1933-1945

Although the young cousins live many miles apart, Leanna in Chicago and Elizabeth in Washington, D.C., both prepare for an Easter parade against the backdrop of World War II.

Text and many photos and sidebars describe the events and effects of the Great Depression and the Second World War in America; also includes a time line, a glossary, a bibliography, and a list of Web sites.

Examines the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the sweeping changes he initiated with his "New Deal" for the American people, and how the New Deal brought the United States out of the Great Depression.

Examines basic problems of German history as reflected by the temper and times which permitted the rise and fall of Hitler and the Third Reich.

A young German boy narrates his experiences in the Hitler youth movement during the early years of the Third Reich.

Provides information and commentary on the Holocaust, grouped in seven topical chapters that examine Jewish life before the Holocaust, the rise of the Nazi Party, the Nazi attack on Jews, the Nazi government and the road to war, the Jews of Poland, the Warsaw ghetto, and the invasion of Russia. Includes a timeline and other reference tools.

Protecting her beloved students from the devastating world outside of their 1934 Berlin classroom, Thekla Jansen sacrifices some of her personal freedoms to retain her teaching position until activities within Hitler's early regime test her moral courage.