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Muriel's war Muriel's war Sheila Isenberg "An American heiress turned resistance hero, Muriel Gardiner was an electrifying woman who impressed everyone she met with her beauty, intelligence, and powerful personality. Her adventurous life led… OL16113330W
Spies of the Balkans Spies of the Balkans Alan Furst Greece, 1940. Not sunny vacation Greece: northern Greece, Macedonian Greece, Balkan Greece—the city of Salonika. In that ancient port, with its wharves and warehouses, dark lanes and Turkish mansions… OL16511797W
The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl Arthur Allen Describes the true story of how the eccentric Polish scientist tasked by the Nazis to create a typhus vaccine hid the intelligentsia from the Gestapo by hiring them to work in his laboratory. OL17053056W
A good place to hide A good place to hide Peter Grose This book is the untold story of an isolated French community that banded together to offer sanctuary and shelter to over 3,500 Jews in the throes of World War II. Nobody asked questions, nobody dema… OL17090766W
The sea garden The sea garden Deborah Lawrenson Interweaving three narratives, a story of love, mystery, and murder during World War II follows three courageous women--an award-winning British landscape designer, a young, blind perfumer's apprenti… OL17869155W
Gardens of stone Gardens of stone Stephen Grady September 2011, Halkidiki, Northern Greece: A solitary 86 year-old man gazes across an Aegean headland, knowing that he must finally confront his past. He begins to write. September 1939, Nieppe, Nor… OL17876994W
The Hamsa The Hamsa E.S. Kraay A historical novel about human dignity through the story of Bronislaw Czech, a three-time Polish Olympic skier who was the 349th prisoner incarcerated at Auschwitz. OL18202691W
A train in winter A train in winter Caroline Moorehead On an icy morning in Paris in January 1943, 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the Gestapo detention camps and sent on a train to Auschwitz--the only train, in the four years of German o… OL18427508W
Crete Crete Antony Beevor "The bestselling author of Stalingrad and D-Day vividly reconstructs the epic WWII struggle for Crete--reissued with a new introduction. Nazi Germany expected its airborne attack on Crete in 1941 to … OL1881608W
Kingdom of shadows Kingdom of shadows Alan Furst In spymaster Alan Furst's most electrifying thriller to date, Hungarian aristocrat Nicholas Morath--a hugely charismatic hero--becomes embroiled in a daring and perilous effort to halt the Nazi war m… OL1904179W
1944 diary 1944 diary Hans Keilson "An account of the Nazi-occupied Netherlands from one of Europe's most powerful chroniclers of the Holocaust. In 2010, FSG published two novels set in World War II by the German Jewish psychoanalyst … OL19710882W
Echoes Echoes Danielle Steel Against a vivid backdrop of history, Danielle Steel tells a compelling story of love and war, acts of faith and acts of betrayal…and of three generations of women as they journey though years of loss… OL19738W
The boys who challenged Hitler The boys who challenged Hitler Phillip M. Hoose "The true story of a group of boy resistance fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion"-- "At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's l… OL20002014W
Madame Fourcade's Secret War Madame Fourcade's Secret War Lynne Olson From Penguin/Random House: *The little-known true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II, from the bestselling author o… OL20161094W
British clandestine activities in Romania during the Second World War British clandestine activities in Romania during the Second World War Dennis Deletant "British Clandestine Activities in Romania during the Second World War is the first monograph to examine the activity throughout the entire war of SOE and MI6. It was generally believed in Britain's … OL22318917W
The collaborators The collaborators Reginald Hill SECOND WORLD WAR FICTION. A superb novel of conscience and betrayal that portrays the human dilemmas brought about by the Nazi occupation of France, and asks uncomfortable questions about the priorit… OL24255594W
Gardens of stone Gardens of stone Stephen Grady Northern France, 1939. Fourteen-year-old Stephen and his friend are collecting souvenirs from strafed convoys and crashed Messerschmitts. But their world turns dark when arrested and imprisoned for s… OL24266639W
Under a war-torn sky Under a war-torn sky Laura Elliott Shot down on a mission, 19-year-old bomber pilot Henry is alone in a treacherous land. Desperate to get back to his family and the girl he loves, he is forced to rely on the kindness of strangers and… OL27680419W
Evader Evader T. D. G. Teare More thrilling than any fiction, this book charts the true story of RAF crewman Denys Teare's year in Occupied France, a year spent a half-step ahead of Gestapo troopers determined to hunt him down. OL5997959W
Into the flames Into the flames Robert Elmer Their work delivering newspapers for the Danish underground lands twins Peter and Elise in a Nazi prison where they experience firsthand the importance of faith. OL94469W
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