I didn’t learn in school that “homosexuals” were a group targeted by the Nazis. I distinctly remember first hearing about it in the late 80s from the silence = death campaign created during the early years of the AIDS epidemic…. Read More ›
WWII
THE KEEP Graphic Novel
The Keep, written by F. Paul Wilson, was a popular horror novel published back in 1981. The graphic novel adaptation was drawn by Matthew Dow Smith and the script was written by F. Paul Wilson himself. It caught my eye… Read More ›
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay
Sarah’s KeyTatiana De RosnaySt. Martin’s, 2007ISBN: 978-0-312-37084-8Source: bought it, passed it on I finally read this book because so many customers at work told me their book group read it and had a great discussion about it. Sarah’s Key is… Read More ›
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s BerlinErik LarsonCrown Books, May 2011ISBN: 978-0-307-40884-6464 pages [FTC disclosure: I read an uncorrected proof that I requested from the publisher] Like millions of other readers out there,… Read More ›
Displaced Persons by Ghita Schwarz
Displaced PersonsGhita SchwarzWilliam Morrow/HarperCollinsReleased: August 2010Source: library eBook The last book that I read in 2010 was a good one. It’s not exactly a superstition, call it more of a goal, but I like to end or start each year… Read More ›
Hans Fallada’s 1947 anti-Nazi classic Every Man Dies Alone
Reading this masterful novel was both painful and exhausting. Every Man Dies Alone is the story of what it was like to live in Berlin in the early 1940s. Written by someone who lived through it, the novel shows how everyone suffered under the political system of Nazi rule.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Publisher: Borzoi/KnopfPublication: March 2006Source: Library copy. A very torn and tattered library copy that has been read so many times that the pages now have a cloth-like softness about them. And, thankfully, only one unidentified thing that looks like a… Read More ›
Days of Grace by Catherine Hall
NY: Viking, 2010First published in the UK by Portobello Books, 2009 Days of Grace by Catherine Hall is a psychological tale of friendship, love, and the corrosive effects of silence and unspoken feelings on individuals and families. The setting is… Read More ›
Japanese Internment – 2 Recent Novels
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and SweetJamie FordBallantine, 2009 TallgrassSandra DallasSt. Martin’s, 2007 I’ve been thinking about Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and Tallgrass a lot lately due to HBO’s mini-series The Pacific. Years ago I… Read More ›
An Honorable German by Charles McCain
Title: An Honorable German: A Novel of World War IIAuthor: Charles McCainPublisher: NY: Hachette Book Group, 2009ISBN-13: 978-0446538985**Mass Market Paperback release: May 31, 2010** Date read: January 3, 2010 This book caught my eye on the new book display at… Read More ›