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Summary: Hitler persecuting Jews and Christians
Review: Excellent and fair treatment. Shows how Hitler persecuted, imprisoned, tortured and killed not only Jews, but also Christians.Hitler despised Christianity and Christian morals--far preferring the warlike Islam, Japan's emperor worship, and pre-Christian germanic paganism. Although he himself did not believe in any religion, he wished to utilize religion in his pograms and even tried to create a new cult with himself as the object of worship. Atheist/Socialist/Humanist/Darwinist leaders were responsible for more deaths during the past century than all of the so-called "religious wars" of all previous centuries combined.
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Summary: A quick history of the Nazis
Review: This book is excellent for someone who might be interested in Nazi history, but is unsure of where to start. First of all, I have to say that I like the "Complete Idiot's Guide" books, they are always very entertaining and extreamly informitive for what ever subject you may be interested. As for this one, "Nazi Germany", it actually starts at the ed of the Napoleonic Wars in the late Eighteenth and early Ninteenth Centerys. It progreeses the Germanic people's almost accidental rise to nationhood, and the series of events that led to WWI, and how all of those events helped make national atmosphere ripe for Hitler and his new regime, the Nazis. It also covers the Nazi party in it's early years as a beer hall movement; then how through a series of manipulation and just strange coincidence it rose to the National Party. And then how it became a dictatorship. The book also details how the Third Reich fell through the arrogence and insainity of it's leaders (and not just Hitler). It also chronicals the sad progression of the Holocaust from simple expusion of Jews to full scale genocide. This is a great start to studying the Nazis; but it is just that, a start. This book is just a thorough once over and is not the end all statement in Nazi history. But it dose serve it's purpose, and I like it.
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Summary: Exactly what I was looking for
Review: This book pulls no punches in explaining the rise of Nazism, exploring German history in a compelling way. This author has no axes to grind. This is must reading for anyone who wants to understand the way Adolf Hitler and National Socialism came to power. You know the old saying -- about those who don't understand history being doomed to repeat it.
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Summary: Presented what I expected
Review: This is a very complete summary for anyone interested in pursuing a study in Nazi Germany. It covers a lot of ground with a small number of pages. Important dates and events are all summarized as well as major characters in history. The only problem with this book is that the levels of detail regarding really important scenes in history are only touched on briefly. However, this is understandable since the author had to cover numerous events with a small number of pages. The book serves as a solid work that gives you a complete but general idea as to what happened in Nazi Germany. Serious historians or readers are encouraged to pick up books and other references that focus on specific aspects of history mentioned briefly here. You will know after reading this book whether or not you would like to pursue your studies in this field and what specific areas you may want to focus your studies on.
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