Ergebnis für "zweiter weltkrieg" in Freundschaft

Berlin 1933: Die Studenten Lorenz und Bertram und die Schwesternschülerin Frida sind seit ihrer Kindheit beste Freunde. Während Lorenz in Naturwissenschaften hochbegabt ist, schafft Bertram es nur knapp an die Universität. Als zwischen Lorenz und Frida zarte Gefühle aufkommen, verheimlichen sie es vor dem eifersüchtigen Bertram. Doch auch die Machtergreifung der Nazis stellt ihre Freundschaft auf die Probe: Lorenz und Frida sind Juden. Bald schlagen die drei unterschiedliche Pfade ein.

Der bewegende Auftakt zu der Fremde-Heimat-Reihe über eine junge Frau zwischen Vertreibung, Neuanfang und ihrer großen Liebe. Osteuropa 1940: Alma wächst mit fünf Brüdern auf dem Weingut in Bessarabien auf, das ihr verschlossener Vater mit harter Hand führt. Sie liebt die wilde Steppe und die sanft geschwungenen Weingärten ihrer Heimat. Alma arbeitet mindestens so schwer wie die Männer und sie weiß, was sie will: ihren besten Freund Gregor heiraten und Winzerin werden. Doch gerade als ihr Traum wahr werden könnte, gerät Alma ins Visier eines SS-Offiziers.

London 1975: Nach einem schweren Autounfall sind Carlas Erinnerungen wie ausgelöscht, und sie setzt alles daran, die verlorene Zeit zu rekonstruieren. Der Journalist David Grant behauptet, sie sei auf der Suche nach ihrer Schwester gewesen, die vor sechzehn Jahren spurlos an der Küste von Cornwall verschwand. Doch kann sie ihm vertrauen? Und was verbergen ihre Eltern vor ihr? Die Wahrheit führt Carla weit zurück in die Vergangenheit, in das Berlin der Dreißigerjahre, zu einer ungewöhnlichen Freundschaft und einer verbotenen Liebe, aber auch zu einer schrecklichen Schuld.

Cinque famiglie legate l'una all'altra il cui destino si compie durante la metà del ventesimo secolo, in un mondo funestato dalle dittature e dalla guerra. Berlino nel 1933 è in subbuglio. L'undicenne Carla von Ulrich, figlia di Lady Maud Fitzherbert, cerca con tutte le forze di comprendere le tensioni che stanno lacerando la sua famiglia, nei giorni in cui Hitler inizia l'inesorabile ascesa al potere. In questi tempi tumultuosi fanno la loro comparsa sulla scena Ethel Leckwith, la formidabile amica di Lady Maud ed ex membro del parlamento inglese, e suo figlio Lloyd.

Jola und Luise haben den Zweiten Weltkrieg überlebt und schlagen sich nun im Berlin der Nachkriegsjahre durch. Sie sind in schweren Zeiten erwachsen geworden, haben sich auseinandergelebt - und können dem Schicksal doch am besten gemeinsam voll Lebensfreude begegnen. Mit Humor und Leichtigkeit knüpft Barbara Noack an die Geschichte der Freundinnen aus "Eine Handvoll Glück" an.

Durch die nachtschwarzen Straßen von Monza läuft ein junges Mädchen, das Nachthemd klebt ihr am Rücken, ihre Füße sind nackt. Es ist das Jahr 1940 und Francesca hat seit vier Jahren nichts mehr von ihrer besten Freundin Maddalena gehört. Seit dem Tag, an dem sie weggesperrt wurde. Und auch Francescas Leben ist aus den Fugen geraten: Das Haus ihrer Eltern betritt sie nicht mehr, ihre Mutter schimpft sie eine »Malacarne«, eine Entartete. Dann endlich kehrt Maddalena in den Ort zurück.

Berlin, 1930er-Jahre: Die Freundinnen Jola und Luise sind unzertrennlich, auch wenn sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten. Sie genießen das Leben so gut sie können, immer auf der Suche nach einer Handvoll Glück - und werden schließlich doch von den Schrecken des Krieges eingeholt ... Die mitreißende Geschichte einer Jugend, die Barbara Noacks eigene sein könnte.

May 1943. The tide of war has turned at last, with an Allied victory looking increasingly certain, but all is not well for the residents of Silverdale. Newlyweds Bobby and Charlie find themselves back in civilian life after Charlie is given a medical discharge from the RAF. But the village of Silverdale has been forever changed, and the memories of their lost young men cast a long shadow.

As war tightens its grip, the residents of Harbour House are doing their bit for King and country—keeping calm through air raids, blackouts and family issues. When Elizabeth Roby's glamorous young cousin Lucinda Somiton arrives from London, scandal at her heels and a broken heart in her past, she brings a spark of chaos to the quiet Essex town. Accustomed to champagne parties and bright lights, Lucinda struggles to adjust to ration books and village gossip. But when she volunteers to aid the war effort, Lucinda begins to find a sense of purpose—and perhaps a chance to redeem her name.

In a quiet lakeside hotel nestled in the shadow of the Italian Alps, seventeen-year-old Giulia Leone lives a life untouched by war – until the day ruthless German SS officers arrive in the village . Her father's hotel is no longer a place of peace, but a trap for the Jewish guests who have taken refuge there. Among them is Ester, the bright, spirited girl who has become Giulia's closest companion. When a daring plan to help Ester's family escape spirals into chaos, Giulia is the only one who gets away.

Audrey Parker's life changes forever when Pearl Harbor is attacked on December 7, 1941. Her brother, a talented young Navy pilot, had been stationed there, poised to fulfill their late father's distinguished legacy. Fresh out of nursing school with a passion and a born gift for helping others, both Audrey and her friend, Lizzie, suddenly find their nation on the brink of war. Driven to do whatever they can to serve, they enlist in the Army and embark on a new adventure as flight nurses.

The winter of 1942 casts a long shadow over pen-friends Richard and Grace. The world is teetering on the brink of destruction as war consumes continent after continent. When a letter arrives for Grace from a distant land she can scarcely place on a map, it brings news so shocking it reverberates through the entire village, with everyone offering conflicting advice. Meanwhile in bomb-scarred London, Richard is presented with the journalistic opportunity of a lifetime. The potential for career-defining reporting is immense, but so too are the dangers that shadow every step.

In 1940, an unlikely friendship bridges the Atlantic. Twenty-year-old Grace Fitzgerald lives in the seemingly peaceful Irish village of Knocknashee, exchanging letters with Richard Lewis, an American war correspondent stationed in London, as World War II engulfs Europe. From their distinct vantage points, Grace and Richard bear witness to a world in turmoil. In Knocknashee, where the conflict is carefully termed "the Emergency," the tight-knit community's unease grows as Ireland's proclaimed neutrality reveals dangerous cracks.

When war is declared, Lily sees an opportunity to escape her domineering father: she will join the Great Western Railway factory to win her financial independence and move out of home. Maggie doesn’t want to simply follow in her sisters’ footsteps and work in the laundries at the GWR. So, when the chance comes to volunteer for men’s work in the machine shop, she’s the first to raise her hand. Catherine, a clerk in the GWR office, has been helping with London’s evacuation efforts, organising trains to move children out of the city.

When Stefania Carmichael steps into the mysterious world of Bletchley Park, she immediately finds herself signing the Official Secrets Act. In whispers, she is told that she’s been recruited because of her talent for languages. Before the war ripped Europe apart, Stefania was living in Rome, charming everyone she met, and engaged to the man of her dreams, handsome and brave Matteo. And now everything has changed. With secrets swirling around the building, Stefania finds it hard to know who to trust, until she forms a close bond with two other new recruits.

In the midst of World War II, a Tennessee farm boy, a Jewish Cambridge student, and a German POW forge a connection that endures—against all odds. But now everything that Will Dobbins, Dov Silverberg, and Hans Hessler fought for is at risk as their descendants clash for control of the corporation they founded together. In an attempt to remake its tattered corporate image, the firm hires event planner Hadley Jacks and her sister Kitzie to organize a reunion for the families on St. Simons Island, Georgia, the place that changed all three men’s lives forever.

Anna Cavanaugh is a restless young widow and brilliant French teacher at an all-girls school in Washington, DC. Everything changes when she’s recruited into the Office of Strategic Services by family friend and legendary WWI hero Major General William Donovan. Donovan has faith in her - and in all his “glorious amateurs” who are becoming Anna’s fast friends: Maggie, Anna’s down-to-earth mentor; Irene, who’s struggling to find support from her husband for her clandestine life; and Julia, a cheerful OSS liaison.

Com pela voz da própria Verdade, este audiolivro é uma comovente história sobre até onde somos capazes de ir em busca do perdão. Nico Krispis tem 11 anos e nunca contou uma mentira. Quando os nazistas invadem sua casa, em Salônica, na Grécia, o menino judeu se vê sozinho com um oficial alemão, que decide explorar sua inocência de maneira cruel. Ele é convencido de que poderá rever sua família se fizer um pequeno serviço por alguns dias: ir até a estação de trem e garantir aos judeus forçados a embarcar que todos estarão seguros em seus “novos lares”.

As the war clouds gather over Europe, the Roby family are thankful to have started their new life in Wivenhoe safe from German bombs…for the moment at least. And with the safe arrival of baby Grace, family life at Harbour House seems to be settling down. But Emily Roby finds life stifling. She’s not keen on her new baby sister, doesn’t like her new school and feels as though sometimes her parents still treat her as a baby, but also a grown up when it suits them! Emily’s only friend is Nancy, the new girl working at Harbour House.

Ania hears the explosion of gunshots before she sees the Nazi soldiers approach her beloved home. Her family don’t have time to run, but she does. Hiding nearby, she listens to her sister’s screams and – stroking the red ribbon she keeps tied around her wrist – she begins to plot her revenge… Taunted her whole life for being smarter than anyone else in the village, now living in war-torn Poland, being governed by Nazis who think Poles are subhuman and women only good for one thing… Ania now only has her wits to rely on, if she's going to survive.