world war ii

During World War II, Roberto and his best friend are abducted by German Soldiers from a small town outside of Venice--despite the fact that Italy and Germany are allies--and taken to a work camp in Munich. The horrors they experience change Roberto's outlook from self-preservation to guarded activism, to following his escape, outright sabotage. A gripping come-of-age novelabout the human costs of war.

Presents a detailed account of the relocation and internment of Japanese Americans following the attack on Pearl Harbor and America's entry into World War II.

The dead cannot speak for themselves, and so we can never know what they knew of the holocaust. This is a haunting series of tales, dialogues, and memories which center around the author's return to his boyhood village.

Tells the story of Adele Bloch-Bauer, a Jewish Viennese society figure and art patron, and Gustav Klimt, who painted her portrait, that was stolen by the Nazis during World War II and later sold for $135 million.

One of the pilots who helped to carry out Doolittle's mission of bombing Tokyo in April 1942 furnishes details on the preparations and planning for the raid and describes the attack and its aftermath.

Set in the Ardennes Forest on a Christmas Eve during World War II, six GI's are establishing an observation post in an abandoned chateau close to German lines. They think they are in complete isolation but the Germans may not be as far away as they think.