Czechs are laughing beasts.
Reinhard HeydrichTags: nazism world-war-2
Lovely morning, World War Two.
Thomas PynchonTags: world-war-2
When Hitler marched
across the Rhine
To take the land of France,
La dame de fer decided,
‘Let’s make the tyrant dance.’
Let him take the land and city,
The hills and every flower,
One thing he will never have,
The elegant Eiffel Tower.
The French cut the cables,
The elevators stood still,
‘If he wants to reach the top,
Let him walk it, if he will.’
The invaders hung a swastika
The largest ever seen.
But a fresh breeze blew
And away it flew,
Never more to be seen.
They hung up a second mark,
Smaller than the first,
But a patriot climbed
With a thought in mind:
‘Never your duty shirk.’
Up the iron lady
He stealthily made his way,
Hanging the bright tricolour,
He heroically saved the day.
Then, for some strange reason,
A mystery to this day,
Hitler never climbed the tower,
On the ground he had to stay.
At last he ordered she be razed
Down to a twisted pile.
A futile attack, for still she stands
Beaming her metallic smile.
Tags: poetry victory poem french heroism paris france resistance towers hitler world-war-two world-war-2 french-history resistance-movement eiffel poetry-quotes eiffel-tower eiffel-tower-poem eiffel-tower-poems i-love-france i-love-paris la-dame-de-fer
There is much to love, and that love is what we are left with. When the bombs stop dropping, and the camps fall back to the earth and decay, and we are done killing each other, that is what we must hold. We can never let the world take our memories of love away, and if there are no memories, we must invent love all over again.
Louise MurphyTags: inspirational love war world-war-2
One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. Fleeing the "Nazi regime has ruined German industry." And to all he met abroad he proclaimed, "What a fool ( Dummkopf ) I was!
William L. ShirerTags: politics world-war-2 third-reich dummkopf fritz-thyssen
Finally, I wish to remember the millions of Allied servicemen and prisoners of war who lived the story of the Second World War. Many of these men never came home; many others returned bearing emotional and physical scars that would stay with them for the rest of their lives. I come away from this book with the deepest appreciation for what these men endured, and what they scarified, for the good of humanity. It is to them that this book {Unbroken} is dedicated,
Laura HillenbrandTags: wwii world-war-ii soldiers veterans world-war-2
We should never forget that everything Adolph Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighers did in Hungary was "illegal." It was "illegal" to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany.
Martin Luther King Jr.Tags: peace prison world-war-ii germany jews hitler world-war-2 hungary birmingham
When he shows I’ll say: ‘Good day, a bouquet for Mr. Hovgaard.’ Then you shoot him. Understood?”
Ingrid aka ‘Alis K’
The Informer
Tags: crime-fiction world-war-2
My name’s Alis K. From now on you will be Willy. Come on, let’s push the bicycles for a bit.”
Ingrid aka ‘Alis K’
The Informer
Tags: crime-fiction world-war-2
Sneaking out at night. You think you’re so clever, but you’re not. Either you’re a saboteur, Johannes, or you’ve got a mistress.”
The Reverend’s wife, Grete
The Informer
Tags: crime-fiction world-war-2
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