https://www.thebooktrail.com/book-trails/all-the-light-we-cannot-see/

This map of where events in the book take place is useful for visualizing the movement of the two protagonists. Werner grows up near Essen, Germany, while Marie grows up in Paris. Werner trains in Berlin, and Marie moves to Saint-Malo, where they eventually meet.

 

http://ww2today.com/17-august-1944-a-shattered-city-festung-st-malo-surrenders

This description details the surrender of German soldiers in Saint-Malo, the city that Marie resides in, to American troops. This provides more context to World War II as the war neared its end.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/14/newsid_4485000/4485727.stm

This short article about the day Germany invaded Paris gives context to Marie’s escape from Paris as they fled impending German occupation.

 

http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/voices/testimonies/life/backgd/before.html

This British Library article takes Holocaust survivors’ accounts to to describe life before the Holocaust. Examples of propaganda and laws against Jews are given, and they helped drive the hate prior to the mass genocide.

 

https://dp.la/exhibitions/radio-golden-age/radio-frontlines

This exhibit from the Digital Public Library details radio technology and advancements in World Wars I and II. Since Werner eventually builds and operates radios for the Germans, this gives more information on the technology available at the time.