poland

Though dated stylistically, this novel has the makings of a decent movie thriller. The story takes place between the Anschluss, the Nazi takeover of Austria, March 1938, and the invasion of Poland in September 1939. A wealthy Jewish banker, philanthropist, and art collector is forced to flee Vienna to avoid imprisonment by the Nazi’s. He disappears on the night the Germans march into Austria, and his...

An Eye for an Eye: The Untold Story of Jewish Revenge Against Germans in 1945, which states that some Jews in Eastern Europe took revenge on their former captors while overseeing over 1,000 concentration camps in Poland for German civilians. The book provides details of the imprisonment of 200,000 Germans „many of them starved, beaten and tortured” and estimates that „more than 60,000 died at the hands...

Dwa stare kufry z tajemniczym dopiskiem „IIWW 45-47 POLAND”, znalezione przypadkiem w piwnicy brytyjskiego Archiwum Narodowego, zapoczątkują śledztwo, które obejmie pół Europy. Co kryje się w ich wnętrzu? George O’Malley, pracownik Archiwum Narodowego Wielkiej Brytanii, odlicza miesiące do emerytury. Wie już jednak, że ostatnie tygodnie w pracy będą bardzo intensywne. Jego przełożeni...