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Different Seasons Stephen King · 1982 · ★ 4.4 · 591p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Different Seasons (1982) is a collection of four Stephen King novellas with a more dramatic bend, rather than the horror fiction for which King is famous. The four novellas are tied together via subtitles that relate to each of the four seasons. [Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption][1]--the most satisfying tale of unjust imprisonment and offbeat escape since The Count of Monte Cristo. [Apt… Shares: Germans, Nazis, Holocaust

Schindler's List Thomas Keneally · 1982 · ★ 4.4 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Winner of the Booker Prize Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction Schindler's List is a remarkable work of fiction based on the true story of German industrialist and war profiteer, Oskar Schindler, who, confronted with the horror of the extermination camps, gambled his life and fortune to rescue 1,300 Jews from the gas chambers. Working with the actual testimony of… Shares: Nazis, Holocaust, Jews

The Odessa file Frederick Forsyth · 1842 · ★ 4.2 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Challenging The life-and-death hunt for a notorious Nazi criminal unfolds against a background of international arms deals. As the story leads to its final dramatic confrontation on a bleak winter's hill-top, the question every reader asked at the end of The Day of the Jackal will inevitably be asked again: Can this be fiction? Shares: Nazis, Holocaust

Der Vorleser Bernhard Schlink · 1995 · ★ 3.8 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Sie ist reizbar, rätselhaft und viel älter als er … und sie wird seine erste Leidenschaft. Sie hütet verzweifelt ein Geheimnis. Eines Tages ist sie spurlos verschwunden. Erst Jahre später sieht er sie wieder. Die fast kriminalistische Erforschung einer sonderbaren Liebe und bedrängenden Vergangenheit. Auf dem Nachhauseweg gerät der fünfzehnjährige Michael Berg in eine heikle Situation. Eine… Shares: Nazis, Holocaust

Het Achterhuis Anne Frank · 1944 · ★ 4.2 · 226p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Het Achterhuis is de titel van het dagboek van Anne Frank (1929-1945) voor het eerst uitgegeven op 25 juni 1947. Het is genoemd naar het onderduikpand Het Achterhuis op de Prinsengracht en is het verhaal van een ondergedoken jong Joods meisje ten tijde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Het is wereldwijd een van de meest gelezen boeken. Sinds 2009 staat Annes dagboek op de Werelderfgoedlijst voor… Shares: Holocaust, Jews

The Winemaker's Wife Kristin Harmel · 2019 · ★ 4.5 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "Champagne, 1940: Inès has just married Michel, the owner of storied champagne house Maison Chauveau, when the Germans invade. As the danger mounts, Michel turns his back on his marriage to begin hiding munitions for the Résistance. Inès fears they'll be exposed, but for Céline, half-Jewish wife of Chauveau's chef de cave, the risk is even greater-rumors abound of Jews being shipped east to an… Shares: Holocaust, Jews

Number the Stars Lois Lowry · 1901 · ★ 4.2 · 149p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend, Ellen Rosen, often think about life before the war. But it's now 1943, and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching in their town. The Nazis won't stop. The Jews of Denmark are being "relocated," so Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be part of the family. Then Annemarie is… Shares: Holocaust, Jews

The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick · 1962 · ★ 3.5 · 274p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The Man in the High Castle is an alternate history novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. Published and set in 1962, the novel takes place fifteen years after an alternative ending to World War II, and concerns intrigues between the victorious Axis Powers—primarily, Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany—as they rule over the former United States, as well as daily life under the resulting totalitarian… Shares: Nazis, Jews

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