Explores the historical background of, and controversies surrounding, D-Day, offering personal narratives from American and German soldiers, a British journalist, and a French civilian.
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.
A culinary tour of Germany, featuring essays and photographs on the country's foods, wines, restaurants, and dining traditions, and including hundreds of recipes for regional specialities.
A guide to German cookery that provides a historical overview and information about major foods and ingredients, cooking practices, typical meals, eating out, special occasions, and diet and health.
In January 1945, eighteen-year-old Anna Emmerich, her lover, and a Jew who escaped a train bound for Auschwitz face the elements and witness the horrors of war as they travel west in hopes of reaching the British and American lines.
In 1939 in Westphalia, Ohio, seventeen-year-old German American Karl Schmidt has trouble believing what he is hearing from his friend Rebecca about Jews being mistreated by Hitler.
Provides an overview of the history and culture of Germany, and includes discussion of the country's religion, literature, media and cinema, performing arts, painting, architecture, geography, holidays, education, and society.
Elaborates on the tale of "The Pied Piper," told from the point of view of a boy who is too ill to keep up when a piper spirits away the healthy children of a plague-ridden town after being cheated out of full payment for ridding Hameln of rats.
Presents a biography of Adolf Hitler, and describes his troubled childhood, service in World War One, entrance into politics, and how he was able to maneuver himself into becoming the most powerful dictator of the twentieth century.
