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Book Review: The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos by Judy Batalion
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Book Review: The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos by Judy Batalion

Man of la BookApril 26, 2021

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos shines light on the women resistance fighters in Poland during World War II

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Book Review: Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park by Jan Slimming
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Book Review: Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park by Jan Slimming

Man of la BookMarch 31, 2021

Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park is a non-fiction account of the life of Daisy Lawrence, who worked at Bletchley Park during World War II.

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Book Review: Last Witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich
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Book Review: Last Witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich

Man of la BookJuly 24, 2019

The stories collected shattered many lives, not the least the childhood of the person telling. Several of them never recovered after their childhood ended.

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Book Review: The Undercover Nazi Hunter by Wolfe Frank
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Book Review: The Undercover Nazi Hunter by Wolfe Frank

Man of la BookJune 12, 2019

A non-fiction book composed of articles the author wrote while he researched post-war Germany’s attitude through street level investigations after World War II

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Book Review: D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose
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Book Review: D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose

Man of la BookMay 22, 2019

D-Day Girls The Spies Who Armed the Resistance Sabotaged the Nazis and Helped Win World War II -historical accounts of women spies, tied into a single narrative

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Book Review: The True Story of the Great Escape by Jonathan F. Vance
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Book Review: The True Story of the Great Escape by Jonathan F. Vance

Man of la BookApril 24, 2019

The True Story of the Great Escape: Stalag Luft III, March 1944 by Jonathan F. Vance is the historical account of the largest prison break during World War II.

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Book Review: The Agitator by Peter Duffy
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Book Review: The Agitator by Peter Duffy

Man of la BookApril 15, 2019

A short biography of William Bailey, an American who stood his ground against Hitler’s Germany, in New York harbor, at a time when the US was solidly neutral.

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Book Review: Death March Escape by Jack J Hersch
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Book Review: Death March Escape by Jack J Hersch

Man of la BookFebruary 18, 2019

Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust – A biography of Dave Hersch, the author’s father and his first book.

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Book Review: Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis
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Book Review: Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis

Man of la BookDecember 12, 2018

Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy creates a nerve wrecking narrative, filled with excitement and heroism.

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Book Review: Atlas of World War II by Stephen G. Hyslop and Neil Kagan
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Book Review: Atlas of World War II by Stephen G. Hyslop and Neil Kagan

Man of la BookDecember 6, 2018

Atlas of World War II is incredible, it covers all theaters of the war, provides copies of the maps the generals used (along with their notes on them)

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