World War II History

Book Review: American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

American Prometheus is an exceptional biography which manages to weave politics, science, and humanity into an engaging story which changed…

8 months ago

Book Review: Night by Elie Wiesel

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

11 months ago

Book Review: Benghazi-Bergen-Belsen: The Lost Story of the Holocaust of North African Jews by Yossi Sucary

Benghazi-Bergen-Belsen (בנגאזי–ברגן־בלזן ) Yossi Sucary tells of the plight of North African and Libyan Jews during World War II

1 year ago

Book Review: The Confidante by Christopher C. Gorham

A biography of Anna Rosenberg, a Hungarian Jewish immigrant who helped millions of Americans through legislation, competence, and leadership

1 year ago

Audiobook Review: The Pharmacist of Auschwitz Patricia Posner

The Pharmacist of Auschwitz is an engrossing book. I was fascinated by two aspects of the book, the role of…

1 year ago

Book Review: Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed by Philip Paul Hallie

A small, but significant slice of history. The village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon became part of a wide network to rescue…

1 year ago

Book Review: The Island of Extraordinary Captives Simon Parkin

The book tells of the camps by following Peter Fleischmann, a Jewish aspiring artist, and orphan who got to England…

2 years ago

Book Review: Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy by Damien Lewis

Agent Josephine is a mini-biography about Josephine Baker. The book is mainly concerned with the star’s career as a secret…

2 years ago

Book Review: The Watchmakers by Harry Lenga

The brothers were moved between several work camps, including Auschwitz managing to survive due to their ability to fix watches…

2 years ago

Audiobook Review: The Bastard Brigade by Sam Kean

What happens when you recruit a bunch of rogue geniuses and send them to enemy territory to save the world?…

2 years ago

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