A few days later may 10, the institutes library and archives were hauled out. Death dealer, the diaries of rudolf hoss, not hess. Nazi eugenics parenting aryan children german evolution hitler occult ss darwin. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Adolf hitler, ss, antisemitic, nazi propaganda, waffenss, luftwaffe, wehrmacht, nazi architecture, etc. Books from the perspective of german nazi soldiers. The bodyguard who was the first to lay eyes on adolf hitlers dead body has described the last minutes of the fuhrers life in intimate detail. This gruesomely sentimental and unmistakably authentic title introduces an equally disturbing collection of diaries, letters home, and confidential reports written by the executioners and sympathetic observers of the holocaust, illustrated with numerous photographs they. Prelude to war, adolf hitler and the german trauma, and the nazis time. Ideal for history buffs, researchers, and scholars. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Nazi era books, nazi uniforms, german ww2 fieldgear, nazi photo albums, third reich identity documents, nazi magazines, nazi maps, adolf hitler postcards, himmler signatures, reichsautobahn material, third reich german calendars, hitler youth material, nazi aviation material, nazi ephemera. This is a list of books about nazi germany, the state that existed in germany during the period from 1933 to 1945, when its government was controlled by adolf hitler and his national socialist german workers party nsdap. A political portrait of the man who created the american century, waldheim. After the old man died, davidson discovered the secret. The story ohler tells begins in the days of the weimar republic, when. The nazi book burnings were a campaign conducted by the german student union the dst to ceremonially burn books in nazi germany and austria in the 1930s. German books, kalendars, magazines oakleaf militaria. German books, kalendars, magazines and modern reference books books. The good old days caught my eye upon seeing the cover photo. By early 1945, the destruction of the german nazi state seems certain. The holocaust as seen by its perpetrators and bystanders ernst klee, willi dressen, volker riess, hugh trevorroper on. Taking samples of body parts of living humans, like if they are just a laboratory animals, killing them with injection.
Top 10 books about weimar and nazi berlin books the. May 10, 1933 students and storm troopers on the opera square in berlin with books and writings deemed ungerman. Expelled during the nazi regime from his post as curator of rare books at the prussian state art library in berlin. In spite of their best efforts to make it sound bigger than it was, the best wikipedia can come up with is this on 6 may 1933, members of the german student union dst which had been in existence since 1919, made an organised attack on the institute of sex research in berlins tiergarten area. The author presents a detailed account of nazi party politics from the 1920s through the assumption of power in 1933 and beyond, hitlers impact on german federalism and bavaria in particular, german culture, the removal of any threats to. The good old days is mostly a collection of correspondence, testimony and other documents from those who witnessed, facilitated, ordered. In 1945, hugh trevorroper was a 31yearold british intelligence officer, an academic historian who had been recruited to bletchley park to fight. Agent of byzantium has the byzantine empire surviving. Anthony reads top 10 books about hitler and the third.
Facing defeat, adolf hitler flees to a secret bunker with his new wife. Lot time life the third reich 1st printing complete set of 21 wwii books ex. As with other aspects of culture, a very simple rule existed for literature. What are good books to know about the inside of nazi germany. The title comes from the cover of a private photo album kept by concentration camp commandant kurt franz of treblinka. Literature, along with art and music, suffered greatly in nazi germany. Simms does present all of the salient facts regarding hitlers life and the course of german history between world war i and ii. The rise and fall of the third reich by william l shirer.
He was above all an opportunist, a charmer and persuader who worked the machinery of the reich. Im doing some research and was wondering if anyone knew of or could recommend any books told from the perspective of a german nazi soldier or official during ww ii, particularly ones that were involved with the camps. The holocaust through the eyes of the perpetrators and bystanders new edition by klee, ernst, etc. This is a horrible book to read, and yet one that should be read, the. Translated from original third reich books without commentary. Within days, a bookburning epidemic spread like urban wildfire across germany. On countless photos it shows hitler and his bond to the city of weimar where the first reich party days were held before they took place in nuremberg. Certainly any story of the holocaust is disturbing to a rational person but the good old days presents these events through the wordstales of people who were there soldiers, killers, nonjewish citizenry. In truth, i did everything i could not to write this novel. The nazis by timelife books, robert hertzstein, robert. Being in the military, and stationed in germany when i purchased the book, i was interested in the subject that was never. Adolf hitlers last bodyguard reveals what happened in.
The final volume, the third reich at war, follows nazi germany from the start of the war up until its final collapse. The allied forces, led by american generals george s. These included books written by jewish, pacifist, religious, liberal, anarchist, socialist. His southern victory or timeline191 series has the confederates beating the union. It also includes some important works on the development of nazi imperial ideology, totalitarianism, german society during the era, the. The good old days were good for but the privileged few. All three books are pretty well researched and well written, and evans made sure to present as many points of view as possible, giving you a closer look at many of the daily aspects of life under nazi rule. Nazi leaders enlisted mobs of students in ripping such books from bookstores and libraries, then setting them ablaze in the streets. The undisputed king of alternative histories is the prolific harry turtledove, who has helped guide the genre into mainstream reading. Days later, he discovered that 43 of the 54 workers the japanese had rounded up. Ernst klee 15 march 1942, frankfurt am main 18 may 20, frankfurt am main was a. The burning of books a hundred years before the advent of hitler, the germanjewish poet, heinrich heine, had declared. Germanys outdated, wrongheaded ban on nazi books like. Among the many oppressive tactics was a command to destroy all books deemed to reflect an ungerman spirit.
She may have been the first german, and certainly the first german woman, who tried to face her past with honesty. My high school teacher made this book required reading back in the day, and im glad he did. The series in general and this volume in particular is outstanding, especially for the motivated lay reader who wants to get into the many wheels within wheels. Throughout history, governments have sought to maintain control of their populations by monitoring and censoring materials the leaders consider seditious, improper or revolutionary. Before the nazis took over, the weimar republic played host to all kinds of innovative art that pervaded the culture, right down to the designs on book jackets. Herzstein is a carolina distinguished professor of history at the university of south carolina where he teaches.
His days of infamy books have japan occupying hawaii. Mein kampf is essential, but it is almost always in a shortened version. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. He is the author of numerous books including henry r. Wherever books are burned, human beings are destined to be burned too. This segment of the populace was exploited or lived in the shadow of total neglect.
For a more comprehensive list of book on nazi germany, also see. The times of horror seeing by perpetrators as the good old days. The holocaust as seen by its perpetrators and bystanders. The good old days the holocaust as seen by its perpetrators and.
The cartoon shows a jew stealing a farm before the nazi takeover, but afterwards he is stopped by. While researching for his previous book, euthanasi in nazi germany, he uncovered the materials for the good oild days. The holocaust through the eyes of the perpetrators and bystanders first. I dont know of any books but a few years ago there was an excellent movie called the final days its about sophie scholl who was a student who resisted the nazis its in german but with english subtitles. To study nazi history you must start from the final days of the great war itself also called world war 1 and then move to rise of hitler, world war 2 and then ultimately the collapse of the reich. The disputed books were part of the working library of a nazi institute engaged in pseudoscientific research into the jewish problem that was seized by the u. But when research on world war ii led me to the story of a nineteenyearold belgian woman who had created an escape route out of nazioccupied. Ernst klees the good old days differs from most books on the holocaust in that rather than writing a historical perspective, he provides damning evidence of the extent of german involvement in mass murder.
This book chronicles a number of events associated with the nazi attempts to exterminate the entire jewish people from the globe. No other book at that time said, unequivocally, i was a nazi, and heres. Buy the nazis by timelife books, robert hertzstein, robert edwin herzstein online at alibris. In the months that followed, supported by the late, great german historian of the. For the farmer, the laborer, the average breadwinner, life was an unremitting hardship. The holocaust as seen by its perpetrators and bystanders reprint by klee, ernst, dressen, willi, reiss, volker isbn. We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition starting at. Eisenhower, are gaining control of europe, leaving german leaders scrambling. The books targeted for burning were those viewed as being subversive or as representing ideologies opposed to nazism. But taking good care about they animals and about the families at home. The nazis did not burn books that is more fake history. The book thief by markus zusak, night by elie wiesel, the rise and fall of the third reich. The nightingale sometimes a story sneaks up on you, hits you hard, and dares you to look away. The land of cockaigne by heinrich mann mann, brother of thomas, wrote berlin in the tradition of the bildungsroman, and the introduction to the 1929 english edition offers fair summary.