german americans

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The Christmas cobwebs

2001
Having reluctantly parted with their treasured Christmas ornaments, members of a German immigrant family awake on Christmas morning to find miraculous replacements spun by spiders.

Eleanor's story

an American girl in Hitler's Germany
2003
During the Great Depression, Eleanor's family moves from America to Germany, but the war breaks out as her family is crossing the Atlantic, and for years Eleanor struggles to keep her American identity despite the turbulence and upheaval around her.

The German American family album

1996
A scrapbook-style collection of photographs and memoirs chronicling the history of the German people in the United States.

Parallel journeys

1995
An account of World War II in Germany as told from the viewpoints of a former Nazi soldier and a Jewish Holocaust survivor.

Johnny Texas

1992
In the early days of Texas history, ten-year-old Johann comes from Germany with his family to settle in this vast land and soon grows to love his new home.

German Americans

2003
An overview of the history and daily lives of German people who immigrated to the United States.

Silver days

1992
In this sequel to Journey to America, the reunited Platt family works hard at settling in to America, but the spectre of the war in Europe continues to affect their lives.

What did you do in the war, Daddy?

growing up German
1989
The author's memiors of her German childhood and how she confronts her country's criminal past.

Keep smiling through

2005
Ten-year-old Kay, living with her family in New Jersey during World War II, makes the painful discovery that doing the right thing is not always easy and often has unexpected consequences.

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