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WHAT IS THE NAACP?

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP) is an American
organization whose mission is to
protect people from race-based
discrimination. It was founded in
1909, and is America’s oldest
civil rights organization.

of the world. In Germany, Hitler, the man
responsible for driving Albert and millions

of other Jews out of the country, was
becoming more powerful than ever.

Using violence and racism, Hitler was
working hard to take over Europe. His

terrifying goal was to remove Jewish people
and anyone else that he did not consider worthy.

In spite of this twisted thinking, Hitler and
his Nazi followers were making remarkable

progress—and Albert knew it had to be stopped
before it was too late.

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