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I Cannot Forgive Escape from Auschwitz
Rudolph Vrba with Alan Bestic Expanded edition - published 1997 by Regent College Publishing, Canada Paperback - 431 pages text throughout (1 plan & 2 maps) ISBN 1-57383-096-8
April 7, 1944 - Alarm sirens announce the scape of two Slovak prisoners froma heavily guarded camp in Nazi Germany. The escapees, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler succeed and flee more than one hundred miles to give the first graphic and exact descriptions of the operations at Auschwitz, which up to that point had only been heard about as unverifiable rumours. Their report, first published in Swiss and then in the Western press, made thereality of Nazi annihalation camps explicit and unequivocal to Pope Pius XII, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
I Cannot Forgive gives a masterly portrayal of the human factors behind the initial report of the terrors of Auschwitz. Few will be able to read this account of the gigantic and inhuman machine of death which the German Reich set up without feeling profound emotion. Many have found in it a remarkable and deeply personal story of heroism and determination in the face of seemingly hopeless odds.
Virtually as new condition.
H:23 x W:15.3 x D:2.5cm £25.00 + £3.35 P&P UK
The Third Reich at War - The rise and fall of Hitler's military machine
Michael Veranov Published 2010 by Magpie Books Paperback - 624 pages (not illustrated) ISBN 978-1-84901-546-2
From the humble beginnings of Adolf Hitler in Austria, to him becoming the most powerful man in Europe, this book studies the battles in the air, on land and at sea that eventually toppled the Nazi regime. Fascinating portrayals of the Third Reich's leaders and generals, together with first hand accounts of the lives of the ordinary German soldier, sailor and airman serving in every theatre, from the deserts of North Africa to U-Boats in the North Atlantic.
As new. H:19.6 x W:13 x D:4cm £6.00 + £3.10 P&P UK
My War in the Gestapo
Hélène Moszkiewiez Published 1995 by BCA Hardback with dust wrapper 189 pages (8 pages b/white photos) ISBN 0-330-42052-6
The inspiring true story of Hélène Moszkiewiez, a twenty year old Belgian Jewess, who was recruited to work for the British Secret Service in 1940. Her high risk mission was to infiltrate Gestapo Headquarters in Brussels to gain important information for the Resistance. For two years she worked for the Brussels Gestapo Chief, Mueller. By day she typed death lists of prominent Belgian Jews and by night she risked her life in a frantic race to sabotage their arrests and save their lives. Despite coming close to discovery on several occasions, she also harboured stranded British soldiers in her lodgings, and, under orders from the Resistance, killed a high-ranking Gestapo officer. The danger did not end after Germany’s surrender because her war-time cover had been so convincing she was suspected of being a collaborator and the Resistance had to save her from being lynched by a frenzied crowd.
Good used condition. Minor marks to dust wrapper. Previous owner’s name on first page.
H:20.5 x W:13.5 x D:2.5cm £5.00 + £3.10 P&P UK
Nazi Women - Hitler's Seduction of a Nation
Cate Haste First edition 2001 by Channel 4 Books Hardback with dust wrapper 256 pages (8 pages b/white photos) ISBN 0-7522-1936-7
An often shocking look at the role ordinary German women played by conforming to the Nazi ideal and forming the backbone of the regime. Women were wooed by the Nazis, and presented with a reassuringly female identity as bearers of culture for the next generation; motherhood was their highest duty and their housewife role recognised as a profession. But as war loomed, events took a darker turn and German women became complicit in a chain of events even more shameful. While Hitler transfixed vast crowds, he could also enthral women on a personal level. However, his intimate affairs were troubled and controversial. The incestuous arrangement with his niece Geli, who later committed suicide, one of several women known to have been intimate with Hitler who were driven to despair. Finally, his liaison with Eva Braun who he kept firmly in the background, having declared himself "married to Germany", resisting marriage until the day before their deaths.
Nearly as new. Ink smudge on P31. Dust wrapper encapsulated in plastic film. Not price clipped.
H:24 x W:16 x D:2.5cm £10.00 + £3.10 P&P UK
Hitler's Children
Guido Knopp Translated into English 2002 Published by Sutton Publishing Hardback with dust wrapper 290 pages (16 pages b/white photos) ISBN 0-7509-2732-1
Hitler's Third Reich was responsible for the betrayal and exploitation of an entire generation of young people. From toddlers upwards, they were completely monopolised by the state and indoctrinated into becoming willing recruits into Nazism and fanatical racism. They were also relied upon as enthusiastic support forces, obliging informers, and willing cannon-fodder. Guido Knopp presents the life-stories of many of "Hitler's Children" through shocking personal accounts of former Hitler Youth members. With sources of information including hitherto unpublished evidence of how Hitler gained power over his young people, Knopp has painted a disturbing picture of how the minds of a whole generation of German youngsters were poisoned.
Virtually as new. Dust wrapper encapsulated in plastic film. Not price clipped.
H:24 x W:16 x D:3.2cm £12.00 + £3.10 P&P UK
The Gold Train - The destruction of the Jews and the Second World War's most terrible robbery
Ronald Zweig First edition 2002 by the Penguin Group Hard back 312 pages (16 pages b/white photos) ISBN 0-713-995-467
In 1944 with the Red Army rapidly closing in, an extraordinary ragbag of fascist ideologues, thieves, civil servants and soldiers jumped on to the 'Gold Train' in Budapest and headed West. On that train were carriage after carriage of loot gleaned from one of the century's most terrible crimes. The destruction of the Hungarian Jews happened late in the war and with unique bureaucratic efficiency. The officials who meticulously stripped them of their jewellery, gold, silver, furnishings and other possessions before their murder, carefully labelled each piece with its owner's name. This sense of order led to the crazily perverse but logical idea that the stolen belongings of exterminated citizens were a major Hungarian state asset and that at all costs they had to be protected from the advancing Allies. The fate of this property has been the subject of fantastic rumours and controversy ever since the end of the war and was the basis of a Cold War dispute between East and West. The United States government kept most of the details of the Hungarian Gold Train secret from the public until 1998 and when this book was written the Gold Train's journey still hadn’t ended as legal battles persisted over its contents. A mesmerizing account!
Good used condition with only very minor signs of having been read. Dust wrapper not price clipped.
H:24 x W:16.5 x D:3.5cm £6.00 + £3.10 P&P UK
Wille und Macht (Will and Power) - February 1938
The official, regular publication for the leaders of the Hitler-Jugend (Hitler Youth). Its editor, Baldur von Schirach was at that time the head of the Hitler Youth and part of Hitler’s inner circle and known as “the man who educated Germany’s youngsters”.
Softback with 64 text pages and a four-page b/white picture section. Roughly translated the contents include:
A Letter from a Village
Ways and Diversions of the German Film
The Triumph of the Step-Son
Film Art in Europe
Filming in Red Russia
Dramatisation of the German Film
Catholic Action of the Holy Production
Our Film Through the Eyes of Switzerland
Reasonable condition, with page yellowing through age. It has been carried doubled over in early life and each page has a vertical fold mark, however it does lie perfectly flat.
H:21 x W:16.7cm £20.00 + £2.70 P&P UK