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The Nanjing Massacre

2018
"While World War II is well known for genocide, the war itself eclipsed key events that preceded and contributed to the greater conflict ... explores the Nanjing massacre, a mass murder and rape committed by Japanese soldiers in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. This conflict would later merge into World War II itself."--Provided by publisher.
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The other victims

first-person stories of non-Jews persecuted by the Nazis
Personal narratives of Christians, Gypsies, deaf people, homosexuals, and blacks who suffered at the hands of the Nazis before and during World War II.

Apt pupil

"Todd Bowden is an apt pupil. Good grades, good family, a paper route. But he is about to meet a different kind of teacher, Mr. Dussander, and to learn all about Dussander's dark and deadly past ... a decades-old manhunt Dussander has escaped to this day. Yet Todd doesn't want to turn his teacher in. Todd wants to know more. Much more. He is about to face his fears and learn the real meaning of power--and the seductive lure of evil. A classic story from Stephen King, Apt Pupil reveals layers upon layers of deception--and horror--as finally there is only one left standing."--Amazon.com.

The Nanjing Massacre

"Explores the Nanjing massacre, a mass murder and rape committed by Japanese soldiers in Chinaduring the Second Sino-Japanese War. This conflict would later merge into World War II itself"--Provided by publisher.

Daniel's story

Daniel, whose family suffers as the Nazis rise to power in Germany, describes his imprisonment in a concentration camp and his eventual liberation.

Resistance

In 1942 sixteen-year-old Chaya Lindner is a Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied Poland, a courier who smuggles food and documents to the isolated Jewish ghettos in southern Poland, depending on her forged papers and "Aryan" features--but when a mission goes wrong and many of her colleagues are arrested she finds herself on a journey to Warsaw, where an uprising is in the works.

None of us were like this before

American soldiers and torture
2010
Author Phillips chronicles the transformation of a tank battalion stationed in Iraq into a unit used for guerilla war and prisoner detention. Phillips reveals how and why these men were made to torture their prisoners and details the psychological impact it had on them.
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Adolf Hitler

2017
A biography of Adolf Hitler, focusing on what it takes to be considered one of the worst figures in history.
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Resistance

2018
In 1942 sixteen-year-old Chaya Lindner is a Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied Poland, a courier who smuggles food and documents to the isolated Jewish ghettos in southern Poland, depending on her forged papers and "Aryan" features--but when a mission goes wrong and many of her colleagues are arrested she finds herself on a journey to Warsaw, where an uprising is in the works.
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Killing the SS

the hunt for the worst war criminals in history
"The latest history book from bestselling author Bill O'Reilly"--.
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