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Essay The Champagne Spy Nicholas Kulish is an author and correspondent for The New York Times. His most recent book, The Eternal Nazi, co-authored with Souad Mekhennet, is the story of Nazi… Nicholas Kulish June 9, 2014
Recommended Reading The Jews and the Second World War: A Reading List Earlier this week, Gwen Edelman wrote about building a walled ghetto in the middle of a city and a recent visit to Warsaw. Her most recent novel, The… Gwen Edelman April 25, 2014
Nonfiction Adventurers Against Their Will: Extraordinary World War II Stories of Survival, Escape, and Connection-Unlike Any Others Joanie Holzer Schirm
Nonfiction Diary of the Dark Years, 1940- 1944: Collaboration, Resistance, and Daily Life in Occupied Paris Jean Guehenno; David Ball, annotator and trans.
Essay A Moment of Kindness Earlier this week, Charles Belfoure wrote about the material he cut from his novel, The Paris Architect (Sourcebooks Landmark). He has been blogging here all week for… Charles Belfoure October 17, 2013
Nonfiction Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America’s Fight Over World War II, 1939 – 1941 Lynne Olson
Essay Collective Guilt vs. Collective Fear: Shame, Truth, and Reconciliation In her first two installments of “Collective Guilt vs. Collective Fear,” Randy Susan Meyers wrote about an essay in which the writer met with an elderly former SS… Randy Susan Meyers May 17, 2013
Essay Collective Guilt vs. Collective Fear: Ordinary German Citizens During WWII In her first installment of “Collective Guilt vs. Collective Fear,” Randy Susan Meyers wrote about an essay in which the writer met with an elderly former SS officer.… Randy Susan Meyers May 14, 2013
Nonfiction Serenade: A Memoir of Music and Love from Vienna and Prague to Los Angeles, 1927 to World War II to 2012 Carol Jean Delmar
Essay Randy Susan Meyers on Collective Guilt vs. Collective Fear Randy Susan Meyers’s most recent book, The Comfort of Lies, is now available. She is also the author of The Murderer’s Daughters, a finalist for the Massachusetts… Randy Susan Meyers May 13, 2013
