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"As an increasingly polarized America fights over the legacy of racism, [the author] asks what we can learn from the Germans about confronting the evils of the past"--Provided by publisher.

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.

Chronicles the rise of the SS and examines its purpose in Germany during the Nazi regime.

Discusses Kristallnacht, a four-day pogrom instigated by the Nazis against Germany's Jews, including stories from the victims, witnesses and perpetrators of the attack, and how it marked the beginning of the Holocaust.

Retells the tale of twelve princesses who dance secretly all night long and how their secret is eventually discovered.

"Dita Kraus grew up in Prague in an intellectual, middle-class Jewish family. She went to school, played with her friends, and never thought of herself as being different--until the advent of the Holocaust. Torn from her home, Dita was sent to Auschwitz with her family. From her time in the children's block of Auschwitz to her liberation from the camps on into her adulthood, Dita's powerful memoir sheds light on an incredible life--one that is delayed no longer"--Book jacket.

Recounts the story of the German printer credited with the invention of printing with movable type.

A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest on her way to visit her grandmother.

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

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