this seems like quite the unpopular opinion but, i don't like molly. first off i would like to mention that i never read her books or have seen her movie. anyways, this is why i don't like molly.
i read the tiniesssssstttt bit of her book like 3 years ago where she was whining about having to eat radishes. and i heard that she acts bratty throughout her book. which really annoys me because the literal holocaust is happening! speaking of which, ( i looked this up ) her book never really mentions the holocaust! and she literally is from ww2, it's the whole point of her! and the main ( if not one of ) cause of the war is the holocaust! ag literally makes a ww2 doll without mentioning the biggest thing from ww2. it's just so dumb! like just don't make the doll if your not really gonna talk about the time period the doll is from!
ok bestie - I have been enjoying talking to you because you are open to seeing both sides. American Girl was new when Molly was developed - and I think that said - they did a good job. In my life so little was known about the Holocaust until the past few decades. I think the Jewish people were either afraid to speak out or had no where to speak out. I don't think the American people knew so much and they only knew what the press was telling them. As I said - it was so shocking and unbelievable that it didn't come up very often.
American Girl can't flavor the Molly books with things that the people were not talking about or didn't know (or didn't want to know).
As I said - the best way to handle it would be if it were told from the view point of a family who escaped Nazi Germany had a 10 year old daughter and the story was told through her eyes. Then they could truly convey what had been going on and do the storyline justice. To tell it through Molly's eyes would come off as demeaning to the truth.
Don't be mad at AG for not telling the tale through Molly, but for not telling it at all in a way that would be appropriate.
AG hasn't told the story of the Japanese Americans that were put in prison camps during that time. The American people didn't know about that either. Or it was not talked or written about. WWII is a vast story - and it has to be told over time in the proper way.
I still hope that you will take the time to read her books and then I would love to hear your take on it.