by Mari K Eder | Dec 3, 2024 | Newsletters
Once I started reading about the exploits of men and women in World War II, I found it difficult, if not impossible, to stop. I read a number of autobiographies and memoirs of the women I’ve written about: Alice Marble’s early memoir, The Road to Wimbledon, Undercover... 
by Mari K Eder | Jan 3, 2024 | Newsletters
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) stood up in June 1942, a free-wheeling organization that had two main branches – operations and intelligence. By November 1944, ‘Wild Bill’ Donovan’s organization was robust, with 13,000 members assigned, some military, some... 
by Mari K Eder | Apr 4, 2023 | Newsletters
In midsummer 1942, a twelve-year-old girl living in Amsterdam felt her life shift from freedom to fear. Anne Frank and her family went into hiding to avoid being arrested and deported by the Nazis. Thirty-six miles south of the Frank family’s hiding place, in an annex... 
by Mari K Eder | Sep 8, 2021 | Op-Eds and Commentary
My new book, The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line, features the stories of a handful of women who changed the course of war during the interminable years of 1940 to 1945. Over the course of my research, I encountered thousands. And I went deep into their life... 
by Mari K Eder | Apr 1, 2021 | Newsletters
“All humans are human. There are no humans more human than others.” This powerful statement is posted on the wall at the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond. This quote is from Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire, Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance...