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Adolf Hitler

1992
A biography of Adolf Hitler, based in part on more than 150 interviews with people directly involved with his life.

Germany

a reference guide from the Renaissance to the present
2006
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.

Pop culture Germany!

media, arts, and lifestyle
2006
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.

The regions of Germany

a reference guide to history and culture
2005
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.

World war II in Europe

2004
Chronicles Adolf Hitler's quest for European domination and his downfall, covering the Holocaust, the Blitz in Britain, Operation Barbarossa, and other related topics.

The Treaty of Versailles

2002
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.

The Berlin Wall

2004
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.

Herschel

the boy who started World War II
1997
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.

The blue flower

1997
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.

The Swiss, the gold, and the dead

1998
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.

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