prisoners and prisons

The Holocaust's atrocities and losses are foremost in most people's minds, but this volume highlights the Jews who summoned the courage to stand up and fight. This compelling volume gives a history leading up to Holocaust and the terror inflicted by the Nazis during World War II.

"Tells the remarkable story of Royal Air Force technician Frank Williams and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met in an internment camp during WWII."--Provided by publisher.

Relates the story of the capture of United States Air Force Captain John Dramesi, who was shot down in 1967, taken prisoner by the North Vietnamese, escaped, and led the planning of Operation Thunderhead, which consisted of Navy SEALs and Underwater Demolition Teams who risked their lives in a classified rescue mission.

"Wachsmann offers an ... integrated account of the Nazi concentration camps from their inception in 1933 through their demise, seventy years ago, in the spring of 1945"--Amazon.com.

Retells the journey of an eighteen-year old part-Jewish youth who, despite his heritage, is drafted into Hitler's army and sent to serve on the Russian front, where he survives starvation, the brutal Russian winter, and Soviet labor camps.

Focuses on discrimination against Japanese Americans, relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps during World War II, and camp conditions.

Tells the incredible true story of Frank Williams, a radarman in Britain's Royal Air Force, and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met as prisoners of war during World War II. Judy, who became the war's only official canine POW, was a fiercely loyal dog who sensed danger-warning her fellow prisoners of imminent attacks and, later, protecting them from brutal beatings. Frank and Judy's friendship, an unbreakable bond forged in the worst circumstances, is one of the great recently uncovered stories of World War II.

Relates the true account of three pregnant women who met in Auschwitz, where they concealed their pregnancies from infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele and fought for their survival as well as the survival of their newborns as they embarked on a treacherous journey to freedom.

Barbara Birchim recounts her quest for answers about her husband, a Special Forces officer who went missing in action in Vietnam in 1968, describing her trips to Southeast Asia, her interactions with the U.S. government and military, and her emotional torment over not knowing her husband's fate.

A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.