September 27-28, 1939 – Warsaw Surrenders
Continuing Rulka Langer’s account of the early days of World War II from the point of view of a young working mother in Warsaw, from…
September 27, 2024
Mermaid and the Messerchmitt
Posts related to our book “The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt: War Through a Woman’s Eyes, 1939-1940” or its author Rulka Langer.
September 25, 1939 – Black Monday
Eighty-five years ago today, the Germans launched their most relentless two-day bombing campaign against Warsaw, Poland’s capital — a bombing campaign so devastating that September…
September 25, 2024
September 1, 1939 – World War II Begins
Today is the 85th anniversary of the beginning of World War II on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. In her award-winning book The…
September 1, 2024
Christmas Under German Occupation – Rulka Langer
World War II broke out on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland from the west. Two weeks later, on September 17, 1939, the Soviet…
December 18, 2023
