persecutions

A novel set in 1937 Europe tells the story of three Hungarian Jewish brothers bound by history and love, of a marriage tested by disaster, of a Jewish family's struggle against annihilation by the Nazis, and of the dangerous power of art in the time of war.

In 1937, Hungarian Jew Andras Levi arrives in Paris to study architecture and deliver a letter whose recipient will change his life. Meanwhile, his elder brother studies medicine in Modena and their younger brother leaves school for the stage. Soon World War II tests all of the brothers and the bonds of love and family.

Presents an oral history of the destruction, murder, and chaos of November 9 and 10, 1938, when Nazis and members of Hitler's "Brownshirts" destroyed Jewish businesses and homes as well as schools and synagogues, and either arrested or murdered thousands of Jews across Germany.

Over 225 photographs record Anne Frank's world, documenting the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazi Party, whose systematic elimination of over six million Jews included Anne Frank and her family.

The author tells the story of her childhood in Hungary, through her coming-of-age as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps, and her marriage to an American officer.

Examines the systematic persecution of German Jews beginning in 1933 and looks at how the Nazis conducted their programs, why the majority of German civilians did little to stop the violence, and gives attention to the victim's perceptions of the events.