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    World War II

    Cover of Through the Morgue Door: One Woman’s Story of Survival and Saving Children in German-Occupied Paris
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    Through the Morgue Door: One Woman’s Sto­ry of Sur­vival and Sav­ing Chil­dren in Ger­man-Occu­pied Paris
    Colette Brull-Ulmann and Jean-Christophe Portes; Anne Landau and Margaret Sinclair, trans.
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    Back­sto­ry: A Trans­la­tor and Her Author

    Anne Lan­dau
    February 12, 2024
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    Star Crossed: A True WWII Romeo and Juli­et Love Sto­ry in Hitler’s Paris
    Heather Dune Macadam
    Simon Wor­rall
    Cover of The Promise
    Chil­dren’s
    The Promise
    Bridget Hodder and Fawzia Gilani-Williams; Cinzia Battistel, illus.
    Cover of Daughters of the Occupation: A Novel of WWII
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    Daugh­ters of the Occu­pa­tion: A Nov­el of WWII
    Shelly Sanders
    Cover of Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family
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    Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stal­in, and the Mirac­u­lous Sur­vival of My Family
    Daniel Finkel­stein
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    We Are Not Strangers
    Josh Tuininga
    Cover of The Ascent: A House Can Have Many Secrets
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    The Ascent: A House Can Have Many Secrets
    Stefan Hertmans; David McKay, trans.
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    The Post­card
    Anne Berest; Tina Kover, trans.
    Cover of Sing, Memory: The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Saved the Music of the Nazi Camps
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    Sing, Mem­o­ry: The Remark­able Sto­ry of the Man Who Saved the Music of the Nazi Camps
    Makana Eyre
    Cover of The Last Secret of the Secret Annex: The Untold Story of Anne Frank, Her Silent Protector, and a Family Betrayal
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    The Last Secret of the Secret Annex: The Untold Sto­ry of Anne Frank, Her Silent Pro­tec­tor, and a Fam­i­ly Betrayal
    Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl
    Jeroen De Bruyn
    Essay

    The Most Want­ed Woman in WWII Nether­lands: Han­nie Schaft

    Buzzy Jack­son
    May 1, 2023
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    Beethoven in the Bunker: Musi­cians Under the Nazi Regime
    Fred Brouwers; Eileen J. Stevens, trans.
    Cover of The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America
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    The Con­fi­dante: The Untold Sto­ry of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Mod­ern America
    Christo­pher C. Gorham
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    Find­ing Anna Rosenberg

    Christo­pher C. Gorham
    February 27, 2023
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    Israel’s Moment: Inter­na­tion­al Sup­port for and Oppo­si­tion to Estab­lish­ing the Jew­ish State, 1945 – 1949
    Jef­frey Herf
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