germany

The story of an unassuming, undistinguished young engineer who sits on the balcony of a sanatorium pondering the meaning of life, time, and his love for the beautiful Frau Chauchat.

Presents a history of the occupation and subsequent division of Germany after the defeat of Hitler, a period in which over two million Germans lost their lives through starvation and the violent revenge killings and imprisonments inflicted upon them by the victors.

Presents a comprehensive examination of the bombing of German cities during World War II taken from personal stories and first-hand testimonies of German civilians who lived through it.

Adolf Hitler discusses, among other ideas, his thoughts on war, violence, and identification of Jews as the core enemy of Germany's foreign policy; and outlines a strategy of presumed alliance with Great Britain and Fascist Italy.

Surveys the experiences and attitudes of ordinary German people between 1933 and 1945 in an attempt to discern the degree to which Nazi policies of repression, terrorism, and racism were tolerated by citizens of the Third Reich.

Ted Mundy, former student radical and Cold War spy for the British, is living a quiet life as co-principal of an English-language school and tour guide in Germany when he is contacted by an old friend and colleague who tries to persuade Ted to accept a too-good-to-be-true offer from a mysterious philanthropist who is putting up $500,000 to turn the school into a vehicle for promoting international peace and understanding in the post-9/11 world.

Collects more than one hundred extracts from contemporary and older studies of National Socialism, covering such facets as National Socialism's emergence, the regime, its "seductive surface, " its relationship to German society, its impact, and its legacy.