national socialism

Life in Nazi Germany represented one of the darkest chapters in human history as the regime of Adolf Hitler took dictatorial control while leading the country into war. Among the topics discussed in this social history are the powers of the Gestapo which arrested and tortured ordinary citizens domination of the news media by Hitler s propaganda machine the schooling of young people in Nazi ideology and the persecution of the Jews who were stripped of their citizenship and property and eventually shipped off to Hitler s notorious death camps.

Reveals Monika Herwig's attempt to cope with the legacy of her father, Amon Goeth, who was the Nazi commandant of the Plaszow concentration camp during World War II and details her meeting with Helen Jonas, a woman who was Goeth's prisoner and servant.

"A revelatory, visually stunning graphic memoir by award-winning artist Nora Krug, telling the story of her attempt to confront the hidden truths of her family's wartime past in Nazi Germany and to comprehend the forces that have shaped her life, her generation, and history"--.

Examines the life and misdeeds of German leader Adolf Hitler, discussing how his racist vision led to the murder of millions of Jews and other people he considered inferior, and looking at the costs of the war he instigated.

Examines the lives and political careers of twentieth-century leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler. Beginning with 1932--the year in which the Third Reich was born and FDR's New Deal was implemented--explores the historical events which shaped each of their lives, and the influence they wielded as leaders.

"In The Third Reich, Thomas Childers shows how the young Hitler became passionately political and anti-Semitic as he lived on the margins of society. Fueled by outrage at the punitive terms of the Versailles Treaty that ended the Great War, he found his voice and drew a following. As his views developed, Hitler attracted like-minded colleagues who formed the nucleus of the nascent Nazi party"--Provided by publisher.

This book delves into the political history of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Fascism, discusses how these events led to World War II, and examines their aftereffects on the world today.

"... examines Adolf Hitler's time in Munich between 1918 and 1926, the years when Hitler shed his awkward, feckless persona and transformed himself into a savvy opportunistic political operator who saw himself as Germany's messiah. The story of Hitler's transformation is one of a fateful match between man and city. After opportunistically fluctuating between the ideas of the left and the right, Hitler emerged as an astonishingly flexible leader of Munich's right-wing movement. The tragedy for Germany and the world was that Hitler found himself in Munich; had he not been in Bavaria in the wake of the war and the revolution, his transformation into a National Socialist may never have occurred."--Provided by publisher.

This book offers readers insight into Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust.

In an alternate-world modern England under Nazi rule, sheltered teen Jessika Keller questions what it means to be good when she develops an attraction for her best friend, Clementine, an outspoken, radical girl who has drawn the attention of the Nazi regime.