New Perspectives
2 primary works • 5 total works
Book 25
Book 27
This book gives the background to the Berlin Wall, with the iron Curtain and the Berlin Blockade. it gives an account of the building of the Wall, and international reaction. The next chapter looks at life in the two Berlins from the 1960s to the early 1980s, including espionage and the various defections and fatalities associated with the Wall. The last chapters are concerned with Glasnost, the collapse of communism and the Wall, and the experience of German reunification. This book is part of a series which presents children with historical evidence of different viewpoints on key events of the 20th century.
This book begins with a brief history of the persecution of Jews before looking at Hitler's takeover of Germany, the introduction of anti-Semitic laws, the Holocaust itself, from the viewpoint of both victims and perpetrators, to finally its discovery by the outside world and what followed.
This book begins with a brief history of the Jews and their persecution before moving on to Hitler's takeover of Germany and the gradual introduction of anti-semitic laws. There are views throughout the text given by victims and perpetrators.
This book looks at the story behind the dropping of the first atomic bomb from the position of the scientists who developed it, the politicians who used it, the air crew who bombed the cities, their leaders, the Japanese survivors. It also considers how the world has changed since the bombs fell.