Life in Nazi Germany

Living History

by Hal Marcovitz

Life in Nazi Germany represented one of the darkest chapters in human history as the regime of Adolf Hitler took dictatorial control while leading the country into war. Among the topics discussed in this social history are the powers of the Gestapo, which arrested and tortured ordinary citizens, domination of the news media by Hitlers propaganda machine, the schooling of young people in Nazi ideology, and the persecution of the Jews who were stripped of their citizenship and property and eventually shipped off to Hitlers notorious death camps.

Genres: Nonfiction

96 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2015

About the author

Hal Marcovitz has been making his living as a writer for more than a quarter-century. He has worked as a reporter and columnist for several daily newspapers, and can now be found reporting for The Morning Call of Allentown, PA, where he covers government and politics in the Bucks County Courthouse in suburban Philadelphia.

Hal is also the author of more than 50 nonfiction books for young readers. He has written biographies of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, civil rights leader Al Sharpton, farm labor leader Cesar Chavez, and film director Ron Howard. He has also written about the lives of several presidents, including Bill Clinton, John Adams, James Monroe, Theodore Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy.

Hal lives in Chalfont, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Gail, and daughters Ashley and Michelle.

Reviews

[Kimball]

I gotta say, I love these Living History books. They are short and good for getting a jump start on a particular topic. I know so little on these wars and pivotal points in history. Why didn't I pay attention better in school, dagnabbit?

I wished they would have talked more about Hitler's personal life and his Jewish friend that he had. Did their relationship sour and that was what made him hate the Jews? No doubt it was from an incident in his childhood, probably something significant happened in his family, a jerk brother or mean parent of the sorts. I still need to read Mein Kampf.

I want to hear an autobiography/memoir of Dieter F Uchtdorf and what it was like for him and his family during those times. Hopefully he can get one written out soon.