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Germany

A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich

Lucas Delattre

Examines the life of Fritz Kolbe, a member of the German foreign ministry who became an important spy for the U.S.

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Hitler Youth

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Follows the lives of several children who followed the National (Nazi) Socialist Party from 1933 to 1945 recounting stories of their service and rebellion.

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The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man the

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Hitler Youth

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

A photo-illustrated look at the youth organizations Adolf Hitler founded and used to meet his sociopolitical and military ends; includes profiles of individual Hitler Youth members as well as young pe

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Nazi Germany

Alex Woolf

This book examines the principal causes and events of the rise and fall of the Nazi regime in Germany between 1918 and 1945 and considers what the outcome might have been for the participants and subs

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Inside Hitler's Bunker

Joachim C. Fest

Examines events of the last weeks of the Third Reich, discussing Hitler's attempts to destroy Germany by ordering the destruction of the infrastructure, his demand that troops keep fighting a lost cau

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Hitler Invades Poland

John Malam

Relates how Adolf Hitler's determination to succeed helped him to overcome such obstacles as a poor education and become dictator of Germany.

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Daniel Half Human and the Good Nazi

David Chotjewitz

In 1933, best friends Daniel and Armin admire Hitler, but as anti-Semitism buoys Hitler to power, Daniel learns he is half Jewish, threatening the friendship even as life in their beloved Hamburg, Ger

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