europe, eastern

A history of how Communism took over Eastern Europe after World War II and transformed the individuals who came under its sway.

Examines the mass murders committed by the Nazi and Stalinist regimes, describing how the killings were more widespread than many believed, and explores how those crimes influenced other events in modern history.

Excerpts from five diaries written by Jewish teenagers about their families' experiences during World War II.

Presents more than four hundred personal photos that were confiscated upon deportees' arrival at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1943 and survived while all others were destroyed, and provides identification and biographical information on several of the families and individuals depicted.

After being released from Buchenwald at the end of World War II, fifteen-year-old Ruth risks her life to lead a group of children across Europe to Palestine.

Coverage of the rise and fall of communism in the Soviet Union from the Christian Science Monitor.

A collection of articles that presents information on the conditions that exist in Russia, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union several years since the end of the Cold War.

Explains how a botched mission by two angels created the town of fools known as Chelm.

Presents a collection of twelve folktales of hope and spirit from the Baltic regions of eastern Europe and include stories from Croatia, Serbia, Russia, Estonia, Chechnia, Georgia, Slovakia, Moldavia, and Latvia.

Explores how Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, rose to the top despite the fact that they came from inconspicuous backgrounds and few people believed they could become world leaders.