Recommendations based on "Das Guantanamo-Tagebuch"

Die dramatischen Ereignisse, die zur Geburt des Staates Israel führten, bilden den Rahmen für Leon Uris' brillantes Epos: Er erzählt die Geschichte einer amerikanischen Krankenschwester, eines jüdischen Freiheitskämpfers und zahlreicher weiterer Menschen, die hineingerissen werden in den Kampf eines Volkes um Freiheit und Eigenständigkeit.

Alexander Solschenizyn, 1918 in Kislowodsk geboren, war Mathematiklehrer und Schriftsteller. Von 1945 bis 1953 im Konzentrationslager, danach drei Jahre Verbannung. 1957 rehabilitiert. 1969 Ausschluss aus dem sowjetischen Schriftstellerverband, 1970 Nobelpreis, 1974 Ausweisung. Solschenizyn ging zunächst in die Schweiz, lebte dann in Vermont, USA, und kehrte 1994 nach Russland zurück. Er starb am 3. August 2008

A work by the Italian-Jewish writer, Primo Levi. It describes his arrest as a member of the Italian anti-fascist resistance during the Second World War, and his incarceration in the Auschwitz concentration camp from February 1944 until the camp was liberated on 27 January 1945.

In this definitive biography, Israel's leading journalist-historian, Tom Segev, uses large amounts of previously unreleased archival material to give an original, nuanced account, transcending the myths and legends that have accreted around Ben-Gurion. Segev's probing biography ranges from the villages of Poland to Manhattan libraries, London hotels, and the hills of Palestine, and shows us Ben-Gurion's relentless activity across six decades. Along the way, Segev reveals for the first time Ben-Gurion's secret negotiations with the British on the eve of Israel's independence, his willingness to countenance the forced transfer of Arab neighbors, his relative indifference to Jerusalem, and his occasional "nutty moments". Segev also reveals that Ben-Gurion first heard about the Holocaust from a Palestinian Arab acquaintance and explores his tempestuous private life, including the testimony of four former lovers.The result is a full and startling portrait of a man who sought a state "at any cost" - at times through risk-taking, violence, and unpredictability, and at other times through compromise, moderation, and reason. Segev's Ben-Gurion is neither a saint nor a villain but rather a historical actor who belongs in the company of Lenin or Churchill.2019 Tom Segev; translation copyright 2019 by Haim Watzman (P)2019 Tantor

Baltosios dėmės istorijoje yra ne kas kita kaip negyjančios žaizdos. 190 tūkstančių Lietuvoje gyvenusių žydų išžudymo istorija daugeliui iš mūsų tebėra „baltoji dėmė“. Ši garsaus žydų rašytojo A. Suckeverio knyga leidžia liudytojo akimis išvysti tai, kas anuomet iš tiesų vyko Lietuvoje.Knyga buvo parašyta jidiš kalba ir išleista 1946 metais Rusijoje. Vėliau išversta į prancūzų, vokiečių ir kitas kalbas.