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2821) Something remains
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
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.
2822) The Rise of Nazi Germany
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
This book discusses the animosity and distrust among the world's powerful nations at the beginning of the twentieth century, the humiliation of the German people after their defeat in World War I, the social forces that shaped Adolf Hitler's thinking, and the reorganization of the Nazis party.
2823) The fairy's return
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 6
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
The good-natured son of a baker wins the heart of a princess, with the help of a fairy and a magic goose.
Publisher
Virago
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A deeply affecting diary of a woman fighting for survival amid the horror and inhumanity of war. Begun on 20th April 1945, the day Berlin first saw the face of war and ending on 22 June 1945, the anonymous author describes life within the falling city as it was sacked by the Russian army.
2828) The German girl
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Hamburg 1938. Fifteen-year-old Asta is hurrying home from school with her twin brother Jurgen. The mood in the city is tense - synagogues have been smashed with sledgehammers, and Asta is too frightened to laugh as she used to. But when she and Jurgen are stopped in the street by a friend, her world implodes further. Her Jewish parents have been dragged into the streets by German soldiers and if she and Jurgen return to their house, they will be...
2833) The German wife
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Germany, 1939: Annaliese is trapped in a loveless marriage. Her husband Hans has become cold and secretive since starting a new job as a doctor at Dachau. Every morning she watches from her kitchen window as he leaves in his car. The sight of him in the dark uniform of the SS sends shivers of fear down her spine and she longs to escape... When a tall, handsome Russian prisoner named Alexander is sent from Dachau to work in their garden, lonely Annaliese...
2834) The taster
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Amid the turbulence of World War II, a young German woman finds a precarious haven closer to the source of danger than she ever imagined--one that will propel her through the extremes of privilege and terror under Hitler's dictatorship. In early 1943, Magda Ritter's parents send her to relatives in Bavaria, hoping to keep her safe from the Allied bombs strafing Berlin. Young German women are expected to do their duty--working for the Reich or marrying...
2835) We want the light
Publisher
BBC, Opus Arte
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
This 2-DVD set is divided into three parts. Part one is a one hour film, We want the light, the title taken from a poem written by 12-year-old Eva Pickova, interned in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. It is about the complex relationship between Jews and German music, and about survival and the place of music in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The second part of the DVD continues with nearly all the music from the film, not as background...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"By the end of April 1945 in Germany, the Third Reich had fallen and invasion was underway. As the Red Army advanced, horrifying stories spread about the depravity of its soldiers. For many German people, there seemed to be nothing left but disgrace and despair. For tens of thousands of them, the only option was to choose death -- for themselves and for their children. "Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself" recounts this little-known mass event. Using...
2840) Paul von Hindenburg
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
1987
Language
English
Description
A World War I German military hero, Hindenburg's name became legendary.
