Institutionalized as a fascist game in Mussolini's Italy, football was exploited domestically in an attempt to develop a sense of Italian identity and internationally as a diplomatic tool to improve Italy's standing in the global arena. Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-271) and index. xiv, 282 pages ; 23 cm

Met bibliogr., index. XIV, 153 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Excerpts from the fifth story of the newsreel "German Weekly Review" No. 624 for 1943 about sports competitions between workers from different countries who came to work in Germany. Several shots of different groups of people on a field, each with a sign indicating their nationality: Protektorat, Kroaten, Franzosen, Belgier, Hollander, Ostarbeiter, Italiener, Bulgaren, Ostarbeiter. The narration indicates ...

"Game Studies is a rapidly growing area of contemporary scholarship, yet volumes in the area have tended to focus on more general issues. With Playing with the Past, game studies is taken to the next level by offering a specific and detailed analysis of one area of digital game play -- the representation of history. The collection focuses on the ways in which gamers engage with, play with, recreate, ...

Copyright Holder: Germany. Auswärtiges Amt. Politisches Archiv des Auswärtiges Amt

329 p.

German intertitles. Sonja Henie (Norway) and Cecilia Colledge (Great Britain) skating at the 1936 winter Olympics in Berlin. The last shot shows an Olympic flag waving in the wind.

xii, 276 p., [16] p. pl. : ill., facs., portr. ; 25 cm.

Half-Jewish athlete Helene Mayer fencing for Germany. Mayer was the only Jewish athlete who represented Germany, and she was allowed to do so only under the pressure of international opinion. She won a silver medal in the individual foil event and gave the Nazi salute from the podium. After the Olympics she returned to the United States, where she had been living. Schacherer-Elek, who won gold, and ...

Scope and content: Levensbeschrijving van de Britse politicus en fascistenleider Oswald Mosley (1896-1980) en diens echtgenote Cynthia Curzon Mosley (1898-1933) door hun zoon x, 274 p., [30] p. pl. : facs., ill. ; 24 cm.

Geoff Robertson was born in Australia, and came to London in 1970. He made his name as the fearless defender of Oz magazine at the celebrated trial and went on to engage in some of the most newsworthy cases in recent history. He has defended John Stonehouse, Cynthia Payne, Salman Rushdie, Kate Adie, Arthur Scargill, Daniel Sullivan, Gay News, 'The Romans of Britain', 'Niggaz with Attitude', and a pair ...

Omslagtitel. 62 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Met lit. opg. en index. 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

US military supply vehicles travelling down dirt road, arrive at Army barracks. 01:01:19 (black and white) Army vehicles, labeled 104 HQ1. "HQ 1st BN 104th F.A. Message Center" sign. Soldiers sending telegrams. Map. 01:03:25 Camouflaged weapons. 01:05:16 (color) soldiers with map, dead fox. "104th Battalion" title. Play fighting. 01:08:15 Building, CU military car, vehicles lined up in building, military ...

Reveals the espionage network strung by German Nazi agents across the U.S.A. and Britain during World War II. Based on captured files of Nazi Intelligence. Includes bibliographical references (pages 661-679) and index. xxi, 696 pages ; 25 cm

Belagerungs-Spiel (Siege game) Sturmangriff (Assault) board game with original box, instructions, 2 dice, and 29 playing pieces produced in Nazi Germany in 1941. This version features different divisions of the Wehrmacht, the unified Armed Forces of Nazi Germany. The colorful game board has images of Army Panzers, Luftwaffe airplanes, including a Stuka dive bomber and a blimp, and paratroopers attacking ...

A gripping story of mathematics, science, computing, war history, cryptography, and homosexual persecution and liberation. Hodges tells how Turing's revolutionary idea of 1936-- the concept of a universal machine-- laid the foundation for the modern computer. Turing brought the idea to practical realization in 1945 with his electronic design. This work was directly related to Turing's leading role ...

Sally (Salomon) and Erna (nee Marx) Isenberg and their three children, Artur, Helmut, and Norbert, lived in Saarbrücken (Germany), Zurich (Switzerland), Loerrach (Germany), and Vaduz (Liechtenstein). Artur came to the United States to attend Harvard University before 1938. The others immigrated in October 1938. The boys served their new country in WWII. Artur worked for the Office of War Information. ...

Several shots of different groups of people on a field, each with a sign indicating their nationality: Protektorat, Kroaten, Franzosen, Belgier, Hollander, Ostarbeiter, Italiener, Bulgaren, Ostarbeiter. The narration indicates that these are work teams living and working in Germany. They go on to engage in athletic competitions, including tug of war, a track race, and a soccer game (France vs. Protektorat, ...

Includes bibliographical references and index. 261 pages : 16 illustrations ; 23 cm

Als homo de dood ingejaagd, dankzij The Imitation Game nu alom geliefd, na aanleiding van de film The Imitation Game, een korte biografie over Alan Turing (1912-1954), wiskundige en computerpionier. Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog kraakte hij de Duitse Enigmacode. Van enige dankbaarheid bleek na het wereldconflict, toen Turings homoseksualiteit aan het licht kwam, evenwel geen sprake. Die 'schokkende ...