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Food in wartime Britain, she had to admit, was hardly inspiring. — Sara Sheridan

The road of the pass was hard and smooth and not yet dusty in the early morning. — Ernest Hemingway,

Thanks to my grandpa, I can go to France and not be visiting Germany. He single-handedly won WWII (he only has one hand). — Jarod Kintz

The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy truly take place. — Iain Pears

...the experience of battle forever divides those who talk of nothing else but its prospect from those who talk of everything else but its memory. — James D Hornfischer

Of the tens of thousands of words spoken during the Nuremberg Nazi trial, the word "eugenics" was said only once. — A.E. Samaan

When you are singled out for torture because of your faith, can religion still be a beacon? — Jodi Picoult

Distressing to be hated because of lies, isn't it." (Mirella)
"Especially when there are so many legitimate reasons to be hated." (Schramm) — Mary Doria Russell

I really should be studying now, but you're much more important to me than a .50 calibre machine gun. — Kara Martinelli

The science fiction author, H.G. Wells was an avid supporter of eugenics and a believer in a hierarchy of the races. — A.E. Samaan

Our first act as free men was to throw ourselves onto the provisions. thats all we thought about. No thought of revenge, or of parents. Only of bread. — Elie Wiesel

If you live your life in fear and had the opportunity to change. . .could you muster the strength? — P.C. Chinick

'Letters From Home' is a 90,000-word WWII love story with a twist, aptly summarized as 'The Notebook' meets 'Saving Private Ryan.' — Kristina McMorris

Bill Veeck was a charismatic and somewhat eccentric owner-fan during the post-WWII years. — Don Yaeger

I was honored to have served in the Army for my country. I was at Anzio during WWII, and it makes you realize how very precious life is. — James Arness

This war has begun in darkness and it will end in silence. — Evelyn Waugh

The truth deserves a bodyguard of lies. — Winston S. Churchill

Crow's Law.
Do not believe what you want to believe, until you know what you need to know. R.V. Jones of Scientific Intelligence WWII. — Neville J. Anderson-Budd

Even post-WWII, nobody talked about the Holocaust. It wasn't until the '50s that people started talking about it. — Eli Roth

As far as I'm concerned, if you want to find out about the last day of WWII or the roots of the Indian Mutiny, get thee to a books catalogue. — Zadie Smith

I hope that in victory we are more grateful than proud. — David Brooks

If seeing her an hour before her last
Weak cough into all blackness I could yet
Be held by chalk-white walls
- The Consumptive. Belsen 1945 — Mervyn Peake

Integrating the beauty of seasonal change into the residence was a concept that remains true even today even in the more cramped, inner city machiya. — Judith Clancy

No, I'm all man. I even fought in WWII. Of course, I was wearing women's undergarments under my uniform. — Ed Wood

There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere. — Mel Brooks

They [soldiers WWII] were so young, so very young. A whole generation of young men died, leaving a whole generation of young women to weep. — Jennifer Worth

She doesn't understand the concept of Roman numerals. She thought we just fought in world war eleven. — Joan Rivers

I had no real communication with anyone at the time, so I was totally dependent on God. And he never failed me. — Diet Eman

I think we got some work done, back at the start, because nobody knew us, nobody bothered us - and we had no money. — Robert M. Edsel

Enjoy the war,' read the graffiti left on Berlin's walls. 'The peace will be terrible. — Andrei Cherny

We're three women from two different centuries, trying to save the world from oblivion. I don't know about you, but that's way above my pay grade. — G.G. Collins

But miracles still happen, even if we don't think they do. — Diet Eman

The only reason for this treatment was that they were Jews. — Muriel Knox Doherty

Like a moth, Rene was attracted to the flame of fame — James D. Bradley

When I got home from my war, my uncle Dan clapped me on the back, and he bellowed, 'You're a MAN now!'
I damn near killed my first German. — Kurt Vonnegut

A generation of the unteachable is hanging upon us like a necklace of corpses. — George Orwell

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat. — Mel Brooks

Hello Readers! I look forward to adding to my author page. I — Rita Gard Seedorf

The 1924 Immigration Restriction Act was the primary tool used by FDR to keep Jewish refugees from reaching US shores. — A.E. Samaan

Hitler learned his eugenics from the infamous "Baur-Fischer-Lenz" book that documented American and British eugenics. — A.E. Samaan

The past is past. And better it remain so. — Jenna Blum

Escapers were the cream of the crop. — Sara Sheridan

A chap wouldn't hole up in Occupied France just to get away from his wife, Vesta. — Sara Sheridan

The living are more demanding; the dead can wait. — Primo Levi

Here was a Jewish man-turned-woman making fun of Jewish men for not being manly enough. — Susan Faludi

For me, the sky was the color of Jews. — Markus Zusak

Because they are ignorant and their parents are ignorant. Because they don't know any better." Pastel Orphans — Gemma Liviero

Life, oblivious to his grief, continued — Julie Orringer

Celebrities seek fame. They take actions to get attention. Most often, the actions they take have no particular moral content. — James D. Bradley

What is it about me that gets them all crying? It's not the end of the world. — Diane Samuels

There, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic age, a human being was crushed by books. — John Hersey

I'm obsessed with history, especially WWII and the Jews in Europe during the Holocaust. — Amy Heckerling

Winston Churchill was an early proponent of eugenic legislation decades before Hitler came to power. — A.E. Samaan

Late in his life, Rene complained of living a life of a celebrity one minute and a "John Doe" the next. — James D. Bradley

but after WWII, politics began to impede American war fighting to the extent that victory is fleeting at best and unlikely at worst. — Billy Vaughn

The country's gone mad...So much anger. — Michelle Saftich

Surely there is no more wretched sight that the human body unloved and uncared for. — Corrie Ten Boom

His idleness was his refuge, and in this he was like many others in [occupied] France in that period; laziness became political. — Iain Pears

He grieved too, Klara said, for the loss of a certain idea of himself. — Julie Orringer

It was now December 7, 1941; the date that Franklin D. Roosevelt was destined to declare would live in infamy. — Randall Wallace

I'm still living in my post-war. — Osamu Tezuka

When you go home
Tell them of us, and say
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today. — Patrick O'Donnell

They thought we were stupid to do it, (hide Jews) of course; in fact, it was beyond their comprehension that we would risk so much for Jews. — Diet Eman

War doesn't start with an explosion ... .It bears far more subtlety. A simmer beneath the surface, as if bringing broth to a boil. — Kristina McMorris

I became a Libertarian as a result of researching WWII and the Holocaust. Individual liberty is sacred. — A.E. Samaan

Of babies born alive and in hospitals during that month of July 1945, 92 percent would die within then days. — Andrei Cherny

Five thousand boys and girls under the age of sixteen were estimated to have fought in the defense of Berlin. Five hundred survived. — Andrei Cherny

I did a film called 'Fort McCoy,' based on a true story of one of the few internment camps during WWII that was actually in the United States. — Eric Stoltz

The P-38 WWII Nazi handgun looks comical lying on the breakfast table next to a bowl of oatmeal. — Matthew Quick

Posters go up in the market, on tree trunks in the Place Chateaubriand. Voluntary surrender of firearms. Anyone who does not cooperate will be shot. — Anthony Doerr

After the prayer they executed an armed robbery. That sounds very strange this many years later: prayer and then armed robbery. — Diet Eman

How were they shot down?" Seth scoffed.
"They were probably shot down with guns. — Jack Lewis Baillot

It seems logical that he who supports total war in principle cannot complain of a war against civilians. — John Hersey

Later he would declare that not getting hit was like running through rain and not getting wet. — James D. Bradley

Memories are nice, but dreams are better. — John Anthony Miller

They tried to roast hazel nuts in the oven and prepare a Christmas meal out of canned ham, two potatoes, and some suspicious looking bread. — Jack Lewis Baillot

It wasn't my choice to write this story...it was my responsibility. — Rhonda Fink-Whitman

Nothing in recent history makes any sense without a deep understanding of WWII and The Holocaust. — A.E. Samaan

You hide a Jew. You pay. Somehow or other, you must. — Markus Zusak

But we are the good guys. Aren't we, Uncle?"
"I hope so. I hope we are. — Anthony Doerr

I may be a criminal lunatic, but I'm an AMERICAN criminal lunatic! — John Byrne

It was a war of evil against lesser evil. — Niall Ferguson

Upstairs on a bus! It's Unbelievable — Diane Samuels

I don't blame Germans," Emil said. "I don't even blame Nazis. I blame people who want to live at the expense of others. — Steve Anderson

When General George Patton tried to convince Eisenhower to make a push to conquer the city first, Eisenhower blithely asked, 'Well, who would want it? — Andrei Cherny

All the nut eaters and food faddists I have ever known, died early after a long period of senile decay - Winston Churchill — Stuart Finlay

I watched the sky as it turned from silver to grey to the colour of rain. Even the clouds tried to look the other way. — Markus Zusak

The veneer of civilization fell away to reveal desperate animals, humanity at their worst. — Travis Luedke

I'm glad to be eating the bread of freedom even if it does taste like sponge buttered with greasy salt. — Diane Samuels

The dangers of the sea should always take precedence
over the violence of the enemy'
Rear-Admiral Ben Bryant CB, DSO and two bars, DSC — Ben Bryant

Of the twenty-eight thousand German fighter pilots to see combat in WWII, only twelve hundred survived the war. — Adam Makos

There were several key American scientists that favorably reported on Nazi eugenics after visiting Hitler's Germany in order to provide it cover. — A.E. Samaan

Hitler is the rare individual who really did make history - specifically he made it worse. — John Green

That is how we always keep our beloved dead alive, isn't it? By telling stories about them; true stories. — James D. Bradley

It was nearly ten years since the peace though her memories of the war still felt fresh. — Sara Sheridan

She could do anything with dynamite, except eat it. — Clare Mulley