The Nazis: A Warning from History

by Laurence Rees

Hardcover, 1997

Status

Available

Call number

943.086

Collection

Publication

BBC Books (1997), Edition: Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed, 256 pages

Description

Published in conjunction with the History Channel and the BBC, this prizewinning volume, now back in print, contains previously unpublished material and photographs documenting the reality of life under Nazi rule and the evolution of the ruthless slaughter of millions of people in Germany. In this handsome edition, BBC producer and renowned historian Laurence Rees has collected the testimonies of more than fifty eyewitnesses, many of whom were committed Nazis, free to tell their stories only after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Rees offers us the compelling voices of soldiers and civilians rarely heard from--including a remorseless Lithuanian soldier who shot five hundred people and then went out to lunch, and the anguished older sister of a ten-year-old developmentally disabled boy selected for "immunization injection" (a fatal dose of morphine) at a children's hospital. These materials cast a harsh new light on the rise and fall of the Third Reich.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member 2wonderY
This is the BBC series in book form. Same narrative, same photos and images. Good material. It featured lots of interviews of a wide sample of participants in the war; many who were strangely unapologetic of their actions.

Language

Original language

English

ISBN

9780563387046

Barcode

91100000181531

DDC/MDS

943.086
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