Elie Wiesel's is a powerful novel that describes the occurrences during the Holocaust. The story takes place in the times of WW II in the concentration camp at Auschwitz. Night can be interpreted as an autobiography of the author's personal experiences during his captivity by the Nazis in the conc...

Born-San Francisco, California-December 3, 1919Died-North Bennington, Vermont- August 8, 1965-45Have published novels, humorous fictionalized autobiographies, and children booksMany have remained uncollected1961, Edgar Allen Poe Reward, "Louisa, Please"1965, Syracuse University Arents Pioneer Medal ...

In Alfons'Heck's chilling autobiography, A Child of Hitler, he opens for the reader a unique look into the inner workings of the Nazi regime, not as a mere bystander but as a product of the dictatorship itself.The book begins where most historical accounts of the Third Reich do. It begins with the ...

Adolf Hitler was born at 6:30pm on April 20th, 1889 in the small town of Braunau Am Inn, Austria. His father, Alois, was a customs official. Adolf's mother, Klara, was twenty three years younger than Alois. She had six children but only two survived, Adolf and his sister Paula. During his chil...

Political Life before World War II Churchill assumed the position of prime minister in 1940, a few daysafter the German army pushed into Belgium and Holland. Though he was onlyappointed after the resignation of Neville Chamberlain, Churchill was by nomeans a newcomer to warfare or public servi...

How Hitler got into PowerAt the end of the war Germany underwent a rapid political restructuring. Following this transition from authoritarian monarchy to democratic republic, Weimar Germany immediately began to display weaknesses that it would ultimately never fix. Germany had to create a governmen...