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Book Review: The Watchmakers Daughter by Larry Loftis
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Book Review: The Watchmakers Daughter by Larry Loftis

Man of la BookMay 1, 2025

This is a fascinating book, full of brave people who must be remembered. I believe they are honored in the Netherlands, Israel and other nations, and rightly so

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Book Review: Night by Ellie Wiesel
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Book Review: Night by Elie Wiesel

Man of la BookJune 20, 2023

Night by Ellie Wiesel is a memoir of the author’s experiences with his father in the Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz and Buchenwald

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Graphic Novel Review: The English GI by Jonathan Sandler
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Graphic Novel Review: The English GI by Jonathan Sandler

Man of la BookJune 9, 2022

Bernard Sandler, a 17-year-old English boy from Yorkshire is on a school trip to the United States and finds himself stranded It’s 1939, and WWII has escalated

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Book Review: Patton’s Payback by Stephen L. Moore
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Book Review: Patton’s Payback by Stephen L. Moore

Man of la BookMay 18, 2022

Tells of the events which lead to Patton successfully turning around a losing battle, and becoming the face of the US Army in the African campagn

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Book Review: Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex Kershaw
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Book Review: Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II by Alex Kershaw

Man of la BookMay 10, 2022

The book focuses, primarily, on four remarkable soldiers and the heroics they achieved in saving the world from certain doom. Consisting of short biographies

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Book Review: Three Ordinary Girls by Tim Brady
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Book Review: Three Ordinary Girls by Tim Brady

Man of la BookDecember 21, 2021

Tells the story of fierce women fighting in the Dutch Resistance during World War II. They rescued Jews, sabotage, assassinations, running guns and supplies

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Book Review: Village of Secrets by Caroline Moorehead
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Book Review: Village of Secrets by Caroline Moorehead

Man of la BookOctober 20, 2014

The story of the small village and its surroundings were responsible for saving thousands of people during World War II who were on the Gestapo’s wanted list

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Thoughts on: Auschwitz by Dr. Miklós Nyiszli
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Book Review: Auschwitz by Dr. Miklós Nyiszli

Man of la BookOctober 20, 2011

Auschwitz: A Doctor’s Eyewitness Account by Dr. Miklós Nyiszli is a non-fiction memoir of a Jewish medical doctor who performed “research” on other Jews

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Book Review: Citizen Soldiers by Stephen Ambrose
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Book Review: Citizen Soldiers by Stephen Ambrose

Man of la BookMay 30, 2011

A non-fiction historical account of the drive from Normandy to Germany. The book is a treasure trove of soldiers’ portraits, personal accounts and interviews.

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Book Review: The Perfect Nazi by Martin Davidson
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Book Review: The Perfect Nazi by Martin Davidson

Man of la BookApril 27, 2011

After his grandfather died Mr. Davidson discovered that his grandfather had many skeletons in his closet, not the least are a membership in the Nazi party & SS

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