1933-1945

The memoirs of a German girl who became a leader among the Hitler Youth while her Social Democratic family kept from her the secret of her partial Jewish heritage.

Fifteen-year-old Thomas sets sail on a German ship bound for Cuba in 1939 along with more than nine hundred German Jews expecting to be granted safe haven on the island, but he discovers that although the passengers have landing permits, they may not be allowed to enter the country.

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 Jewish family fleeing Nazi Germany in 1938 endures innumerable separations before they are once again united.

Combines informative text with sidebars, eyewitness accounts, full-color maps, charts, and historical photographs to document the events leading up to World War II.

A young German boy recounts the fate of his best friend, a Jew, during the Nazi regime.

In 1933, as Hitler becomes Chancellor, twelve-year-old Erich and his family, who are Jewish, find they need to make changes in their everyday lives as hatred of the Jews grows.

Examines events that led up to the Great Depression, looks at conditions during the economic slump, and examines the efforts of President Roosevelt to improve the lives of Americans following the disaster. Includes photographs, primary source materials, and information about what was happening in other parts of the world.

Recounts the adventures of a nine-year-old Jewish girl and her family in the early 1930's as they travel from Germany to England.