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They could not utter love feelings from fear of war

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The things we cannot say Polish girl Alina Dziak was in love with Tomasz when she was only nine years of age, at that time she made her mind would be life partner. But when she reached at the age of fifteen years, the day arrives for her engagement. It was a time when Nazi soldiers about to invade Poland but teenage girl Alina not bothered about war threat. She kept waiting for Tomasz but soon realized her dream of wedding in tatters. German soldiers begun advancing the Polish territory and Alina's small rural village also came under their occupation. Amidst the horror of World War 2, she gets frightened when failed to knew trace of Tomasz. she is reading a book outside Later in same warfare year of 1942, albeit she reunited with Tomasz but it seemed difficult for both of them expressing love feelings. Everywhere German soldiers seen patrolling the streets of Warsaw. Therefore, Alina and Tomasz preferred to remain silent. It was her third day at college when Sandra was asked by...

Why Nico's good reputation tarnished by German officer?

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cartoon of woman reading a book This novel The Little Liar  is written by New York Times Bestseller author Mitch Albom and consists of 352 pages.  In the coastal Greek city, there lived a boy named Nico Krispis, famous in entire neighborhood, and community that he never speaks a lie.  He was only eleven years old in age. Nicole's habit of speaking of truth made him popular even in school and one of his schoolmate Fannie loved him. But Sebastian who was Nico elder's brother in relation felt jealous because of liking from Fannie. Suddenly when WWII broke out and duo of brothers separated and would take years if not months in tracing out each other.  But unfortunate incident had happened, a German officer used Nico's good reputation in dishonest way to save his German soldiers. From that day, Nico's reputation dumped in tatters, he wandered by changing his name wherever he travels. But in that despair, was looking for a way to retrieve his honest symbol back.  

For how long she would hide her Polish nurse identity?

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Nurse The Historical Fiction WW2 Novel The Polish Nurse  is written by author Leah Moyes and consists of 263 pages.  During the world war 2, past in year 1941, 16-year-old Polish girl Aleksandra saved her life taking shelter. It was the time when she went into school but found herself in uncertain situation and the Germans were advancing towards the Poland to occupy. Later when Aleksandra along with her schoolmates forcefully dumped into the truck, reached into strange place after covering miles.  The name of that unfortunate place was Lebensborn , infamous for kidnapping beautiful girls having blue eyed and blond-haired, had one purpose and that was to take care of born Nazi soldiers children and that German facility was running under the program of “voluntary reproduction”.  Luckily Aleksandra and her accompanied girls got the chance to escape when cavalcade en route to Berlin came under bombardment. So they run for their life, but it was the new environment and t...

Why she was in a forbidden love with German POW?

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man and woman holding hands in love My Mother's Friend is written by author Sally Jameson Bond which consists of 374 pages. It was the story of 1944 when a skilled pianist whose name was Phee Swensson in her age of seventeen years, she striving in studies of high school. Suddenly after demise of her mother, her father who was priest took her to nearest prisoner of war camp. At POW camp, she found out that one German POW intends to learn piano music from her so she anticipated friendship.  Initially Phee sees German POW as adversary but after spending some time with him, she befriend with him. As the time passes by, her friendship taken a new turn and she fell in love with him. Despite Phee's religious family background, she in a forbidden love with German POW. Being her father as clergy, she forgone her family values and pursue her heart.  When the war ended, time arrived for POWs to vacant their camp Algona, Phee found herself in strange situation, she had short time left ...

Why tattoo on newborn babies with mama numbers?

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holding WHY by hand while bushes seen on background World War 2 historical novel and true story ' The Midwife of Auschwitz ' is written by author Anna Stuart which consists of 364 pages. It was 1943, when Ana Kaminski along with her panic juvenile friend Ester Pasternak forcibly had to take refuge behind the solid gates of Auschwitz on the eve of World War 2. There amid the unfriendly, uncertain environment, she silently revealed herself midwife and her friend as her assistant. They went inside the maternity hut as instructed. Their arms were marked with tattoos. When she arrived in maternity hut, Anna did midwife job, new born babies born, she tried her best to save them and hold them back as she could.  It was difficult for Anna to tolerate tyranny after seeing two guards grabbed away blond-haired baby from its birth mother after marching with SS uniforms inside maternity hut. But she could do nothing except consoling her. Along with horror Anna saw a ray of hope, babies wh...

Moshe survived death march when he escaped into block 66

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barbed wire prison in Poland True Story of WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival ' The Boy From Block 66 ' is written by author Limor Regev which consists of 243 pages. It’s a true story about a Jewish teenage boy who was only 14 years older who survived Jewish holocaust during WW2.His name was Moshe Kessler, after lost contact from his intact family, disembarked from the train to step inside Buchenwald concentration camp in the January 1945.  He couldn't imagine how cruel Nazi regime was during World War II. Moshe and his fellows had tolerated atrocities committed at Auschwitz-Birkenau. It was a cold winter at Europe, when Moshe was asked to march in harsh freezing temperature.  But Moshe survived death march when he escaped into block 66. German atrocities led the Buchenwald’s secret resistance to emerge, their mission was to protect children. Gradually likeminded people who deplored Nazi's cruel attitude towards children joined their resistance movement. 'The Boy Fro...

Elaine had to accomplish her job silently hidden from Nazi

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Top secret book Stunning tour de force historical fiction novel ' The Librarian Spy ' is written by the New York Times bestseller author Madeline Martin which consists of 400 pages. Ava Harper was a librarian at the Library of Congress, was happily doing her routine job when suddenly her nature of job changes when she was assigned a spy mission from US military. Ava has never anticipated before that this could ever happen with her. It was a time when World War II being rages on. She was chosen because of her charming looking face, beautiful physique and of her noble librarian profession, where nobody would suspicious at her and she can act as undercover spy.   In France, Elaine was working as an apprentice for a printing press, operated by members of the Resistance. Apprenticeship was not a female job but a men but Elaine got inside place. Employment job rules had been relaxed exclusively for a female work force amidst World War 2. Elaine knew she got to reach place secretly ...

How she preserved treasure of books from being lost in war?

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books piled up World War II historical fiction novel 'The Keeper of Hidden Books' written by author Madeline Martin which consists of 416 pages. eBook Review 'The Keeper of Hidden Books' by Madeline Martin  Zofia Nowak will be adult when she would appear in the final exam in her secondary school but situation seemed somewhat unfavorable in Poland. The looming threat of war of Nazi Germany forced the residents of Warsaw to stockpile the necessary food stuff into their homes. Unlike Zofia's father, who associated with medicine profession, she interested to pursue her career in literature, therefore always kept a new book to read in her satchel, and the latest one to read was The Story of My Life, by Helen Keller . It was the year august 1939 when Zofia was sitting with her childhood friend Janina at Łazienki Park where Girl Guides were practicing their first aid skills to cope with any eventuality in case of war. Next day, the loud explosion woke up Zofia from sle...