1945-1955

Contemporary German novel, the subject of much controversy when it was first published in 1959, focuses on the years of Nazi control in Germany as seen through the eyes of an intelligent dwarf, masquerading as a retarded lunatic.

Bibliography: p. 323-330. A historical account of the conquest and occupation of Germany between 1945 and 1949.

Contemporary German novel, the subject of much controversy when it was first published in 1959, focuses on the years of Nazi control in Germany as seen through the eyes of an intelligent dwarf, masquerading as a retarded lunatic.

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.

While living in a home for troubled girls in Germany just after World War II, twelve-year-old Halinka carefully hides her thoughts, feelings, and even her hopes.

The true story of a young German girl, Mercedes Simon, and of the American pilot, Gail Halvorsen, who shared hope and joy with the children of West Berlin by dropping candy-filled parachutes during the Airlift.

Ten years after the end of the Second World War, the town of Rolfen, West Germany, looks just as peaceful and beautiful as ever, until young Peter Liebig discovers a secret about his past that leads him to question everything, including the town's calm facade and his own sense of comfort and belonging.

A thirteen-year-old girl describes her journey from the Russian sector of defeated Germany to Cologne on a transport carrying returning refugees in 1946.