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Death March Escape

The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust

de Jack J. Hersch ...

"Blending elements of memoir, history, and biography," the son of a Holocaust survivor "portrays the horrifying reality of the . . . concentration camps" ( Midwest Book Review).In June 1944, the Nazis locked eighteen-year-old Dave Hersch into a railroad boxcar and shipped him from his hometown of Dej, Hungary, to Mauthausen Concentration Camp, the harshest, cruelest camp in the Reich. After ten ... Leer más

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"Blending elements of memoir, history, and biography," the son of a Holocaust survivor "portrays the horrifying reality of the . . . concentration camps" ( Midwest Book Review).In June 1944, the Nazis locked eighteen-year-old Dave Hersch into a railroad boxcar and shipped him from his hometown of Dej, Hungary, to Mauthausen Concentration Camp, the harshest, cruelest camp in the Reich. After ten
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The Dangers of Automation in Airliners

Accidents Waiting to Happen

de Jack J. Hersch ...

The award-winning journalist delves "into the confluence of modern airplane technology and pilot behavior to probe how and why flight disasters happen" ( BookTrib).Aviation automation has been pushed to its limits, with pilots increasingly relying on it. Autopilot, autothrottle, autoland, flight management systems, air data systems, inertial guidance systems. All these systems are only as good as ... Leer más

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The award-winning journalist delves "into the confluence of modern airplane technology and pilot behavior to probe how and why flight disasters happen" ( BookTrib).Aviation automation has been pushed to its limits, with pilots increasingly relying on it. Autopilot, autothrottle, autoland, flight management systems, air data systems, inertial guidance systems. All these systems are only as good as
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Flucht auf dem Todesmarsch

de Jack J. Hersch ...

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David Hersch überlebte zwei der berüchtigten Todesmärsche der Nazis, 50 km lange, meist tödliche Fußmärsche vom KZ Mauthausen zum KZ Gunskirchen. Ihm gelang die Flucht und er fand Unterschlupf bei einem deutschen Ehepaar, das ihn bis zum Kriegsende versteckte. Sein Sohn, Jack Hersch, erfährt durch Zufall von der tragischen Berühmtheit seines Vaters und macht sich auf, mehr über dessen ... Leer más

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David Hersch überlebte zwei der berüchtigten Todesmärsche der Nazis, 50 km lange, meist tödliche Fußmärsche vom KZ Mauthausen zum KZ Gunskirchen. Ihm gelang die Flucht und er fand Unterschlupf bei einem deutschen Ehepaar, das ihn bis zum Kriegsende versteckte. Sein Sohn, Jack Hersch, erfährt durch Zufall von der tragischen Berühmtheit seines Vaters und macht sich auf, mehr über dessen
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Death March Escape

The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust

de Jack J Hersch ...

Narrado por Chris Ingam ...

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9 hora 17 minutos

Winner, 2019 Spirit of Anne Frank Human Writes Award "This deeply personal and extremely informative portrait of a man of indomitable will to live, as Hersch emphasizes, reminds us of why we must never forget nor trivialize the full, shocking truth about the Holocaust." — BooklistHersch effectively uses his father’s unusual story to convey the horrors of the Holocaust. A valuable addition to ... Leer más

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Winner, 2019 Spirit of Anne Frank Human Writes Award "This deeply personal and extremely informative portrait of a man of indomitable will to live, as Hersch emphasizes, reminds us of why we must never forget nor trivialize the full, shocking truth about the Holocaust." — BooklistHersch effectively uses his father’s unusual story to convey the horrors of the Holocaust. A valuable addition to
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Escape from Stalag Luft III

The True Story of My Successful Great Escape: The Memoir of Bob Vanderstok

de Bram Vanderstok ...

Narrado por John Lee ...

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10 hora 14 minutos

On the night of March 24, 1944, Bram Vanderstok was number eighteen of seventy-six men who crawled beyond the barbed wire fence of Stalag Luft III in Zagan, Poland. The 1963 film The Great Escape, was largely based on this autobiography but—with Vanderstok's agreement—filmmakers chose to turn his story into an Australian character named Sedgwick.His memoir sets down his wartime adventures before ... Leer más

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On the night of March 24, 1944, Bram Vanderstok was number eighteen of seventy-six men who crawled beyond the barbed wire fence of Stalag Luft III in Zagan, Poland. The 1963 film The Great Escape, was largely based on this autobiography but—with Vanderstok's agreement—filmmakers chose to turn his story into an Australian character named Sedgwick.His memoir sets down his wartime adventures before
... Leer más

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Escaping with His Life

From Dunkirk to D-Day & Beyond

de Nicholas Young ...

Narrado por Nicholas Young ...

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9 hora 46 minutos

Very few British soldiers could lay claim to such a full war as Leslie Young. Having survived the retreat to and evacuation from Dunkirk, he volunteered for the newly formed Commandos and took part in their first operation, the raid on the Lofoten Islands. He fought and was captured in Tunisia. He went on the run before his POW camp at Fontanellato was taken over by the Nazis after the September ... Leer más

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Very few British soldiers could lay claim to such a full war as Leslie Young. Having survived the retreat to and evacuation from Dunkirk, he volunteered for the newly formed Commandos and took part in their first operation, the raid on the Lofoten Islands. He fought and was captured in Tunisia. He went on the run before his POW camp at Fontanellato was taken over by the Nazis after the September
... Leer más

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I Escaped from Auschwitz

The Shocking True Story of the World War II Hero Who Escaped the Nazis and Helped Save Over 200,000 Jews

de Rudolf Vrba, Alan Bestic ...

Narrado por Steven Jay Cohen ...

Completo

17 hora 10 minutos

The Stunning and Emotional Autobiography of an Auschwitz SurvivorApril 7, 1944—This date marks the successful escape of two Slovak prisoners from one of the most heavily-guarded and notorious concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The escapees, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, fled over one hundred miles to be the first to give the graphic and detailed descriptions of the atrocities of Auschwitz ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

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The Stunning and Emotional Autobiography of an Auschwitz SurvivorApril 7, 1944—This date marks the successful escape of two Slovak prisoners from one of the most heavily-guarded and notorious concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The escapees, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, fled over one hundred miles to be the first to give the graphic and detailed descriptions of the atrocities of Auschwitz
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Blood Red Snow

The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front

de Günter K. Koschorrek ...

Narrado por Nigel Patterson ...

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9 hora 41 minutos

Gunter Koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on. As keeping a diary was strictly forbidden, he sewed the pages into the lining of his thick winter coat and deposited them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leave. The diary went missing and it was when he was reunited with his daughter in America some forty years later that it came to light and ... Leer más

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Gunter Koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on. As keeping a diary was strictly forbidden, he sewed the pages into the lining of his thick winter coat and deposited them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leave. The diary went missing and it was when he was reunited with his daughter in America some forty years later that it came to light and
... Leer más

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The Silent Service in World War II

The Story of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force in the Words of the Men Who Lived It

Narrado por Tom Perkins, Jo Anna Perrin ...

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10 hora 4 minutos

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the U.S. Navy had a total of 111 submarines. However, this fleet was not nearly as impressive as the number suggests. It was mostly a collection of aging boats from the late teens and early twenties, with only a few of the newer, more modern Gato-class boats. Fortunately, with the war in Europe was already two years old and friction with ... Leer más

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When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the U.S. Navy had a total of 111 submarines. However, this fleet was not nearly as impressive as the number suggests. It was mostly a collection of aging boats from the late teens and early twenties, with only a few of the newer, more modern Gato-class boats. Fortunately, with the war in Europe was already two years old and friction with
... Leer más

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The Spies Who Never Were

The True Story of the Nazi Spies Who Were Actually Allied Double Agents

de Hervie Haufler ...

Narrado por Derek Perkins ...

Completo

8 hora 2 minutos

After the fall of France in the mid-1940s, Adolf Hitler faced a British Empire that refused to negotiate for peace. With total war looming, he ordered the Abwehr, Germany's defense and intelligence organization, to carry out Operation Lena—a program to place information-gathering spies within Britain.Quickly, a network of secret agents spread within the United Kingdom and across the British Empire ... Leer más

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After the fall of France in the mid-1940s, Adolf Hitler faced a British Empire that refused to negotiate for peace. With total war looming, he ordered the Abwehr, Germany's defense and intelligence organization, to carry out Operation Lena—a program to place information-gathering spies within Britain.Quickly, a network of secret agents spread within the United Kingdom and across the British Empire
... Leer más

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Into Enemy Arms

The Remarkable True Story of a German Girl's Struggle Against Nazism, and Her Daring Escape with the Allied Airman She Loved

de Michael Hingston ...

Narrado por Natasha Soudek ...

Completo

11 hora 17 minutos

The suspenseful true story of a love that defied Nazi oppression, and a harrowing journey to freedom.In 1945, Ditha Bruncel was living with her parents in the small town of Lossen, in Upper Silesia. Close Jewish friends had vanished, swastikas hung from every building, and neighbors were disappearing in the middle of the night. At the same time more than fifteen hundred British and Commonwealth ... Leer más

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The suspenseful true story of a love that defied Nazi oppression, and a harrowing journey to freedom.In 1945, Ditha Bruncel was living with her parents in the small town of Lossen, in Upper Silesia. Close Jewish friends had vanished, swastikas hung from every building, and neighbors were disappearing in the middle of the night. At the same time more than fifteen hundred British and Commonwealth
... Leer más

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A People’s History of the Civil War

Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom

de David Williams ...

Narrado por Rick Adamson ...

Completo

22 hora 36 minutos

The acclaimed sweeping history of a nation at war with itself, told here for the first time by the people who lived it.Historian David Williams has written the first account of the American Civil War as viewed though the eyes of ordinary people—foot soldiers, slaves, women, prisoners of war, draft resisters, Native Americans, and others. Richly illustrated with little-known anecdotes and firsthand ... Leer más

$29.99 USD

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The acclaimed sweeping history of a nation at war with itself, told here for the first time by the people who lived it.Historian David Williams has written the first account of the American Civil War as viewed though the eyes of ordinary people—foot soldiers, slaves, women, prisoners of war, draft resisters, Native Americans, and others. Richly illustrated with little-known anecdotes and firsthand
... Leer más

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