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The fall of the Berlin Wall

2005
Presents a short study of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and discusses its history and why it was constructed, the Iron Curtain, and the collapse of the wall and Communism.

Germany in pictures

2003
Presents an illustrated introduction to the land, history and government, people, culture, and economy of Germany, and includes a time line, information on national symbols, lists of famous German people and places, and a glossary.

Germany, 1918-1945

1997
Examines Germany between the end of World War I and the fall of the Nazis, discussing such topics as the Treaty of Versailles, the unpopularity and dissolution of the Weimar Republic, the persecution of Jews, young people and women in Nazi Germany, and propaganda, and poses critical thinking questions.

Germany

the reunification of a nation
1993
Includes a brief history of Germany and a look at the political, social, and economic effects of the country's reunification in 1990.

The stolen child

a novel
2007
Henry Day, a boy stolen by changelings at the age of seven, and the look-alike hobgoblin sent to replace him, both grow up feeling out of place in their respective worlds--and their search for answers about their pasts puts them on a collision course decades later.

Germany

2005
Presents a travel guide to Germany, providing background information on its history, people, and culture, featuring maps and information about places of interest and including practical travel tips on topics such as climate, dining, transportation, accommodations, and entertainment.

Tales from Spandau

Nazi criminals and the Cold War
2007
Presents a comprehensive analysis of the forty-year dispute between the Soviet Union and the Western Allies over the fate of top Nazi officials held prisoner at Spandau Prison in Western Berlin.

The war of our childhood

memories of World War II
2002
A collection of personal recollections in which men and women share their stories of survival during World War II.

The German public and the persecution of Jews, 1933-1945

"no one participated, no one knew"
1996
A collection of essays in which eyewitnesses, scholars, and writers discuss the escalating, step-by-step process in the destruction of German Jewry which led to the systematic extermination of millions of Jews during World War II.

Stories of five decades

A collection of twenty-three short stories written by Nobel Prize-winning author Hermann Hesse between 1899 and 1948.

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