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Inside Hitler’s High Command

Julia_M March 18, 2026 No Comments American Military HistoryGerman History (Books)World War II History (Books)

This book by Geoffrey P. Megargee, published in 2000, is an eye-opener. I read it in Dec 2002, having bought it at Times bookstore, Centrepoint…

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The Pity of It All Explained

Julia_M April 5, 2025 No Comments Cultural Anthropology (Books)Fascism (Books)German History (Books)

A Jew, to use Satre’s definition, is a person considered by others as a Jew, irrespective of his religious or ethnic allegiance. The Pity of…

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A Forgotten Stain: Marshal Pétain and the Vichy Government

Julia_M September 18, 2024 No Comments French History (Books)German History (Books)Historical France Biographies

The 2024 Duff Cooper Prize for the best non-fiction published in the UK was awarded to Julian Jackson for France on Trial: The Case of…

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The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich

Julia_M June 28, 2021 No Comments German History (Books)Historical Germany BiographiesIntelligence & Espionage History

This book sets out the plan and execution of the successful assassination of a key member of Hitler’s inner circle. The plot was hatched in…

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WW2: Saving the art treasures

Julia_M July 19, 2020 No Comments Architectural HistoryBusiness of Art ReferenceCultural PolicyEuropean Politics BooksFascism (Books)French History (Books)German History (Books)Italian History (Books)Museum Studies & Museology (Books)

The Nazis during World War 2 seized many of Europe’s art treasures. The Rape of Europa in book and DVD form here is about this.…

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The liberation of the Auschwitz

Julia_M February 7, 2020 No Comments Discrimination & Racism (Books)European Politics BooksGerman History (Books)Jewish Holocaust HistoryLegal History (Books)Military History (Books)

27 Jan 2020 was the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Red army. Here are 3 books on the…

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