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Escape from Sobibor

By: Richard L. Rashke

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Escape from Sobibor

By: Richard L. Rashke

A story reconstructed from the diaries, notes, and memories of the six hundred Jews who revolted, three hundred of whom escaped the death camp Sobibor.

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Escape From Sobibor

The Heroic Story of the Jews Who Escaped from a Nazi Death Camp

By: Richard Rashke

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Escape From Sobibor

The Heroic Story of the Jews Who Escaped from a Nazi Death Camp

By: Richard Rashke

This true story of a revolt at a Nazi death camp, newly updated, is “a memorable and moving saga, full of anger and anguish, a reminder never to forget” (San Francisco Chronicle). On October 14, 1943, six hundred Jews imprisoned in Sobibor, a secret Nazi death camp in eastern Poland, revolted. They killed a dozen SS officers and guards, trampled the barbed wire fences, and raced across an open field filled with anti-tank mines. Against all odds, more than three hundred made it safely into the woods. Fifty of those men and women managed to survive the rest of the war. In this edition of Escape from Sobibor, fully updated in 2012, Richard Rashke tells their stories, based on his interviews with eighteen of the survivors. It vividly describes the biggest prisoner escape of World War II. A story of unimaginable cruelty. A story of courage and a fierce desire to live and to tell the world what truly went on behind those barbed wire fences.

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Delphinium Books

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Useful Enemies

John Demjanjuk and America's Open-Door Policy for Nazi War Criminals

By: Richard Rashke

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Useful Enemies

John Demjanjuk and America's Open-Door Policy for Nazi War Criminals

By: Richard Rashke

John “Iwan” Demjanjuk was at the center of one of history’s most complex war crimes trials. But why did it take almost sixty years for the United States to bring him to justice as a Nazi collaborator? The answer lies in the annals of the Cold War, when fear and paranoia drove American politicians and the U.S. military to recruit “useful” Nazi war criminals to work for the United States in Europe as spies and saboteurs, and to slip them into America through loopholes in U.S. immigration policy. During and after the war, that same immigration policy was used to prevent thousands of Jewish refugees from reaching the shores of America. The long and twisted saga of John Demjanjuk, a postwar immigrant and auto mechanic living a quiet life in Cleveland until 1977, is the final piece in the puzzle of American government deceit. The White House, the Departments of War and State, the FBI and the CIA supported policies that harbored Nazi war criminals and actively worked to hide and shelter them from those who dared to investigate and deport them. The heroes in this story are men and women such as Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman and Justice Department prosecutor Eli Rosenbaum, who worked for decades to hold hearings, find and investigate alleged Nazi war criminals, and successfully prosecute them for visa fraud. But it was not until the conviction of John Demjanjuk in Munich in 2011 as an SS camp guard serving at the Sobibor death camp that this story of deceit can be told for what it is: a shameful chapter in American history. Riveting and deeply researched, Useful Enemies is the account of one man’s criminal past and its devastating consequences, and the story of how America sacrificed its moral authority in the wake of history’s darkest moment.

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Escape From Sobibor

The Heroic Story of the Jews Who Escaped from a Nazi Death Camp

By: Richard Rashke

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The Heroic Story of the Jews Who Escaped from a Nazi Death Camp

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Useful Enemies

John Demjanjuk and America's Open-Door Policy for Nazi War Criminals

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John Demjanjuk and America's Open-Door Policy for Nazi War Criminals

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Runaway Father

By: Richard Rashke

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Runaway Father

By: Richard Rashke

When her husband deserted her in 1968, Pat Bennett was left with three kids to raise, no income and no future. But at age 23, she put herself through school and emerged a confident, strong-willed woman--determined to track down the man who had abandoned her despite legal prejudice that prolonged her search for 17 years.

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0425120090

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Digging through History Again

New Discoveries from Atlantis to the Holocaust

By: Richard A. Freund

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Digging through History Again

New Discoveries from Atlantis to the Holocaust

By: Richard A. Freund

Digging through History Again: New Discoveries from Atlantis to the Holocaust follows archaeologist Richard Freund's journey through some of the most fascinating archaeological sites of human history—including the mysterious Atlantis, Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, a medieval synagogue in northern Spain and the long-buried Holocaust camp Sobibor and long-neglected sites of the Holocaust. Each chapter takes readers through a different archaeological site, showing what we can learn about past religious life and religious faith through the artifacts found there, as well as what has given each site such strong "staying power" over time. It also highlights the technological developments in geoscience and archaeology of the last 25 years that allows us to uncover more with less time, expense. and labor while observing the sensitivities associated with Jewish traditions. Digging Through History Again further explores just how expansive the lost Atlantis Civilization really is, expands upon information known about the Dead Sea Scrolls and the newly discovered caves where more scrolls will be found, and uncovers new excavations of the death camp of Sobibor, the secrets of the Warsaw Ghetto and escapes from Sobibor, Ponar, and, Fort IX that will help set a standard for future archaeology of the Holocaust. Richard Freund and the research in Digging through History are featured in the National Geographic documentary Atlantis Rising, which premiered on National Geographic in 2017 and a documentary follows Oscar-winning executive producer James Cameron and Emmy-winning filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici as they investigate the myths and realities of Atlantis. The chapter on the “Archaeology of Jewish Resistance during the Holocaust” is also a part of the new television documentary “Resistance: They Fought Back” set to air in 2023. Digging through History is the only book that details Freund’s groundbreaking research on Atlantis and on Jewish resistance during the Holocaust that is featured in the films.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538136236

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9781538136232

Clinical Handbook of Pastoral Counseling

By: Robert J. Wicks,Richard D. Parsons

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Clinical Handbook of Pastoral Counseling

By: Robert J. Wicks,Richard D. Parsons

Vol. 2: Richard J. Wicks and Richard D. Parsons, editors. Vol. 2-3 lack edition statement. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Paulist Press

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0809133253

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The Murder of Marilyn Monroe

Case Closed

By: Jay Margolis,Richard Buskin

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The Murder of Marilyn Monroe

Case Closed

By: Jay Margolis,Richard Buskin

A New York Times Best Seller! Since Marilyn Monroe died among suspicious circumstances on the night of August 4, 1962, there have been queries and theories, allegations and investigations, but no definitive evidence about precisely what happened and who was involved . . . until now. In The Murder of Marilyn Monroe: Case Closed, renowned MM expert Jay Margolis and New York Times bestselling author Richard Buskin finally lay to rest more than fifty years of wild speculation and misguided assertions by actually naming, for the first time, the screen goddess’s killer while utilizing the testimony of eye-witnesses to exactly what took place inside her house on Fifth Helena Drive in Los Angeles’ Brentwood neighborhood. Implicating Bobby Kennedy in the commission of Marilyn’s murder, this is the first book to name the LAPD officers who accompanied the US Attorney General to her home, provide details about how the Kennedys used bribes to silence one of the ambulance drivers, and specify how the subsequent cover-up was aided by a noted pathologist’s outrageous lies. This blockbuster volume blows the lid off the world’s most notorious and talked-about celebrity death, and in the process exposes not only the truth about an iconic star’s tragic final hours, but also how a legendary American politician used powerful resources to protect what many still perceive as his untarnished reputation. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Simon and Schuster

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1510702350

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Masters of Death

The SS-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust

By: Richard Rhodes

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Masters of Death

The SS-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust

By: Richard Rhodes

In Masters of Death, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rhodes gives full weight, for the first time, to the Einsatzgruppen’s role in the Holocaust. These “special task forces,” organized by Heinrich Himmler to follow the German army as it advanced into eastern Poland and Russia, were the agents of the first phase of the Final Solution. They murdered more than 1.5 million men, women, and children between 1941 and 1943, often by shooting them into killing pits, as at Babi Yar. These massive crimes have been generally overlooked or underestimated by Holocaust historians, who have focused on the gas chambers. In this painstaking account, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes profiles the eastern campaign’s architects as well as its “ordinary” soldiers and policemen, and helps us understand how such men were conditioned to carry out mass murder. Marshaling a vast array of documents and the testimony of perpetrators and survivors, this book is an essential contribution to our understanding of the Holocaust and World War II.

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Vintage

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0307426807

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9780307426802

The American Senate

An Insider's History

By: Neil MacNeil,Richard A. Baker

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The American Senate

An Insider's History

By: Neil MacNeil,Richard A. Baker

Shares the history of the United States Senate, including its struggles with the presidency, its investigative power, and how filibustering became a common practice.

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Oxford University Press

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0190231963

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9780190231965

Toward A Just World Order

By: Richard Falk

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Toward A Just World Order

By: Richard Falk

This text is designed to provide students with a solid theoretical and methodological base for understanding how the present international system works, how that system is likely to evolve given current world trends, and what realistically can be done to alleviate the most serious global problems. Part 1 develops a world order perspective by examin

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Routledge

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1000009904

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The Archaeology of the Holocaust

Vilna, Rhodes, and Escape Tunnels

By: Richard A. Freund

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The Archaeology of the Holocaust

Vilna, Rhodes, and Escape Tunnels

By: Richard A. Freund

In the summer of 2016 acclaimed archaeologist Richard Freund and his team made news worldwide when they discovered an escape tunnel from the Ponar burial pits in Lithunia. This Holocaust site where more than 100,000 people perished is usually remembered for the terrible devastation that happened there. In the midst of this devastation, the discovery of an escape tunnel reminds us of the determination and tenacity of the people in the camp and the hope they continued to carry. The Archaeology of the Holocaust takes readers out to the field with Freund and his multi-disciplinary research group as they uncover the evidence of the Holocaust, focusing on sites in Lithuania, Poland, and Greece in the past decade. Using forensic detective work, Freund tells the micro- and macro-histories of sites from the Holocaust as his team covers excavations and geo-physical surveys done at four sites in Poland, four sites in Rhodes, and 15 different sites in Lithuania with comparisons of some of the work done at other sites in Eastern Europe. The book contains testimonies of survivors, photographs, information about a variety of complementary geo-science techniques, and information gleaned from pin-point excavations. It serves as an introduction to the Holocaust and explains aspects of the culture lost in the Holocaust through the lens of archaeology and geo-science.

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1538102676

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Digging through History

Archaeology and Religion from Atlantis to the Holocaust

By: Richard A Freund

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Digging through History

Archaeology and Religion from Atlantis to the Holocaust

By: Richard A Freund

Digging through History follows rabbi and archaeologist Richard Freund's journey through some of the most fascinating archaeological sites of human history—including the mysterious Atlantis, Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the long-buried Holocaust camp Sobibor. Each chapter takes readers through a different archaeological site, showing what we can learn about past religious life and religious faith through the artifacts found there, as well as what has given each site such strong "staying power" over time. Richard Freund and the research in Digging through History are featured in the National Geographic documentary Atlantis Rising, which premieres on National Geographic on Sunday, January 29, at 9/8 central. The documentary follows Oscar-winning executive producer James Cameron and Emmy-winning filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici as they investigate the myths and realities of Atlantis. Digging through History is the only book that details Freund’s groundbreaking research on Atlantis that is featured in the f

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1442208848

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Palmyra and Its Empire

Zenobia's Revolt Against Rome

By: Richard Stoneman

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Palmyra and Its Empire

Zenobia's Revolt Against Rome

By: Richard Stoneman

The rebellion of the dazzling Arab queen Zenobia against the fist of Roman domination

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University of Michigan Press

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0472083155

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9780472083152

Hughes, the Private Diaries, Memos and Letters

The Definitive Biography of the First American Billionaire

By: Richard Hack

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Hughes, the Private Diaries, Memos and Letters

The Definitive Biography of the First American Billionaire

By: Richard Hack

Drawing on Hughes's personal diary entries and letters, the author presents an intimate look at the life and work of the billionaire businessman.

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0786238836

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The Whistleblower's Dilemma

Snowden, Silkwood and Their Quest for the Truth

By: Richard Rashke

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The Whistleblower's Dilemma

Snowden, Silkwood and Their Quest for the Truth

By: Richard Rashke

A look at Edward Snowden, Karen Silkwood, and government and corporate whistleblowing, by an author praised for his “first-rate reporting” (Kirkus Reviews). In June of 2013, Edward Snowden, a twenty-nine-year-old former CIA employee, leaked thousands of top secret National Security Agency (NSA) documents to journalist Glen Greenwald. Branded as a whistleblower, Snowden reignited a debate about private citizens who reveal government secrets that should be exposed but may endanger the lives of others. Like the late Karen Silkwood, whose death in a car accident while bringing incriminating evidence against her employer to a meeting with a New York Times reporter is still a mystery, Snowden was intent upon revealing the controversial practices of his employer, a government contractor. Rightly or wrongly, Snowden and Silkwood believed that their revelations would save lives. In his riveting, thought-provoking book, Richard Rashke weaves between the lives of these two controversial figures and creates a narrative context for a discussion of what constitutes a citizen’s duty to reveal or not to reveal.

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Open Road Media

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1504025318

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9781504025317

Runaway Father

By: Richard Rashke

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Runaway Father

By: Richard Rashke

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0425120090

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Capitol Hill in Black and White

By: Robert Parker

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Capitol Hill in Black and White

By: Robert Parker

Chauffeur maitre d' of the Senate Dining Room, author Robert Parker was in the middle of the incomparable world of high-power politics. There he heard many scandalous secrets first-hand. Now, he tells all.

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Jove Books

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0515101893

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Runaway Father

The True Story of Pat Bennett, Her Daughters, and Their Seventeen-year Search

By: Richard L. Rashke

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Runaway Father

The True Story of Pat Bennett, Her Daughters, and Their Seventeen-year Search

By: Richard L. Rashke

Recounts Pat Bennett's seventeen-year-search for her runaway husband, father of her three daughters, her personal growth during those years, and her ultimate court confrontation

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