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KL: A history of the Nazi concentration camps by Nikolaus Wachsmann
Call Number: James Joyce, General 940.5318 WACISBN: 9780316729673Publication Date: 2015In March of 1933, a disused factory surrounded by barbed wire held 223 prisoners in the town of Dachau. By the end of 1945, the SS concentration camp system had become an overwhelming landscape of terror. Twenty-two large camps and over one thousand satellite camps throughout Germany and Europe were at the heart of the Nazi campaign of repression and intimidation. The importance of the camps in terms of Nazi history and our modern world cannot be questioned. Dr Nikolaus Wachsmann is the first historian to write a complete history of the camps.Dynasty: the rise and fall of the House of Caesar by Tom Holland
Call Number: James Joyce, General 937.07 HOLISBN: 9781408703380Publication Date: 2015Tom Holland gives a dazzling portrait of Rome's first imperial dynasty.Torpedoed! : the R.M.S. Leinster disaster by Philip Lecane
Call Number: James Joyce, General 359.09415 LECISBN: 1904381294Publication Date: 2005The long forgotten story of the sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster in the dying days of the First World War is brought back to life in this tale of the disaster. The book tells the stories of those on board the Leinster and UB-123 and examines not only the sinking but also its ramifications for those left behind.Belfast Boys by Richard S. Grayson
Call Number: James Joyce, General 940.3 GRAISBN: 1441105190Publication Date: 2010The compelling story of West Belfast's involvement in fighting on the Western Front throughout the First World War.Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts
Call Number: James Joyce, General 944.05 NAP/RISBN: 0141032014Publication Date: 2014Awarded The Prix Du Jury Des Grands Prix De La Fondation Napoleon 2014, this is the definitive modern biography of Napoleon.A Coward If I Return, A Hero If I Fall by Neil Richardson
Call Number: James Joyce, General 940.3 RICISBN: 9781847171313Publication Date: 2010A collection of veterans' stories as told by the families, with military records, surviving documents and letters.Goebbels; a biography by Peter Longerich
Call Number: James Joyce, General 943.086 GOE/LISBN: 9781847920317Publication Date: 2015This comprehensive biography documents Goebbels’ ascent through the ranks of the Nazi Party, where he became a member of the Führer’s inner circle and launched a brutal campaign of anti-Semitic propaganda.
Highlights of Last Year
The Programme
- Dublin Festival of History 2015 full programmepdf format. 25 pages
Useful Links
- Dublin Festival of History websiteWebsite with programme and other useful info
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