The biography of the twenty-one year-old German student who was put to death for her anti-Nazi activities with the underground group called the White Rose.

The Short Life of Sophie Scholl

Vinke, Hermann

Harper&Row

The biography of the twenty-one year-old German student who was put to death for her anti-Nazi activities with the underground group called the White Rose.

The Short Life of Sophie Scholl (English and German Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

Harpercollins

Nearly 70 years after his death, Wilm Hosenfeld stands today as a shining example of humanity and kindness. In the darkest moments of World War II, he strove to help suffering people, including the Polish pianist Wƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚ladysƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚law Szpilman. 
 A German army captain, Hosenfeld initially welcomed Adolf Hitler and the rise of the Nazi Party. But while stationed in Poland during the war, he witnessed the savage treatment the Nazis imposed on Jews, Poles, Russians, and other people. Hosenfeld's moral conscience led him to reject this brutality and become a rescuer, often at the risk of his own life. 
 Wilm Hosenfeld's heroism was not known outside of Poland until Szpilman's bestselling memoir The Pianist revealed an amazing man whose compassion saved more than 60 people from the Nazis' clutches. (Hosenfeld, unnamed, appears in a short scene in the Academy Award-winning film of the same name.) In 2007, Hosenfeld was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, one of Po

I Only See the Person in Front of Me: The Life of German Officer Wilm Hosenfeld

Historical

Star Bright Books

Das kurze Leben der Sophie Scholl: Mit e. Interview von Ilse Aichinger (Mädchen & Frauen) (German Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Maier

Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Eine Dokumentation mit zahlreichen Biografien und Abbildungen

Ravensburger Buchverlag

"Ich sehe immer den Menschen vor mir": Das Leben des deutschen Offiziers Wilm Hosenfeld. Eine Biographie

Arche Literatur Verlag AG

SOPHIE SCHOLL-DAS KURZE.. - AU

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Silberfisch

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Vinke, Hermann. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Vinke, Hermann