorched earth' policy; and the letters home of a British officer in Africa telling of his harrowing involvement in the battles of Gazala and Tobruk; Montgomery's orders for El Alamein; Stalin's annotated proof of his famous 5 September 1942 order regarding partisan warfare; and diary kept by a German soldier on the North African front; Montgomery's hand-written D-Day notes; Eisenhower's draft 'in case of failure' message written before D-Day; and, diary of a sergeant in the Royal Hampshire regiment covering his involvement in the D-Day landings, battle for Normandy and Operation 'Market Garden' - the battle for Arnhem.Index, ill, maps, facsims, sound disc, p.61.Volume one of a four volume series featuring Blitzkrieg. A four-volume series, published in association with the Imperial War Museum, covering the whole six-year global conflagration. Each volume contains removable documents and memorabilia in pockets or pasted in, featuring personal accounts from British veterans and contemporary letters, diaries, maps and archival facsimile memoabilia from the Imperial War Museum. Memorabilia includes: Order No 1 - the German order to invade Poland which led to the British declaration of war against Germany; The fake passport used by Sub-Lieutenant Heinz Kummer of the Graf Spee to flee back to Germany following the Battle of the River Plate; and, Montgomery's personal diary charting the events of the evacuation from Dunkirk; Roosevelt's handwritten notes for his 'day of infamy' speech which saw America's entry into the war; the order to McArthur to abandon the Philippines; Stalin's handwritten notes on his 'scorched earth' policy; and the letters home of a British officer in Africa telling of his harrowing involvement in the battles of Gazala and Tobruk; Montgomery's orders for El Alamein; Stalin's annotated proof of his famous 5 September 1942 order regarding partisan warfare; and diary kept by a German soldier on the North African front; Montgomery's hand-written D-Day notes; Eisenhower's draft 'in case of failure' message written before D-Day; and, diary of a sergeant in the Royal Hampshire regiment covering his involvement in the D-Day landings, battle for Normandy and Operation 'Market Garden' - the battle for Arnhem.world war 1939-1945 - history, world war 1939-1945 - pictorial works -
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Book, Carlton, The Second World War experience v.2. Axis ascendant 1941-42, 2008
Volume two of a four volume series featuring Axis ascendancy. A four-volume series, published in association with the Imperial War Museum, covering the whole six-year global conflagration. Each volume contains removable documents and memorabilia in pockets or pasted in, featuring personal accounts from British veterans and contemporary letters, diaries, maps and archival facsimile memoabilia from the Imperial War Museum. Memorabilia includes: Order No 1 - the German order to invade Poland which led to the British declaration of war against Germany; The fake passport used by Sub-Lieutenant Heinz Kummer of the Graf Spee to flee back to Germany following the Battle of the River Plate; and, Montgomery's personal diary charting the events of the evacuation from Dunkirk; Roosevelt's handwritten notes for his 'day of infamy' speech which saw America's entry into the war; the order to McArthur to abandon the Philippines; Stalin's handwritten notes on his 'scorched earth' policy; and the letters home of a British officer in Africa telling of his harrowing involvement in the battles of Gazala and Tobruk; Montgomery's orders for El Alamein; Stalin's annotated proof of his famous 5 September 1942 order regarding partisan warfare; and diary kept by a German soldier on the North African front; Montgomery's hand-written D-Day notes; Eisenhower's draft 'in case of failure' message written before D-Day; and, diary of a sergeant in the Royal Hampshire regiment covering his involvement in the D-Day landings, battle for Normandy and Operation 'Market Garden' - the battle for Arnhem.Index, ill, maps, facsims, sound disc, p.61.Volume two of a four volume series featuring Axis ascendancy. A four-volume series, published in association with the Imperial War Museum, covering the whole six-year global conflagration. Each volume contains removable documents and memorabilia in pockets or pasted in, featuring personal accounts from British veterans and contemporary letters, diaries, maps and archival facsimile memoabilia from the Imperial War Museum. Memorabilia includes: Order No 1 - the German order to invade Poland which led to the British declaration of war against Germany; The fake passport used by Sub-Lieutenant Heinz Kummer of the Graf Spee to flee back to Germany following the Battle of the River Plate; and, Montgomery's personal diary charting the events of the evacuation from Dunkirk; Roosevelt's handwritten notes for his 'day of infamy' speech which saw America's entry into the war; the order to McArthur to abandon the Philippines; Stalin's handwritten notes on his 'scorched earth' policy; and the letters home of a British officer in Africa telling of his harrowing involvement in the battles of Gazala and Tobruk; Montgomery's orders for El Alamein; Stalin's annotated proof of his famous 5 September 1942 order regarding partisan warfare; and diary kept by a German soldier on the North African front; Montgomery's hand-written D-Day notes; Eisenhower's draft 'in case of failure' message written before D-Day; and, diary of a sergeant in the Royal Hampshire regiment covering his involvement in the D-Day landings, battle for Normandy and Operation 'Market Garden' - the battle for Arnhem.world war 1939-1945 - history, world war 1939-1945 - pictorial works -
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Book, J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing, Tigers in the mud, 1992
Description of the combat experiences of a German tank commander in WWIIIll, maps, p.343.non-fictionDescription of the combat experiences of a German tank commander in WWIIworld war 1939-1945 - tank warfare - germany, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - germany -
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Book, HarperCollins Publishers, The search for the Sydney, 2009
Tells the action-packed story of the hunt for the Sydney - and the Kormoran - and reveals what really happened on that fateful day in November 1941.Index, bib, notes, ill, maps, p.264.Tells the action-packed story of the hunt for the Sydney - and the Kormoran - and reveals what really happened on that fateful day in November 1941.royal australia navy - history, hmas sydney, kormoran ( german navy) -
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Book, Pan Books, Nuremberg rallies, 1969
... -and-the-dandenong-ranges Book Nuremberg rallies Ill, maps, p.159. Germany ...The Nazi Party Nuremberg ralliesIll, maps, p.159.non-fictionThe Nazi Party Nuremberg ralliesgermany - politics and government - 1933-1945, germany - nazi party -
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Book, Pan Books, Afrika Korps, 1968
The German army in North AfricaIll, maps, p.159.non-fictionThe German army in North Africageneral rommel, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - north africa, afrika korps -
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Book, Pan Books, SS and Gestapo: Rule by terror, 1969
... -and-the-dandenong-ranges Book SS and Gestapo: Rule by terror Ill, maps, p ...Hitlers terror organisations - the SS and GestapoIll, maps, p.159.non-fictionHitlers terror organisations - the SS and Gestapogermany - politics and government - 1933-1945, secret police - germany -
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Book, Pan Books, Panzer Division: The mailed fist, 1968
... -and-the-dandenong-ranges Book Panzer Division: The mailed fist Ill, maps, p ...The development and actions of the German Panzer divisionsIll, maps, p.159.non-fictionThe development and actions of the German Panzer divisionsarmoured vehicles - germany, world war 1939-1945 - armoured vehicles -
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Book, Arnold, Hitler's ghettos : voices from a beleaguered society, 1939-1944, 2003
This book examines, as a whole, the Jewish ghettos of Europe during the second world war. The study draws on testimonies of former inhabitants, and makes use of memoirs and diaries (exploring the problems inherent in such sources). Although the author also draws on German documentary sources, the focus of the study is the ghettos 'from below'.Index, bib, map, p.358.non-fictionThis book examines, as a whole, the Jewish ghettos of Europe during the second world war. The study draws on testimonies of former inhabitants, and makes use of memoirs and diaries (exploring the problems inherent in such sources). Although the author also draws on German documentary sources, the focus of the study is the ghettos 'from below'. holocaust - jewish - 1939-1945, holocaust - personal narratives