Jewish partisans were active in the forests of Poland, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. They took revenge upon the Germans for the murder of their families.

Dec 8, 2010 - Eric Brothers

Jewish pilgrims to Warsaw should explore the ghetto area, monuments, memorials, cemetery and re-constructed synagogue to understand what happened there

Feb 1, 2012 - Frances Spiegel

Visiting London can be a sightseeing tour or it can be an exploration of the soul of a great city. Buy an A-Z, have a wonderful adventure ...

Mar 6, 2011 - Vivien Young

The group of the co-patrons of Europe includes three women - St Bridget of Sweden, St Catherine of Siena and St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.

Jun 14, 2010 - Rumyana Mokanova

This is a lovely story by a writer who knows both Ireland and Italy well, set partly in the present and partly in the years between two world wars.

Jul 1, 2011 - Valerie Wilson

The Scandinavian Kingdom of Sweden declared neutrality during the Second World War but, was it really nonaligned?

Jul 10, 2011 - Ivan Castro

While thousands of Jews were dying in German concentration camps during the Holocaust, thousands were surviving and thriving in Italian concentration camps.

Sep 1, 2009 - Bonnie Way

Jackson Pollock claimed that contemporary artists did not have to go to a subject-matter outside themselves for inspiration. What outside forces lay behind this claim?

Sep 23, 2009 - Kathleen Duffy

The Nazi holocaust hands over this town in Southern Silesia. How can you build a nightclub near the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum or move on?

Feb 15, 2007 - David Whitley

Orient Express is a fast-paced, entertaining, character-driven novel, and is well deserving of its place as a literature classic.

Jan 24, 2011 - Nicholas Warren

Fifty years after it was first published, Philip Roth's first book is just as strong as it must have been when it won the National Book Award.

May 12, 2009 - Colin Miner

The 20th century saw the rise and fall of some of the most evil dictators in history. They gained power shrewdly and maintained it through cruelty and violence.

Oct 27, 2008 - Scott Hayden

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was an Austrian writer, biographer and journalist. He is probably best known for his autobiography "The World of Yesterday".

Feb 21, 2011 - Denise Oyston

The story of Nicholas Winton and his 669 rescued kindertransport children is an ode to the true spirit of heroism, residing in the heart of one humble man.

Apr 12, 2011 - Lara Smith

Reigning as an absolute monarch, Louis XIV tamed his restless nobility, reformed tax and legal codes, created a modern army, and left a strong legacy.

Aug 30, 2010 - Michael Streich

Edith Stein was a brilliant philosopher in Germany before World War II. She converted to Christianity and became a Carmelite nun.

Jul 30, 2010 - Lorraine Shelstad

The heroic true story of a Louvre Museum curator who secretly spied on the Nazis and recovered thousands of stolen art objects.

Nov 25, 2008 - Shannon Leigh O'Neil

Through the darkness of the Holocaust emerges a story of hope and survival as 10,000 children are rescued from Nazi territory, known as the Kindertransport.

Apr 7, 2011 - Lara Smith

Speyer, a city on the left bank of the Rhine, has a medieval old town and is most famous for its Imperial Cathedral, an ancient Jewish bath and two world-class museums.

Jul 13, 2008 - Christine Welter

Al Pacino will take his role as Shylock in William Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice from Central Park to Broadway this Fall.

Jul 28, 2010 - Leah Abramovitz