John Boyne The boy in the striped pyjamas

a fable

In 1943 verhuist een kleine Duitse jongen met zijn vader, een militair, naar een vreemde plek waar joodse mensen in gestreepte pyjama's achter een hek leven. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.

Fictie

Engels | 223 pagina's | Vintage Books, London | 2013

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Anne Frank The diary of a young girl

abridged

Anne Frank is een Joods meisje, dat in de Tweede Wereldoorlog met haar ouders, zusje en anderen ondergedoken is in Amsterdam. Ze schrijft in haar dagboek over alles wat haar van haar 13e tot haar 15e jaar overkomt. Vanaf ca. 9 jaar.

Fictie

Engels | 283 pagina's | Puffin, [Londen] | 2015

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Perry Pierik The Red Army stumbles

Russian campaign 1941

The start of operation 'Barbarossa' was the beginning of one of the most dramatic campaigns in World History. Two titans clashed. The summer of 1941 was catastrophic to the Red Army. However, they were able to keep their position. This blood drenched marvel is what this book is about, which shows that heroism and terror go hand in hand when it comes to stopping German attackers at the gates of Moscow. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

Non-fictie

Engels | 136 pagina's (PDF) | Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2022

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C.E.H.J. Verhoef The battle for Ginkel heath near Ede

17 and 18 September 1944

The heroic and valiant actions by the British and Polish airborne troops at the Arnhem road bridge and in the Oosterbeck perimeter, which latter acted as bridgehead round the headquarters of the 1st British Airborne Division at Hotel Hartenstein, are well known. Less well known is what happened during the first days of Operation Market Garden at Ginkel Heath, east of Ede, where nearly two thousand British parachutists landed on 18 September 1944. To keep the memory of these momentous events on the...

Non-fictie

Engels | 124 pagina's (PDF, 24 MB) | Aspekt Publishers, Soesterberg | 2019

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Auguste van der Molenschot Tears from Brabant

a novel

This is a novel with many themes. It is about Brabant, a land that is presently half in the Netherlands and the other half in Belgium. It is also the story of a little Brabanter boy, born the year Adolf Hitler came to power. The boy wants a good life and that is not so easy because the Catholic Brabanters are kept down by the Calvinist Hollanders. Many other modern themes come by, such as the Second World War, the emancipation (of women but also of the Catholics), the pill and its effects, secularization,...

Fictie

Engels | 286 pagina's (PDF, 0,6 MB) | Aspekt Publishers, Soesterberg | 2018

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Larry Loftis The watchmaker's daughter

the true story of World War II heroine Corrie ten Boom

Verhalende biografie van de Haarlemse horlogemaker en verzetsstrijder Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983), die samen met haar familie onderdak bood aan Joodse onderduikers tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog en concentratiekamp Ravensbrück overleefde.

Non-fictie

Engels | 370 pagina's | William Morrow, New York | 2023

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Jeremy Dronfield Fritz and Kurt

Fictie

Engels | 362 pagina's | Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House group, UK | 2023

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Fields of Honor Foundation The faces of Margraten

they will remain forever young

Levensbijzonderheden van de Amerikaanse militairen die omkwamen bij de bevrijding van Nederland en liggen begraven of worden herdacht op de begraafplaats in het Limburgse Margraten.

Non-fictie

Engels | 360 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2022

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Andris J. Kursietis The Wehrmacht at war, 1939-1945

the units and commanders of the German Ground Forces during World War II

'The Wehrmacht at War 1939 -1945' is the culmination of twenty five years of research and three years of writing, and is a unique, in-depth presentation of the order of battle and commanders of the German Army ground forces during World War II. Although there are numerous other books that have been published on the order of battle of the German Army, none contain the depth of detail concerning the commanders of the units and the biographies of the Generals that are included in this work. Indeed,...

Non-fictie

Engels | 397 pagina's | Aspekt, Soesterberg | 1999

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Halik Kochanski Resistance

the underground war in Europe, 1939-1945

Non-fictie

Engels | 936 pagina's | Penguin Books, UK | 2023

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Alan Philps The red hotel

the untold story of Stalin's disinformation war

Non-fictie

Engels | 450 pagina's | Headline, London | 2023

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Mark van den Dries Holland drop zone

the crash of an American bomber in a Dutch polder

Gedetailleerde reconstructie, aan de hand van ooggetuigenverslagen en dagboeken, van een crash van een Amerikaanse bommenwerper in Zeeland tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog.

Non-fictie

Engels | 393 pagina's | Uitgeverij Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2014

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World War II map by map

Historical maps from both Allied and Axis countries also offer unique insights into the events. There are timelines to help you follow the story as it unfolds, while narrative overviews explain the social, economic, political, and technical developments at the time. Fascinating, large-scale pictures introduce topics such as the Holocaust, blitzkrieg, kamikaze warfare, and code-breaking

Engels | 288 pagina's | Dorling Kindersley, New York | 2019

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