World War II in Literature (Identities and Issues in Literature)
Background
In 1933, Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party, was appointed chancellor of Germany. He immediately began to prepare for war, rearming the country, engaging in aggressive foreign policy, and establishing dictatorial powers for himself. German rearmament and aggression were in violation of the Treaty of Versailles, which Germany had signed at the end of World War I, and which the Nazi Party repudiated. Even after Hitler annexed Austria and invaded Czechoslovakia in 1938, attempts were made by other European powers to placate him. When Hitler invaded Poland in 1939,...
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