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When 89-year-old Edith Westerfeld returns to the small German town where her Jewish family had lived for hundreds of years to witness the installation of a memorial to her family--part of an effort throughout Europe to confront the genocide of World War II, she experiences how art is helping today's generation face and atone for crimes of the past.

Looks at the role of the Kindertransport during World War II, a rescue effort that sent children to other countries in order to escape the Nazies.

A kind-hearted, but poor, shoemaker and his wife become prosperous with the help of some elves, who come in the night and finish making the shoes that the shoemaker has cut out during the day.

"Summer 1944. Max, Gerta, and their parents have abandoned their home and relocated to a safehouse in a different Berlin neighborhood. The Hoffmanns share the tight quarters with Kat Vogel, the daughter of an executed Becker Circle conspirator. Though they have strict orders to stay inside unless absolutely necessary, the three kids sneak out regularly, all while concocting a plan to keep the spirit of their resistance alive. They're going to burn down the headquarters of the Hitler Youth. Meanwhile, Claus Von Stauffenberg, a member of Operation Valkyrie's inner circle, vows to carry out the assassination of Adolf Hitler himself. And he will do it soon. Time is running out. The plots are carried out. Two small decisions change the life of one family--and the path of history--forever"--Amazon.com.

"Berlin, November 1943. The city is blanketed by explosions.Siblings Gerta and Max Hoffmann live a surprisingly carefreechildhood amid the air raids. Berlin isa city going about its business, even as it's attacked almost nightly. But one night, the sirens wail, and the Hoffmanns' neighborhood is hit. A mortally wounded man comesto their door, begging to be let in. He asks for Karl, theirfather. Gerta and Max watch as Karl tries in vain to save the man's life. Before he dies, the stranger gives their father a bloodstained packet of documents, along with a message: 'For the sake of humanity, the F?hrer must die!' Based on real events, this is the story of two children swept up in a fight for the soul of Germany--and the world"--Back cover.

"The story of three downed British airmen who mastermind an elaborate, rollicking escape from a WWI German POW camp"--Provided by publisher.

"During the [Olympic] games the Nazi dictatorship was in many ways put on hold. [This book] offers a last glimpse of the vibrant, diverse life of the city in the 1920s and '30s that the Nazis aimed to destroy"--Dust jacket.

"Set in Berlin, Germany in 1939, a Jewish girl and her blind father try to avoid arrest by the Nazis with the help of a real-life upstander, German businessman Otto Weidt. Inspired by the real-life hero Otto Weidt - a German who risked his life to protect Jews from the Nazis"--Provided bypublisher.

"The arrival of the Soviet Army in Germany at the end of World War II sends sixteen-year-old Katja and her mother and sister into turmoil. With their father gone and few resources available to them, Katja and her sister are forced to flee their home. Their harrowing journey to find a safer haven brings danger and violence as Katja deals with her newreality and confronts her country's role in the war"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of Hitler's life and his social and political philosophy.