In October, 1942, seventeen-year-old Helmuth Hübener, imprisoned for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, recalls his past life and how he came to dedicate himself to bring the truth about Hitler and the war to the German people.

Sophie Scholl, an ambitious student with hopes for a bright future, was found guilty of treason and executed during Adolf Hitler's reign in Germany. This captivating story of a young life cut short will draw the attention of even reluctant readers as they follow her story, including her involvement as a leader in a Hitler Youth organization, participation in a secret resistance group, and subsequent arrest. Additional digital material provides readers...

Traces Dietrich Bonhoeffer's involvement in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler during World War II. Discusses Bonhoeffer's childhood, work as a pastor and scholar, his introduction to activism, and his choice to become a spy and informant for the Allied troops. Includes black-and-white photographs, sidebars, and a timeline.

The story of two Jewish Germans -- Hans and Ruth Wesemann -- who resisted Hitler in the 1930s. Based on real events.

"A woman coming of age during World War II becomes involved in anti-Nazi espionage"--Provided by publisher.

"Berlin, 1932: Sophie is a smart and sexually precocious teenager, forced to live a double life when her father and boyfriend become Nazis. She finds refuge with her beloved elderly neighbor, Issac Zarco, and his friends, most of whom are Jews, ex-circus performers, and underground activists. They form a secret resistance group called the Ring. When a series of forced sterilizations, brutal murders, and "disappearings" to concentration camps decimates...

Sophia Alexander, the beautiful daughter of a famous surgeon in Berlin, has had to grow up faster than most young women. When her mother falls ill, Sophia must take charge of her younger sister, Theresa, and look after her father and the household, while also volunteering at his hospital after school. Meanwhile, Hitler's rise to power and the violence in her very own town have Sophia concerned, but only her mother is willing to share her fears openly....

Interweaves graphic novel-style text and illustrations to tell the true story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor who made the ultimate sacrifice to free the German people from the rule of Adolf Hitler.

"Few writers have deepened our understanding of the Third Reich as much as German historian, biographer, journalist, and critic Joachim Fest. His biography of Adolf Hitler has reached millions of readers around the world. Born in 1926, Fest experienced firsthand the rise of the Nazis, the Second World War, and a catastrophically defeated Germany, thus becoming a vital witness to these difficult years. In this memoir of his childhood and youth, Fest...

A powerful account of the resistance group made up of German students who opposed Nazism, written by the sister of two members who were killed. The White Rose tells the story of Hans Scholl and Sophie Scholl, who in 1942 led a small underground organization of German students and professors to oppose the atrocities committed by Hitler and the Nazi Party. They named their group the White Rose, and they distributed leaflets denouncing the Nazi regime....