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The war path

Hitler's Germany, 1933-1939
1978

The Hindenburg explosion

core events of a disaster in the air
2014
Explains the Hindenburg disaster, including its chronology, causes, and lasting effects.

The Berlin Wall

2005
Discusses events that led to the division of Germany in the wake of World War II, looks at life in the two Germanys, chronicles the closing of the border and the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 in an effort to quell the tide of people leaving East Germany, and examines the destruction of the wall after the fall of communism.

The German opposition to Hitler

the resistance, the underground and assassination plots, 1938-1945
1997
Recounts the history of the hidden resistance in Germany during World War II, and the people behind them, from political opponents and soldiers to ordinary citizens.

Doctor Faustus

2010
Presents the classic drama of a magician's encounter with the demon Mephistopheles, and the exchange of his soul for worldly gains.

Prelude to war

1999
Describes the atmosphere that existed between the two world wars that eventually led to World War II.

The story of the Holocaust

1999
Examines the events of the Holocaust within the context of World War II and Germany's economic and political history, while highlighting the main figures of the time.

Demian

the story of Emil Sinclair's youth
1965
Torn between his idyllic bourgeois family life and the mystical world of his friend and alter-ego, Demian, Emil Sinclair struggles to find his place in society.

A most wanted man

a novel
2008
A half-starved young Russian man claiming to be a devout Muslim, an idealistic young German civil rights lawyer, and a sixty-year-old scion of a failing British bank based in Hamburg form an unlikely alliance as the rival spies of Germany, England and America scent a sure kill in the "War on Terror," and converge upon the innocents.

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