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    World War II

    Cover of The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
    Chil­dren’s
    The Faith­ful Spy: Diet­rich Bon­ho­ef­fer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
    John Hendrix
    Cover of Lawyers Without Rights: The Fate of Jewish Lawyers in Berlin after 1933
    Non­fic­tion
    Lawyers With­out Rights: The Fate of Jew­ish Lawyers in Berlin after 1933
    Simone Ladwig-Winters Edited by Bill Choyke
    Essay

    In World War II-Era North Car­oli­na, A Haven for Ger­man Jew­ish Artists and Academics

    Charles Dar­went
    November 6, 2018
    Essay

    Jew­ish Astro­nauts and Nazi Scientists

    Tom Seigel
    October 3, 2018
    Cover of Purple Hearts (Front Lines)
    Fic­tion
    Pur­ple Hearts (Front Lines)
    Michael Grant
    Cover of Silver Stars (Front Lines)
    Chil­dren’s
    Sil­ver Stars (Front Lines)
    Michael Grant
    Cover of The Room on Rue Amélie
    Fic­tion
    The Room on Rue Amélie
    Kristin Harmel
    Cover of We Are Going to Be Lucky: A World War II Love Story in Letters
    Non­fic­tion
    We Are Going to Be Lucky: A World War II Love Sto­ry in Letters
    Eliz­a­beth L. Fox
    Cover of Outrunning the Nazis: The Brave Escape of Resistance Fighter Sven Somme
    Chil­dren’s
    Out­run­ning the Nazis: The Brave Escape of Resis­tance Fight­er Sven Somme
    Matt Chandler
    Cover of The Enemy Above: A Novel of World War II
    Fic­tion
    The Ene­my Above: A Nov­el of World War II
    Michael P. Spradlin
    Cover of The Children of Willesden Lane: A True Story of Hope and Survival During World War II
    Chil­dren’s
    The Chil­dren of Willes­den Lane: A True Sto­ry of Hope and Sur­vival Dur­ing World War II
    Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen; Emil Sher, adaptation
    Cover of The Bicycle Spy
    Chil­dren’s
    The Bicy­cle Spy
    Yona Zeldis McDonough
    Cover of MacArthur's Spies
    Non­fic­tion
    MacArthur’s Spies
    Peter Eis­ner
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    Non­fic­tion
    Sons and Soldiers
    Bruce Hen­der­son
    Cover of Front Lines
    Chil­dren’s
    Front Lines
    Michael Grant
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    Jump­ing Over Shadows
    Annette Gendler
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