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Austria, 1942: In Mauthausen concentration camp, two prisoners dare to fall in love. When a baby is born–a miracle baby born behind the gates of hell–they vow to escape. Inspired by true events, this powerful World War II novel tells the incredible and inspirational tale of two ordinary people who risk everything to achieve the impossible.

Nobody leaves Auschwitz alive. Mala, inmate 19880, understood that the moment she stepped off the cattle train into the depths of hell.  Edward, inmate 531, is a camp veteran and a political prisoner. They are locked up for no other sin than simply existing. But when they meet, the dark shadow of Auschwitz is lit by a glimmer of hope. Edward makes Mala believe in the impossible. That despite being surrounded by electric wire, machine guns topping endless watchtowers and searchlights roaming the ground, they will leave this death camp. 

Nineteen-year-old Libby moves to Berlin to escape her suffocating family - but instead of offering freedom, the city is under siege by the Nazis. Jewish books are burned, storefronts smashed and every day innocent people vanish into thin air. Libby cannot - will not - turn a blind eye. When Libby meets Harro, she knows there’s more to him than his dazzling smile and cornflower-blue eyes. The whip marks on his back, scars from the SS, tell his true story: He is a resistance fighter.

This story is dedicated to all the victims of sexual slavery in German concentration camps, who had to endure inhumane suffering under the Nazi regime. For many years after the atrocities had been committed, both sides - the abusers and the abused - still vehemently denied certain aspects of the Holocaust, and even the victims refused to admit the ugly truth about their incarceration, some out of fear, some out of shame, until several women decided to break an unofficial oath of silence, and brought their stories to life. This book is based on one of those stories. Emilia is a young Jewish woman, whose life slowly turns into a nightmare as she finds herself facing a dreadful choice: to secure her family's very existence by offering herself to one of the men who had put her behind the walls with barbed wire, or perish together with the least fortunate ones. 

Sophie was born to be a rebel, raised by parents who challenged the brutal Nazi regime. Determined to follow in their footsteps, she leaves for university, defying Hitler’s command for women to stay at home. She knows instantly that she isn’t alone, that there are more courageous souls like her who will fight against evil. But it is only a matter of time before the Gestapo closes in.... And when Sophie is imprisoned in an interrogation room, staring a Nazi officer in the eye, will she take their secrets to her grave? 

Auschwitz, 1942: This unforgettable novel, based on a true story, brings to life history’s most powerful tale of forbidden love. Set within the barbed wire of Auschwitz, a man and a woman fall in love against unimaginable odds. What happens next will restore your faith in humanity and make you believe in hope even where hope should not exist.

In Auschwitz, every day is a fight for survival. Alma is inmate 50381, the number tattooed on her skin in pale blue ink. She is cooped up with thousands of others, torn from loved ones, trapped in a maze of barbed wire. Every day people disappear, never to be seen again. This tragic reality couldn’t be further from Alma’s previous life. An esteemed violinist, her performances left her audiences spellbound. But when the Nazis descend on Europe, none of that can save her....

Germany, 1941: “We live together, or we die together.” A novel that will stay with you forever, The Girl Who Survived tells the inspiring true story of Ilse Stein, a German Jew who was imprisoned in a ghetto - and who fell in love with the man she was supposed to loathe.

It was a misty Wednesday morning. Inside the Gestapo headquarters, you could cut the tension with a knife. There was a traitor in their midst: Someone had leaked a list of the SS to the British press. The head of the Gestapo called me into his office. Panelled oak walls, a grand piano in the corner, rugs lining the floor—the place where he ordered executions every day.

Margot and her adoring husband, Jochen, are madly in love. But in Nazi Germany, being in love is the most dangerous act of all. A marriage between Margot, a German woman, and Jochen, a Jewish man, is forbidden under Hitler’s tyrannical rule. Yet when friends cross the street to avoid Margot and her own mother rejects her, she stays loyal to Jochen. When the Gestapo break into their home and steal their belongings, she remains steadfast. And when soldiers arrest Jochen, imprisoning him with countless others, Margot will stop at nothing to save him.

In der Hölle von Auschwitz schenkte ihre Musik neue Hoffnung. Einst begeisterte die Geigerin Alma Rosé weltweit das Publikum, nun empfängt sie die tragische Wirklichkeit von Auschwitz. Als eine Aufseherin sie erkennt, wird Alma zur Leiterin des Mädchenorchesters ernannt. Zunächst weigert sie sich, zur Erbauung der Nazis zu spielen, aber ihre neue Position verschafft ihr auch Macht: Sie kann hungernde Mädchen mit zusätzlichen Rationen versorgen und viele durch die Aufnahme in ihr Orchester vor dem Tod retten.

France, 1940 - The German army has marched into Paris. Three siblings, three very different people leading very different lives, find themselves face-to-face with new occupants of their city, and neither of them can guess what the occupation has in store for them, and how it will change their lives. Giselle Legrand, a renowned novelist and a socialite, encounters an unannounced guest in her apartment - a newly arrived chief of the Gestapo, Sturmbannführer Dr. Karl Wünsche, who is intended to billet there and who soon starts making unwelcome changes in Giselle's lifestyle.

 What is going through the mind of a war criminal, tried by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg? Regret for his atrocious actions? Frantic desire to defend himself to the end? Desperate longing to be forgiven by his former enemies or craving of human kindness, even though he knows that he doesn’t deserve any… And the strongest of all, the fear to never again see the one, who he risked everything for, the only woman that he still continues to live for.    

A tentative partnership created to fight against the common enemy, where the secrets of their pasts lead to disaster, and a betrayal of one may become a death sentence for all. An unlikely hero...a cunning villain...one Resistance cell. One traitor in their midst. When the Gestapo are closing in, and there’s nowhere else to run, one will make a decision that could change everything. 

On the border of this newly divided territory, a young Wehrmacht Unteroffizier, Werner, and a Soviet military interpreter, Kira, meet and fall in love against all odds. Both forced into the military against their will, they wish for one thing only - a peaceful life together. Everything is set for Kira to defect and marry Werner...but the German army invades the Soviet Union, and now the two lovers are forced to fight against each other on the opposite sides of the frontline. 

Gebaseerd op een waargebeurd verhaal, voor de lezers van Haar naam was Sarah en De tatoeëerder van Auschwitz. Ooit was Alma Rosé een van de meest gerespecteerde violistes van Europa. Haar optredens lieten geen publiek onberoerd. Maar toen de nazi's Europa overnamen, kon niets haar redden. In Auschwitz is elke dag een gevecht om te overleven. Alma is niet langer Alma, maar gevangene 50381; het nummer op haar huid getatoeëerd in bleke inkt. Samen met duizenden anderen zit ze opgesloten, gescheiden van haar geliefden, wachtend op een ongewisse toekomst.

Ad Auschwitz ogni giorno è una lotta per la sopravvivenza. Alma è la detenuta 50381, il numero tatuato sulla sua pelle. È rinchiusa con migliaia di altre donne, strappata ai suoi cari, intrappolata in un labirinto di filo spinato. Questa tragica realtà non potrebbe essere più lontana dalla sua vita precedente.

À Auschwitz, chaque jour est un combat pour survivre. Alma a le matricule 50381, un nombre tatoué à l'encre bleue sur sa peau. Comme des milliers d'autres, elle est enfermée et séparée de ceux qu'elle aime. Cette réalité ne pourrait pas être plus lointaine de la vie d'avant pour Alma. Star de l'Orchestre Philarmonique de Vienne, ses performances de violoniste ont envoûté les amateurs de musique classique.