germany

A biography of Adolf Hitler, based in part on more than 150 interviews with people directly involved with his life.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on notable people, events, and terms from throughout five hundred years of German history, covering a period that ranges from the Renaissance to the early twenty-first century.

Explores popular culture in postwar Germany, highlighting trends in food, fashion, and entertainment in the years following World War II and the Holocaust and discusses how World War II's legacy has influenced art, television, music, and film in Germany.

Presents a comprehensive guide to the history and culture of Germany's sixteen diverse federal states, and describes the geography, politics, economy, architecture, and important sites of the country.

Chronicles Adolf Hitler's quest for European domination and his downfall, covering the Holocaust, the Blitz in Britain, Operation Barbarossa, and other related topics.

Primary and secondary source articles chronicle the events which led to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles and explore the debates and issues surrounding it.

Presents opposing arguments about the Berlin crisis, the Berlin Wall's construction, and its fall, and includes an introduction, a chronology, and a further reading list.

Biography of Herschel Grynszpan, who in November, 1938 gunned down Baron Ernst vom Rath, a high ranking Nazi diplomat, and thus forcing Hitler to begin Kristallnacht, the execution of the Jews and World War II.

A fictionalized account of the life of Friedrich von Hardenberg, a late-eighteenth-century German philosophy student, who later becomes the Romantic poet Novalis, focusing on his infatuation with twelve-year-old Sophie von Kuhn.

Discusses the role of Swiss banks in the financing of German efforts during World War II, arguing that Swiss banks laundered money taken from Holocaust victims and provided loans and ammunition to German forces.