This volume contains Europe-related historical essays from Pulitzer Prize-winning books about topics ranging from the Nineteenth Century up to the post-communist era of our times, including aspects of the First and the Second World War, the German Jews under pressure and portraits of autocratic Russian leaders like Kremlin Chief Nikita Khrushchev. Heinz-Dietrich Fischer, EdD, PhD, is professor emeritus at the Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany.