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The Last Jewish wedding
The 'Marriage book' of Leendert and Betty van Rooij-Frank
2022 || Paperback || René van Rooij || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
They get married at the Utrecht synagogue two weeks after meeting for the first time. The bride’s earlier fiancé has taken his life during the first week of the occupation. With many other Jewish Dutchmen the groom’s parents have already been arrested, before being transported to extermination camps. More than a hundred friends and family, many with a yellow Star of David, attend the reception. The cou-ple escape twice from the Dutch Theatre where the Germans hold Jews in custody pending...
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The Great War and the small village of Doorn / druk 1
Huis Doorn; place of remembrance
2014 || Paperback || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
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The Unknown Reich
2014 || Paperback || Perry Pierik || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
The Kommandostab Reichsfuhrer-SS, the Hohere SS and the Polizeifuhrer in occupied Russia, the infamous Einsatzgruppen in cooperation with Sicherungsdivisionen and rückwärtiges Heeresgebietskommando and its commanders, all of them are discussed in this book. Different services were in command in occupied Russia. With and against each other. Additionally this book discusses the colossal losses at the Eastern front and the German arms, with, for instance, the Czech arms industry's share. Final...
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The Last Hurrah
The Leadership of the German Armed Forces During the Last Weeks of World War II
2024 || Paperback || Andris J. Kursietis || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
Vitéz Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for over fifty years, using resources that span the globe. His latest book, “The Last Hurrah”, contains the military biographies of the seventy-two German generals and admirals who held high-level command positions during the last six weeks of World War II. Also included are brief overviews of those commands – their histories during the war and fates at the end of the conflict.
For his previous work on the Hungarian milit...
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Debts without redemption
cultural differences in First World War finance
Paperback || Aris Gaaff || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
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THE LAST TSAR’S WARRIORS Volume II: P – Z
a biographical dictionary of the senior officers of the Imperial Russian Armed Forces under Tsar Nikolai II 1894 - 1917
Paperback || Andris J. Kursietis || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for over forty years, using resources that span the globe. This latest book, "The Last Tsar's Warriors" represents his largest project to date. The book provides information about the military careers of over 6,400 Imperial Russian generals and admirals that served the last Tsar, Nikolai II, during his reign 1894 - 1917, and also lists the order of battle of the Russian armed forces during those years. Included in Volume II of this bo...
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Sublime Light on the Turin Shroud
the true origin of a contraversial medieval relic
2019 || Paperback || Ludo Noens || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
In April 1988, the Vatican authorities provided a small sample of the Turin Shroud for carbon-14 dating of the alleged burial cloth of Jesus Christ. In October of the same year, coordinator Michael S. Tite presented the conclusion of the university labs of Oxford, Zurich and Tucson (Arizona) to the entire world press: the miraculous imprint of Jesus’ resurrected body on the shroud dated to 1260-1390 CE…
Even if we accept that the Turin Shroud indeed is a cloth from the 13th or 14th centur...
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Hungary 1944-1945 / druk 1
the forgotten tragedy : the last German offensives of the Second World War, the loss of the last Jewish community in Europe
1997 || Paperback || Perry Pierik || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
Hongarije vormt het onbekende sluitstuk van de lange destructieve politiek van nazi-Duitsland. Vanwege de olievelden ten zuiden van het Balantonmeer bracht Hitler zijn beste troepen in Hongarije op het slagveld. Sepp Dietrich, de commandant van het 6e SS Pantserleger, wilde Hitler voor zijn verjaardag de olievelden van het Roemeense Ploesti aanbieden. Het liep allemaal anders. Aan de oevers van de Donau vond een vreselijke krachtsmeting plaats. Na een titanenstrijd van tien dagen startte op 1...
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Struggle for the Scheldt 1944
the crucial battle for Western Europe
2024 || Paperback || R.A.B. Bruijns || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
The battle of the Scheldt is often seen as a side-show, an unglamorous campaign of months of hard fighting. This image needs to change. The Scheldt was at the heart of the German strategy to keep the Allies at bay, and its control was essential for the Allied effort to push into Germany. In this book the battle is analysed from all sides (including the civilians!) and from all perspectives - land, air and sea. It highlights often forgotten but important efforts, like the Allied anti-aircraft ...
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Horthy and the battle for the Hungarian nation state
The source of anti-European sentiment in Hungary
Paperback || Perry Pierik || Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
Hungary rose as a nation state after the First World War, from the ashes of the Dual Monarchy. State regent and admiral without a fleet, Miklós Horthy, played a crucial role herein. The path to independence was far from simple for the Hungarians. Shortly after the First World War the communists staged a coup and the Entente Powers, and in particular the Pan-Europeans amongst them, tried thereafter to reinstate the Habsburg Empire.
This put Horthy, as former wing adjutant of the Austro-Hunga...