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A bookshop in Berlin

the rediscovered memoir of one woman's harrowing escape from the Nazis
2020
The author shares her story of living as a fearless Jewish bookseller trying to survive Nazi-occupied Europe.

All the frequent troubles of our days

the true story of the American woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler
2021
"Part biography, part political thriller, part scholarly detective story that draws on letters, diary entries, notes smuggled out of a Berlin prison, and other documents, this true story chronicles the life and brutal death of Mildred Harnack, the American leader of one of the largest underground resistance groups in Germany"--BTCat.

The most dazzling girl in Berlin

"On her eighteenth birthday, Hilde leaves her orphanage in 1930s Berlin, and heads out into the world to discover her place in it. But finding a job is hard, at least until she stumbles into Caf? Lila, a vibrant cabaret full of expressive customers. Rosa, one of the club's waitresses and performers, immediately takes Hilde under her wing. As the caf? denizens slowly embrace Hilde, and she embraces them in turn, she discovers her voice and her own blossoming feelings for Rosa. But Berlin is in turmoil. Between the elections, protests in the streets, worsening antisemitism and anti-homosexual sentiment, and the beginning seeds of unrest in Caf? Lila itself, Hilde will have to decide what's best for her future...and what it means to love a place on the cusp of war"--From the publisher's web site.

Boyhood

the 1930s and the Second World War : memories, comments, and views from the other side
2002

Tunnel 29

the true story of an extraordinary escape beneath the Berlin Wall
In a book based on the podcast series, a broadcast journalist tells the unbelievable true story of 22-year-old Joachim Rudolph, who, in 1961, set out to build an escape tunnel under the Berlin Wall and was faced with many obstacles before freeing 29 people.

Resistance women

a novel
2019
After marrying German economist Arvid, Wisconsin grad student Mildred agrees to move with him to his homeland. But as Hitler begins his rise of power and violence, she must go to extreme lengths to remain true to herself. Mildred and some German friends risk their lives to collect information from the Nazi regime in order to bring the Third Reich down. When Nazi radio operatives detect a spy, her resistance is exposed with fatal consequences.

Escape from Berlin

2013
Collects three novels about Marianne Kohn and Sophie Mandel, two young Jewish girls living in Berlin in 1938, who meet on a train during the first Kindertransport that will take them to safety in England, where they grow up away from home during World War II.

The watcher

Kidnapped by her own mother, a Nazi spy, teenaged Wendy is transported from Maine to wartime Berlin, where she secretly supports the resistance movement and learns a family secret.

The zookeepers' war

an incredible true story from the cold war
The unbelievable true story of the Cold War's strangest proxy war, fought between the zoos on either side of the Berlin Wall and unlike anything readers have heard before. This historical piece is an epic tale of desperate rivalries, human follies, and an animal-mad city.

Burning down the Haus

punk rock, revolution, and the fall of the Berlin Wall
"The history of how teenage East German punk rockers played an indispensable role in bringing down the Berlin Wall"--Provided by publisher.

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