1933-1945

Examines the role the 1936 Olympic Games played in the development of Hitler's Third Reich and international sporting competition, with essays discussing the political and sporting issues surrounding the individual nations' involvement.

Combining the policies of the Nazis, the attitudes of society, and the world of the Jews, Friedlander chronicles the descent into the Holocaust.

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

The daughter of a titled German woman and a Jewish attorney describes her life as a "half-breed" in Nazi Germany.

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

Presents twenty-one primary and secondary documents on significant events in world history between 1920 and 1940, including the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Mussolini's March on Rome, the stock market crash, and others.

Uses primary source material along with historical narrative to explore the unique aspects and events in the period of the Holocaust between September 1935 and December 1938.

Uses primary source material along with historical narrative to explore the unique aspects and events in the period of the Holocaust between January 1939 and December 1941.

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.

In 1936 Berlin, fourteen-year-old Karl Stern, considered Jewish despite a non-religious upbringing, learns to box from the legendary Max Schmeling while struggling with the realities of the Holocaust.