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THEIR DARKEST HOUR: PEOPLE TESTED TO THE EXTREME IN WWII
Laurence Rees
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Paperback. How could Nazi killers shoot Jewish women and children at close range? Why did Japanese soldiers rape and murder on such a horrendous scale? How was it possible to endure the torment of a Nazi concentration camp? In this title, the author presents 35 of his encounters. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
How could Nazi killers shoot Jewish women and children at close range? Why did Japanese soldiers rape and murder on such a horrendous scale? How was it possible to endure the torment of a Nazi death camp?
Award-winning documentary maker and historian Laurence Rees has spent decades wrestling with such questions in the course of filming hundreds of interviews with people tested to the extreme during World War II. He has come face-to-face with rapists, mass murderers, even cannibals, but he has also met courageous individuals who are an inspiration to us all.
In Their Darkest Hour he ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ebury Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
240g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780091917593
SKU
V9780091917593
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About Laurence Rees
Laurence Rees is the critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling author of a large canon of books, including Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'. His longstanding career as a writer and filmmaker, focusing on the Nazis and World War II, includes the acclaimed television series Nazis: A Warning from History, War of the Century, Horror in the East and Auschwitz: The ... Read more
Reviews for THEIR DARKEST HOUR: PEOPLE TESTED TO THE EXTREME IN WWII
A remarkably powerful collection
Daily Telegraph
Powerful and unsettling
Sunday Times
A lasting contribution to our understanding of the Second World War and a powerful insight into the behaviour of human beings in crisis
Independent
Fascinating but disturbing
Daily Mail
Chilling collection of eye-witness testimonies ... bringing nuance to our understanding of ... Read more
Daily Telegraph
Powerful and unsettling
Sunday Times
A lasting contribution to our understanding of the Second World War and a powerful insight into the behaviour of human beings in crisis
Independent
Fascinating but disturbing
Daily Mail
Chilling collection of eye-witness testimonies ... bringing nuance to our understanding of ... Read more