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February 07, 2024

REVIEW: Exploring the Connections Between the Holocaust, Music, and Memory

February 07, 2024/ Adam Cohen

A Story of Art, Unspeakable Horrors, and Loss

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February 07, 2024/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Holocaust, Music, World War II
November 29, 2021

5 HOT BOOKS: The Enigmatic Greta Garbo, Was WW II the 'Good War'?, and More

November 29, 2021/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Enigmatic Greta Garbo, Was WW II the 'Good War'?, and More

And an Exploration of the Promise and Problems of Working From Home

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November 29, 2021/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Greta Garbo, World War II, Work from Home
March 20, 2020

REVIEW: How Churchill Brilliantly Rallied England to Win World War II

March 20, 2020/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: How Churchill Brilliantly Rallied England to Win World War II

A Story of Political Leadership that is as Timely as it is Inspiring

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March 20, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Winston Churchill, England, World War II
May 09, 2018

REVIEW: 'Warlight' Explores the Shadow Cast by War, which Can Last a Lifetime

May 09, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: 'Warlight' Explores the Shadow Cast by War, which Can Last a Lifetime

Wars Have Profound Impacts, Even on Non-Combatants

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May 09, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
World War II, England
December 11, 2017

5 HOT Books: An Aristocratic Anti-Nazi Commando, Royal Marriages and More

December 11, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT Books: An Aristocratic Anti-Nazi Commando, Royal Marriages and More

And a Sharp and Insightful Collection of Musings from Ursula K. Le Guin

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December 11, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Royalty, Jellyfish, World War II
July 21, 2017

READ THIS: The Early Criminal Trial that Could Have Stopped Hitler's Rise

July 21, 2017/ Adam Cohen
READ THIS: The Early Criminal Trial that Could Have Stopped Hitler's Rise

A Gripping Narrative About the Beer Hall Putsch Prosecution

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July 21, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Adolf Hitler, Beer Hall Putsch, World War II, Germany
April 24, 2017

5 Hot Books: A Revealing Look at David Letterman, Sheryl Sandberg on Grief, and More

April 24, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: A Revealing Look at David Letterman, Sheryl Sandberg on Grief, and More

And Britain's Lonely and Brave Battle Against the Nazis

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April 24, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Sherly Sandberg, David Letterman, Grief, World War II, The Presidency
February 18, 2016

OPINION: The Polish Government's Shameful Attack on a Holocaust Historian

February 18, 2016/ Adam Cohen
OPINION: The Polish Government's Shameful Attack on a Holocaust Historian

Will Jan Gross be stripped of an honor for writing about Polish anti-Semitism?

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February 18, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Opinion
Holocaust, Poland, Anti-Semitism, World War II
November 11, 2015

Q&A: Hundreds of Jews Locked in a Barn and Burned to Death (by Poles, Not Nazis): Poland, 1941

November 11, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Hundreds of Jews Locked in a Barn and Burned to Death (by Poles, Not Nazis): Poland, 1941

A Talk with a Polish Journalist Who Dug Into an Ugly Part of Her Nation's Past

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November 11, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ 2 Comments
Q & A
History, Poland, Jews, World War II
September 03, 2015

Q & A With Author Charles Kaiser

September 03, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Q & A With Author Charles Kaiser

I think celebrating genuine heroism is one of the most exciting things a writer can do

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September 03, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
World War II, Charles Kaiser
September 02, 2015

REVIEW — A Family That Resisted the Nazis…and Paid For It

September 02, 2015/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW — A Family That Resisted the Nazis…and Paid For It

by Amy E. Schwartz

Darkness lurking around the edges of heroism is the underlying and faintly troubling theme

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September 02, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Amy Schwartz, History, Holocaust, France, World War II
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