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Review: The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz – Denis Avey with Rob Broomby

Posted on 27/09/2026 by Speesh in Auschwitz, Concentration Camps, History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Poland, Second World War, The Holocaust

Exceptional and very moving

Three people walking over rubble in heavily damaged city street with smoking ruins

Review: Endgame 1944 – Jonathan Dimbleby

Posted on 20/09/202620/09/2026 by Speesh in History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Poland, Second World War, Soviet Union, The Eastern Front

The massive Soviet campaigns, rather than just the Western Allies' D-Day landings, ultimately destroyed Nazism and allowed Stalin to dictate the post-war order

Long narrow corridor with four closed wooden prison cell doors on one side and small barred windows near the ceiling on the other side

Review: Auschwitz A Doctor’s Eyewitness Account – Miklos Nyiszli

Posted on 19/09/2026 by Speesh in Concentration Camps, History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Poland, Second World War, The Holocaust

'The best brief account of the Auschwitz experience available' - The New York Review of Books

Review: The Capture And Trial Of Adolf Eichmann – Charles River Editors

Posted on 17/09/202619/09/2026 by Speesh in Adolf Eichmann, History, Israel, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Second World War, The Final Solution, The Holocaust

The History of Israel’s Abduction and Execution of the Holocaust’s Architect

Review: The Vinland Sagas – Keneva Kunz, Gisli Sigurdsson

Posted on 11/09/2026 by Speesh in History, Non Fiction, The Americas, Vikings

The Icelandic Sagas about the first documented voyages across the North Atlantic

Review: The Volunteer – Jack Fairweather

Posted on 11/09/202611/09/2026 by Speesh in Concentration Camps, History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Poland, Second World War, The Eastern Front, The Final Solution, The Holocaust

"Perhaps the greatest unsung hero of World War II...the definitive version of this extraordinary life" Economist

Soviet soldiers armed with rifles advancing amid rubble towards Reichstag building with Soviet flag, burning and smoke filled sky

Review: Armageddon – Max Hastings

Posted on 07/09/2026 by Speesh in Conflict, History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Poland, Second World War, The Eastern Front, Wartime Europe

"Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945" by Max Hastings offers a detailed narrative of the war's final months, recounting the German military's resilience and the human suffering endured by soldiers and civilians alike. Hastings critiques military strategies and presents a sobering portrayal of the conflict's devastating consequences, emphasizing moral complexities amidst warfare.