Resultados para "Frank" en Era moderna

El Diario de Ana Frank muestra la vida de una familia viviendo a escondidas de las fuerzas Nazi en Países Bajos desde la inocente perspectiva de una niña de 13 años. Acompaña a la pequeña Ana en su anhelo por encontrar a la persona que fuera un verdadero amigo para ella. Su realidad te tendrá al borde de tu asiento, y su destino te dará escalofríos cada vez que lo recuerdes.

Tras la invasión de Holanda, los Frank, comerciantes judíos alemanes emigrados a Amsterdam en 1933, se ocultaron de la Gestapo en una buhardilla anexa al edificio donde el padre de Ana tenía sus oficinas. Eran ocho personas y permanecieron recluidas desde junio de 1942 hasta agosto de 1944, fecha en que fueron detenidos y enviados a campos de concentración. En ese lugar y en las más precarias condiciones, Ana, a sus trece años, escribió su estremecedor Diario.

Anne Frank, it has been said, gave a face and a name to the horror of the Holocaust. This is her story. It relates how Anne, her family, and their friends hid in secret rooms - "the Annex" - in an Amsterdam warehouse for 25 months. Anne, just 13 when the family moved in and only 15 when the Gestapo at last broke down the doors of her secret world, found hope where there was only fear and the first blush of love when outside and all around there washed a sea of hate.

Tras la invasión de Holanda, los Frank, comerciantes judíos alemanes emigrados a Amsterdam en 1933, se ocultaron de la Gestapo en una buhardilla anexa al edificio donde el padre de Anne tenía sus oficinas. Eran ocho personas y permanecieron recluidas desde junio de 1942 hasta agosto de 1944, fecha en que fueron detenidas y enviadas a campos de concentración.

Da quasi un secolo la storia di Anna Frank continua a emozionare e sorprendere. Il suo volto è divenuto simbolo della shoah, dell'olocausto, una tragedia collettiva che ha sapientemente documentato con il celebre Diario di Anne Frank, letto da milioni di persone in tutto il mondo. Durante la Seconda guerra mondiale, Anne ha dovuto affrontare la brutalità di Hitler, vivendo l'orrore di quello che è stato il campo di concentramento di Auschwitz. La sua breve vita, iniziata a Francoforte sul Meno, è stata infine stroncata dal nazismo nel campo di sterminio di Bergen-Belsen.

In this innovative biography, Ruth Franklin explores the transformation of Anne Frank (1929–1945) from ordinary teenager to icon, shedding new light on the young woman whose diary of her years in hiding, now translated into more than seventy languages, is the most widely read work of literature to arise from the Holocaust. Comprehensively researched but experimental in spirit, this book chronicles and interprets Anne’s life as a Jew in Amsterdam during World War II while also telling the story of the diary—its multiple drafts, its discovery, its reception, and its message for today’s world.

100 Quotes by Anne Frank is a poignant collection of thoughts and observations from the world’s most famous diarist. Touching, observational, and often funny, these quotes create a collage of a teenager whose world had been turned upside down. One of the most important documentarians of the Second World War, Frank’s views and feelings are both timeless and aligned with a darker chapter in humanity’s history. A fascinating and thought-provoking read, it's a great addition to any library.

Frank Ledwidge offers a sweeping look at the history of air warfare, introducing the major battles, crises, and controversies where air power has taken center stage and exploring the changes in technology and air power capabilities over time. Considering whether bombing has ever been truly effective, he discusses whether wars can be won from the air and concludes by analyzing whether there is a future for manned air power, or if it is inevitable that drones will dominate 21st-century war in the air.

Born in 1943, the author spent his first fourteen years on the move—across Montreal, Canada, three northern states, two southern states, and eight different schools. Each stop brought new friendships, challenges, and a front-row seat to a rapidly changing America in the years after World War II. Told with warmth, wit, and an eye for cultural detail, this memoir is a vivid portrait of boyhood in mid-century North America—complete with dormitories, classrooms, small-town streets, and the quiet moments that shape a life.

The second volume in a new, immensely readable narrative of the rise and catastrophic fall of the Nazi regime by a respected expert on the Third Reich. At the beginning of 1940 Germany was at the pinnacle of its power. By May 1945 Hitler was dead and Germany had suffered a disastrous defeat...

Ohne sie wäre kein Europäer lebend zurückgekommen: Tupaia, Maheine, Mai – die Indigenen, die James Cooks Entdeckungen in der Südsee erst möglich machten. James Cook gilt als bedeutendster Entdecker nach Kolumbus. Freilich: Ohne Tupaia, Maheine und Mai wären seine Reisen unmöglich...

Frank Blaichman was 16 years old when the war broke out. In 1942, the killings began in Poland. With his family and friends decimated by the roundups, Blaichman decided that he would rather die fighting; he set off for the forest to find the underground bunkers of Jews who had already escaped. Together they formed a partisan force dedicated to fighting the Germans. This is a harrowing, utterly moving memoir of a young Polish Jew who chose not to go quietly and defied the mighty German war machine during World War II.

This story casts penetrating light on how struggles in Europe and Asia merged into a tightly entwined global war. It features not just battles, but also the sweeping political, economic, and social effects of the war, and are graced with a rich tapestry of individual characters from top-tier political and military figures down to ordinary servicemen, as well as the accounts of civilians of all races and ages.

Step into the world of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl hiding from the Nazis in the heart of Amsterdam during the Holocaust and World War II. A Brief History of Anne Frank - Unravelling a Tale of Courage and Survival in the Holocaust and World War II takes you on a profound journey through the pages of her diary, offering a glimpse into the life of a family clinging to hope in a time of despair. If you've ever been moved by Anne Frank's story or wished to understand the depths of human endurance and bravery, this book is an indispensable companion.

The memoirs of Civil War generals are some of our most common sources that we look at when learning about this tumultuous conflict. But what about the voices of the common soldier? Frank Wilkeson aimed to rectify this and reassert the importance of looking at the accounts of the men who carried the muskets, served the guns, and rode into the heat of battle. Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac is a wonderfully refreshing account of the American Civil War that takes listeners to the heart of what it would have been like to have served in the front ranks.

From Frank Brady, who wrote one of the best-selling books on Bobby Fischer of all time and who was himself a friend of Fischer’s, comes an impressively researched biography that for the first time completely captures the remarkable arc of Bobby Fischer’s life. When Bobby Fischer passed away in January 2008, he left behind a confounding legacy. Everyone knew the basics of his life—he began as a brilliant youngster, then became the pride of American chess, then took a sharp turn, struggling with paranoia and mental illness. But nobody truly understood him.

'A masterclass in the history of Nazi Germany, with an internationally renowned expert as the teacher' GET HISTORY. On 30 January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed the German Chancellor of a coalition government by President Hindenburg. Within a few months he had installed a dictatorship, jailing...

General Ulysses S. Grant is best remembered today as a war-winning general, and he certainly deserves credit for his efforts on behalf of the Union. But has he received too much credit? Have others who fought the war with him suffered unfairly? General Grant and the Verdict of History explores these issues. Professor Frank P. Varney examines Grant's relationship with three noted Civil War generals: the brash and uncompromising "Fighting Joe" Hooker; George H. Thomas, the commander who earned the sobriquet "Rock of Chickamauga"; and Gouverneur Kemble Warren.

På sin 13 års fødselsdag fik Anne Frank en dagbog, som hun straks tog i brug. Det blev starten til denne gribende beretning om hendes families dagligdag i deres skjulested i "Baghuset" og deres frygt, angst og håb frem til august 1944, hvor familien blev angivet og deporteret. Anne Frank blev i 1944 sendt i koncentrationslejr sammen med sin familie, hvor hun døde i 1945.

Grant at 200: Reconsidering the Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant celebrates the bicentennial of the birth of a man whose towering impact on American history has often been overshadowed and, in many cases, ignored. This collection of essays by some of today's leading Grant scholars offers fresh perspectives on Grant's military career and presidency, as well as underexplored personal topics such as his faith and family life.