Category Archives: WWII
The Propagandist – Cécile Desprairies, translated by Natasha Lehrer
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Our protagonist had to navigate between truth and lies, reality and denial for her entire childhood. Now as an adult and a historian, she must face these truths and the role her mother played in Fance … Continue reading
Posted in French Literature, Historical Fiction, WWII
Tagged anti-antisemitism, France, Nazism, propaganda, WWII
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Father and Son: A Memoir – Jonathan Raban
(Reviewed by Ann Onymous ) Raban the son endured a stroke, Raban the father endured the battlefield. “I was transformed into an old man quite suddenly, on June 11, 2011, three days short of my sixty-ninth birthday.” As a stroke … Continue reading
The Safekeep – Yael van der Wouden
(Reviewed by JD Jung) It’s 1961, almost twenty years after the war, and it would appear as if the Netherlands has recovered. However, scars linger beneath the surface in unimaginable ways. Isabel, who is almost thirty years old, doesn’t have … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Our Best, World Literature, WWII
Tagged Dutch literature, Netherlands
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They All Swore an Oath: Stories from Everyday Heroes in our Midst – Christopher J. Lynch
(Reviewed by Don Jung) They All Swore an Oath is a collection of interviews between author Christopher Lynch and our unsung American war heroes from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the recent Persian Gulf conflict. … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Non-fiction, WWII
Tagged military, Vietnam War, WWII
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Nein, Nein, Nein!: One Man’s Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust – Jerry Stahl
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Why stay in this country, listening to mere Proud Boy-esque neo-Nazis, when you could go to the source, to Poland and Germany, and experience the birthplace of actual Nazi-Nazis? How better to soak up fascist antibodies?” … Continue reading
Mission Churchill – Alex Abella
(reviewed by JD Jung) 1933-Havana Cuba: Irishman Marcus Riley’s objective is to kidnap the visiting Winston Churchill and hold him hostage in exchange for IRA members serving time in London prisons. However former Detective Inspector Walter Thompson, now serving as … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Historical Fiction, WWII
Tagged Cuba, London, Nazism, political fiction, thrillers, Winston Churchill, WWII
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The Uniform – G. Gruen
(Reviewed by Don Jung) #CommissionsEarned David Korda is close to getting his medical degree in Nazi Germany when it is discovered that he is Jewish. Instead of joining his graduation class, he is sent to a concentration camp to do … Continue reading
Lilia: a true story of love, courage, and survival in the shadow of war – Linda Ganzini
(Reviewed by Heidi A. Swan) If you love historical fiction, WWII and a book that will make you cry, this book is for you. Lilia is a true story about a young girl’s impoverished life growing up in Italy in … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, Nazism
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The German Client: A Bacci Pagano Investigation-Bruno Morchio
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “If Germans and fascists don’t shoot us, Americans bomb us.” Private Investigator Bacci Pagano doesn’t have an easy relationship with the past. He grew up poor as his mother worked in a cigar factory and his … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Italian Literature, World Literature, WWII
Tagged Genoa, Italian literature, translated world literature, WWII
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