John Boyne The boy in the striped pyjamas

a fable

In 1943 verhuist een kleine Duitse jongen met zijn vader, een militair, naar een vreemde plek waar joodse mensen in gestreepte pyjama's achter een hek leven. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.

Fictie

Engels | 223 pagina's | Vintage Books, London | 2013

Gedrukt boek

Andris J. Kursietis The Luftwaffe and its leadership 1935-1945

Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for fifty years, using resources that span the globe. His latest book, "The Luftwaffe and its Leadership, 1935 - 1945" provides listings of the commanders of the main staff and field commands of the Luftwaffe from 1935, when the heretofore cloaked Luftwaffe was formally announced, until its destruction at the end of World War II in 1945. The book also includes biographical information on the senior Luftwaffe generals. For his previous work...

Non-fictie

Engels | 226 pagina's (PDF) | Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2022

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Perry Pierik The Red Army stumbles

Russian campaign 1941

The start of operation 'Barbarossa' was the beginning of one of the most dramatic campaigns in World History. Two titans clashed. The summer of 1941 was catastrophic to the Red Army. However, they were able to keep their position. This blood drenched marvel is what this book is about, which shows that heroism and terror go hand in hand when it comes to stopping German attackers at the gates of Moscow. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

Non-fictie

Engels | 136 pagina's (PDF) | Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2022

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C.E.H.J. Verhoef The battle for Ginkel heath near Ede

17 and 18 September 1944

The heroic and valiant actions by the British and Polish airborne troops at the Arnhem road bridge and in the Oosterbeck perimeter, which latter acted as bridgehead round the headquarters of the 1st British Airborne Division at Hotel Hartenstein, are well known. Less well known is what happened during the first days of Operation Market Garden at Ginkel Heath, east of Ede, where nearly two thousand British parachutists landed on 18 September 1944. To keep the memory of these momentous events on the...

Non-fictie

Engels | 124 pagina's (PDF, 24 MB) | Aspekt Publishers, Soesterberg | 2019

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Auguste van der Molenschot Tears from Brabant

a novel

This is a novel with many themes. It is about Brabant, a land that is presently half in the Netherlands and the other half in Belgium. It is also the story of a little Brabanter boy, born the year Adolf Hitler came to power. The boy wants a good life and that is not so easy because the Catholic Brabanters are kept down by the Calvinist Hollanders. Many other modern themes come by, such as the Second World War, the emancipation (of women but also of the Catholics), the pill and its effects, secularization,...

Fictie

Engels | 286 pagina's (PDF, 0,6 MB) | Aspekt Publishers, Soesterberg | 2018

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