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Raised in a lush suburb of 1920s Paris, Noor Inayat Khan was an introspective musician and writer, dedicated to her family and to her father’s spiritual values of harmony, beauty, and tolerance. She did not seem destined for wartime heroism. Yet, faced with the evils of Nazi violence and the German occupation of France, Noor joined the British Special Operations Executive and trained in espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance. For crucial months of the war, Noor was the only wireless operator in France sending critical information to London.

Have you ever wondered about the place-names that appear on Scotch whisky bottles? What language the names come from, what they mean, or if they are even real places? If you feel baffled about where to start looking for such information, then this reliable and informative book is for you. This book discusses each place-name that is concerned in some way with Scotch whisky, either as the name of the whisky itself, or as the name of the distillery.

This biography traces the Holocaust through the eyes of young Nathan Poremba and examines the difficult emotional and physical choices he had to make to survive. His father was murdered by the Nazis before his hometown went under deportation orders, so he made the heart-wrenching decision to flee his home in Southern Poland (Wieliczka) and leave his mother and sisters behind.

It was against all odds for Allied pilots shot down over Nazi-occupied Europe to evade the enemy. British Intelligence service MI-9 infiltrated their agents into Nazi-occupied Europe to help these stranded pilots behind enemy lines and get them safely back to England.

24 führende Persönlichkeiten des NS-Apparats sollen für den deutschen Angriffskrieg und Massenmord zur Rechenschaft gezogen werden. Das Feature von Jochanan Shelliem dokumentiert nicht nur präzise die Prozessabläufe, sondern gewährt durch Zeitzeugen wie Erika Mann, Gefängnisarzt Pflücker und Chefdolmetscher Sonnenfeldt - vielfach im O-Ton - einen profunden Einblick hinter die Kulissen. Berichte über intime Verhörszenen, das körperliche und seelische Befinden der Angeklagten sowie ihre Reaktionen auf die Urteilsverkündung erzeugen ein Bild von bedrückender Intensität.

Wissen Sie, was Ihr Nachname bedeutet? Und wie er entstanden ist? Warum heißt jemand Montag, Wackernagel, Rakete oder Merkel...