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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...

Why World War II Hero murder Methodist preacher in 1946?

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Preacher standing behind podium addressing Why World War II Hero murder Methodist preacher in 1946? It was the month of October and year 1946 when Pete Banning got up early in the morning and decided to materialize plan of murder. But before committing a murder, he met his divorced sister Florry at her cottage who was famed as Bird Lady. While commuting in his Ford pickup around south Clanton, Mississippi, Mack a dog was with him. When he reached near the Methodist church, entered inside the office of reverend Dexter Bell, and shot the preacher dead three shots with Colt .45 revolver. One black man saw him after committing a murder and his name was Hop Purdue, a Negro. Pete Banning was not fugitive and instead preferred to face the murder trial in Clanton courtroom. Pete was arrested and sent into the jail but he had to change his mind to kill his only eyewitness when Hop begged for mercy. When the news of murder circulated into town of Clanton that Pete had killed a preacher, no one...