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summer 1942, over sunny france. sun is shining, the allies are whining, and lina's plane is dying... lina thought she had lucked out when - after quite the crash - all she had was a concussion and an attitude problem. until she was captured by those jerry bastards and taken… Read More
Jude Marshall is a sergeant for the Royal Fusiliers during the 1940’s. He gets left behind near the Bavarian Borders after his comrades need to make a quick one for exfiltration, and he was too injured to move and was a liability. He meets a nurse called Leisel who nurses… Read More
In the shadow of a history rewritten by victorious oppressors, lies a tale of awakening, courage, and a quest for redemption. Meet Augusta, a young Prinzessin entangled in the opulent yet oppressive confines of the Großdeutsches Reich, a world where the echoes of past sins reverberate with a chilling resonance.… Read More
It starts with a whisper, a tale told of a blood group, a filthy blood group that carries disease to their Vampire overlords. Then, the nationwide blood screening begins of Germany’s human population. Soon after there comes the segregation, the open persecution, and finally the blood camps. With the world… Read More
The Internment Camp’s Guard is about Hugh, a Jamaican man of German descent navigating life as a guard at a Internment Camp created for the express purpose of capturing men of German, Austrian and Italian descent. These are people from his own community. Read More

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A short New York story with a good ending. Read More
One of my earlier poetic efforts from the 1990's. This work is heavily inspired by the Blues Poetry of Langston Hughes, a writer I share a birthday with. Read More
My Mother Mary Kathryn Ivanov handwrote diaries, recorded cassette tapes, released solo LP records, taped musical sessions on reel to reel, and video on 8mm and 16 mm tape, some with original sound. I dictated both Diaries word for word, as written at ages 15 years and 16 years old.… Read More
The Book Thief is discussing what knowledge is about during the tumultuous times. Read More
Harriet Parker receives a letter out of the blue from her dead mother. The letter hints at a family secret that has lain buried for decades. Compelled to delve into her family history, Harriet finds herself sucked into a tale of treachery and lies in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. As she puts… Read More
A retelling of Bluebeard set in Nazi Germany. Read More
Book Review Title: Stones From the Rivers Author: Ursula Hegi Genre: Literary Fiction Publication Date: 1994 Read More
Book Review Genre: Literary Novel Title: Stones From the River Author: Ursula Hegi Publication Date: 1994 Read More
Eastern European reaction to Putin's attempt of using VE events to build the legitimacy of his regime is addressed via a recollection of the sequence of historical events in the period from 1938 to our days. Read More
A short story of silent companionship in the 1940's war torn London. Read More

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Everyone know the main points of the Second World War, but I want to educate you on the three wars that were a part of WWII, that many people don't think about. This is the first one. Read More

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It's World War 2 (WW II). A handsome sailor on his first leave in New York City encounters a beautiful girl on the subway. Is she the girl of his dreams? This story is my idea of the screenplay I would write for Judy Garland and Gene Kelly Read More
An scene in the war about a Mom and a child. Read More

Tags: love, death, child, wwii, jew

A misdialed phone number brings Donovan to Sandia’s front door. He thought he was to teach Braille to a blind person, but she thought he was a disability attorney. When Donovan learns of Sandia’s and her grandfather’s dreadful circumstances, the Braille lesson is forgotten and he embarks on a mission… Read More
A wartime encounter brings hope to a shopkeepers' heart. Read More
Story of a man who delivers a Army telegraph to a family in rural coastal Ga. Read More
Heinrich Hauser, a new graduate of the elite political education academy in Berlin, begins questioning the values he was raised with. Read More

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In an alternate universe where Germany had gained support from Japan and China during World War II, a captain guides his arguing rag-tag team of soldiers through the war front. After being caught behind lines, the team of twenty run deeper behind lines as eighty enemy soldiers pursue them.… Read More
Sniper in WW2 in a unwinable battle against the allies. The Germans suffer a terrible defeat by the hands of the Allies and some routing soldiers get shot in the back. Read More

Tags: war, wwii, route, ww2

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A French marching band is forced to work for the Germans after the invasion of their town, causing a rift between the band's members. Read More
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