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Un village français depicts life in the fictional Jura commune of Villeneuve during the German occupation of France in World War II. The series was created with historical consultation and explores themes of collaboration within the occupied territory. It is notable for being one of the earliest Fre...

The Shop on Main Street depicts events surrounding the forced transfer of Jewish-owned businesses to Nazi control within the Slovak Republic during World War II. The narrative centers on the implementation of the Aryanization program by the occupying forces. It portrays a specific historical period...

The Jersey War Tunnels, designated Ho8, are a network of underground passages located on the island of Jersey. Constructed between 1941 and 1944 during the German occupation of the Channel Islands, the complex was originally intended to serve as a fuel depot and munitions store before being converte...

Jost Amman's woodcut The Printer appeared in the 1568 publication Standebuch (Book of Trades), co-authored with Hans Sachs in Frankfurt am Main. The image depicts compositors setting type and a pressman operating a wooden hand press within a sixteenth-century printing workshop. Amman was a Swiss-Ger...

"The Goldsmith" is a woodcut illustration by Swiss-German artist Jost Amman (1539-1591) from his 1568 publication "The Book of Trades" (Ständebuch). This work depicted various crafts and professions of the early modern period, showing the tools, techniques, and workspaces of different trades. The go...

'The Bookbinder' is a 16th-century woodcut print created by the Swiss-German Renaissance artist Jost Amman for the 1568 publication Das Ständebuch, commonly known as The Book of Trades. The print visually documents the materials, tools, and labor associated with the early modern bookbinding craft, d...

Is Paris Burning? depicts the liberation of Paris in August 1944, focusing on the efforts of the French Resistance and Free French Forces alongside American involvement during World War II. This 1966 black-and-white film is a French-American co-production directed by René Clément, based on Larry Col...

Jost Amman's woodcut of a tailor is an illustration from the 1568 publication "Das Ständebuch," or "The Book of Trades." The book is a comprehensive visual record of Renaissance-era European occupations, featuring woodcuts by Amman and descriptive verses by the German poet Hans Sachs. In this specif...

Created by Swiss-German printmaker Jost Amman, "The Woodcutter" is a 16th-century woodcut included in the 1568 publication "Das Ständebuch," commonly known as "The Book of Trades." This influential book, published in Frankfurt and featuring verses by Hans Sachs, systematically illustrated the daily...

Under the Yoke is a 1989 alternate history science fiction novel by S. M. Stirling, forming the second book in the Domination of the Draka series. The book explores the brutal expansion of the Domination, a militarized society based on institutionalized slavery that has conquered most of Europe duri...

Suite Française is a 2015 romantic war drama directed by Saul Dibb, adapting the second part of Irène Némirovsky's posthumously published novel about life in France under German occupation. The film stars Michelle Williams as a young French woman and Matthias Schoenaerts as a German officer billeted...

Warsaw 44 is a Polish drama depicting the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. The film portrays the experiences of young resistance fighters during the uprising’s final, desperate days amidst German occupation. It provides a historically grounded account of this significant event in Poland's fight for independenc...

Narvik is a 2022 Norwegian historical war film directed by Erik Skjoldbjaerg. It dramatizes the Battles of Narvik in 1940, when the Norwegian town and its surrounding area became a significant site of fighting during the Second World War. The film presents the event through a national and local wart...

Bering Sea Gold is a Discovery Channel reality television series that follows dredge miners searching for gold in the waters near Nome, Alaska. The miners operate specialized boats and underwater equipment while dealing with cold water, changing weather, mechanical problems, and the risks of offshor...

Swamp People is an American reality television series broadcast by the History Channel. It follows licensed alligator hunters in southern Louisiana, particularly in and around the Atchafalaya Basin, during the state's regulated alligator season. The program documents hunting work, family and team re...