1933-1945

Katznelson criticizes the optimistic view of the New Deal's accomplishments and argues how the demands of southern lawmakers have negatively affected American legislation.

Chronicles the events surrounding Kristallnacht, in which Nazi troops and Hitler Youth destroyed Jewish neighborhoods across Germany, and examines how the rest of the world reacted to the act of terror and destruction.

Features primary source material from speeches, letters, and diaries, as well as first-hand experiences of those who were a part of the Great Depression, and describes the stock market crash of 1929, unemployment, bread line, World War Two, and more.

More than two hundred photos and informative captions present Anne Frank's family before their years in hiding from the Nazis; chronicle the events that affected their lives in Germany and the Netherlands; and show late twentieth-century examples of racism and racial violence in the U.S. and Europe.

Tells the true stories of children who escaped Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport, a rescue mission led by concerned British to save Jewish children from the Holocaust.

Discusses the causes, conditions, and events of the Great Depression and highlights the programs initiated to revitalize the national economy.

In 1933, best friends Daniel and Armin admire Hitler, but as anti-Semitism buoys Hitler to power, Daniel learns he is half Jewish, threatening the friendship even as life in their beloved Hamburg, Germany, is becoming nightmarish. Also details Daniel and Armin's reunion in 1945 in interspersed chapters.