Eastern Europe category: 1864 books
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Jewish Families in Warsaw After the Holocaust
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
The compelling history of ten Jewish families rebuilding their lives in Warsaw after the Holocaust—“amply illustrated . . . the book reverberates with hope” (Jewish Book Council).
Warsaw, Poland, once described as the “Paris of the East,” had been transformed into a landscape of ruin...
A Question of Honor
The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A Question of Honor is the gripping, little-known story of the refugee Polish pilots who joined the RAF and played an essential role in saving Britain from the Nazis, only to be betrayed by the Allies after the war.
After Poland fell to the Nazis, thousands of Polish pilots, soldiers, and sailors...
by Nik Cornish
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
The partisan war in the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944 has been the subject of considerable political manipulation in the decades following 1945. In great part this was due to the need to project the image of a country united behind Joseph Stalin and the Communist regime when the truth was much more...
Animal Farm: Study Guide
Animal Farm, George Orwell, Study Review Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
Don't want to read the actual book? Tired of reading super long reviews? This new study guide is perfect for you!! This study guide provides a short and concise review guide of Animal Farm by George Orwell. The guide includes: · A short summary of the entire...
Fall of the Sultanate
The Great War and the End of the Ottoman Empire 1908-1922
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
The collapse of the Ottoman Empire was by no means a singular event. After six hundred years of ruling over the peoples of North Africa, the Balkans and Middle East, the death throes of sultanate encompassed a series of wars, insurrections, and revolutions spanning the early twentieth century. This...
The Armenian Genocide
A Complete History
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2011
The Armenian Genocide was one of the greatest atrocities of the twentieth century, an episode in which up to 1.5 million Armenians lost their lives. In this major new history, Raymond Kévorkian provides a long-awaited authoritative account of origins, events, and consequences of the years 1915 and...
by Rusko Matuli?
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014
In the beginning of this short memoir, mention is made of certain publications and the broadcast media interpretation of events in WWII refugee camps in Egypt. These are so replete with propaganda from 'Uncle Joe' period that it is impossible to overlook them. That is why this little book started....
by IntroBooks
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2017
IntroBooks delivers up to the minute information covering everything on a topic in only one hour of reading. Our books are written to give essential information in a straight-to-the-point, easy to read format. We have cut out technical jargon, waffle, and unnecessary filler to ensure you get the essential information you need to achieve your goals with confidence.
by Σταύρος Γ. ΝΤΑΓΙΟΣ
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Το βιβλίο πραγματεύεται το προσφυγικό ζήτημα των Ελλήνων, που βρέθηκαν εκτοπισμένοι στην Αλβανία μετά την κατάληξη της κομμουνιστικής ανταρσίας και την οριστική...
by Nick Shepley
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
In 1939 a stunned international community absorbed the news that Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, hated and implacable enemies, had signed a non-agression pact. The treaty between them contained a hidden clause, one which divided Poland between the two murderous regimes. This ebook explores the Nazi-Soviet...
Czechoslovakia between Stalin and Hitler
The Diplomacy of Edvard Bene%s in the 1930s
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 1996
The Munich crisis of 1938, in which Great Britain and France decided to appease Hitler's demands to annex the Sudentenland, has provoked a vast amount of historical writing. The era has been thoroughly examined from the perspectives of Germans, French, and British political establishments. But historians...
The Balkans
Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
This unique and lively history of Balkan geopolitics since the early nineteenth century gives readers the essential historical background to recent events in this war-torn area. No other book covers the entire region, or offers such profound insights into the roots of Balkan violence, or explains...
Jasenovac
Then and Now: A Conspiracy of Silence
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1997
After Hitler brought Ante Pavelic to power in the First Independent State of Croatia, a puppet state created on April 10th, 1941, Pavelic created 34 “summary” courts throughout Croatia that June. He empowered every Croatian to arrest and kill Serbians without being charged with a crime. Any Croat...
Crown of Thorns
The Reign of King Boris III of Bulgaria, 1918-1943
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 1998
A fascinating biography of Bulgaria's tragic monarch, Boris III, based on private correspondence and extensive interviews with members of the Bulgarian royal family. The son of King Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Boris became king after the first World War. Noted for defying Hitler wishes for Bulgaria's Jews, the popular king died mysteriously in 1943 after a stormy meeting with Hitler.