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Diary of a witness : 1940-1943 / Raymond-Raoul Lambert ; translated from the French by Isabel Best ; edited with an introduction by Richard I. Cohen.

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by Lambert, Raymond-Raoul, 1894-1943.
Call Number 940.5318092 22
Publication Date 2007
Summary Raymond-Raoul Lambert's Diary has been among the most important untranslated records of the experience of French Jews in the Holocaust. Lambert, a leader of the Union of French Jews (UGIF), was, in the words of the historian Michael Marrus, ""arguably the most important Jewish official in contact with the Vichy government and the Germans."" Lambert's Diary survived the war and was published in France in 1985. It reveals Lambert's efforts to save the Jews in France, particularly the children.
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A portrait of pacifists : Le Chambon, the Holocaust, and the lives of André and Magda Trocmé / Richard P. Unsworth ; with a foreword by Peter I. Rose.

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by Unsworth, Richard P.
Call Number 940.5318092244595 23
Publication Date 2012
Summary Explores the lives of heralded Holocaust rescuers Andre and Magda Trocme, and the people of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon France who saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis.
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From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day : the American Armed Forces in World War II / D. Clayton James, Anne Sharp Wells.

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by James, D. Clayton, author.
Call Number 940.541273 20
Publication Date 1995
Summary A compact but comprehensive history of the American armed forces in World War II, examining the strategy, logistics, high command, operations, and home-front aspects of the military campaign. "Consistently absorbing ... As inclusive and compact a rundown as general readers are likely to get anytime soon."--Kirkus Reviews. American Ways Series.
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Italy and the Second World War : alternative perspectives / edited by Emanuele Sica, Richard Carrier.

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by Sica, Emanuele, 1975- editor.
Call Number 940.5345 23
Publication Date 2018
Summary "Italy in the Second World War: Alternative Perspectives stems from the necessity to write an important page of Second World War history, by focusing on the Italian war experience, which has been overshadowed in international research by the attention given to its senior Axis partner. Drawing extensively on material from Italian and international archives, a team of Italian and international historians, led by Emanuele Sica and Richard Carrier, offers a broad-ranging volume on the war seen through the lens of Italian soldiers and civilians, and populations occupied by the Italian army. Contributors are: Luca Baldissara, Cindy Brown, Federico Ciavattone, Nicolò Da Lio, Paolo Fonzi, Francesco Fusi, Eric Gobetti, Federico Goddi, Andrea Martini, Niall MacGalloway, Amedeo Osti Guerrazzi, Paolo Pezzino, Matteo Pretelli, Nicholas Virtue."--Provided by publisher.
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The Human Tradition in Modern Europe, 1750 to the Present.

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by Granata, Cora.
Call Number 940.2
Publication Date 2007
Summary This engaging and humanizing text traces the development of Europe since the mid-eighteenth century through the lives of people of the time. Capturing key moments, themes, and events in the continent's turbulent modern past, the book explores how ordinary Europeans both shaped their societies and were affected by larger historical processes. By focusing on the lives of individual actors, both famous and obscure, students can gain a sense for how the well-known revolutions, wars, and social transformations of the modern era were experienced in private homes, work places, political forums, and o.
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