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Mein Kampf Mein Kampf Adolf Hitler 1925 autobiographical book "My Struggle" (USA: "My Battle") by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler On April 1, 1924, because of the sentence handed down by the People's Court of Munich, I had to begin … OL1067314W
German resistance to... Hitler German resistance to... Hitler Gallin, Mary Alice Mother. Published from her 1955 PhD thesis work at the Catholic University of America with access to primary German and post-war tribunal sources. Traces the moral issues of the German men and women who oppo… OL12692971W
The Hitler of history The Hitler of history John Lukacs A unique study of Hitler through his many biographers. Historians grapple with Hitler (as with any other historical topic) through the prism of their own experiences, culture, and prejudices, making … OL155642W
Foundational pasts Foundational pasts Alon Confino "This book proposes to understand the Holocaust by looking at Nazi and German culture and sensibilities that made the persecution and extermination imaginable, possible, and conceivable. It criticall… OL15936448W
Das Dritte Reich Das Dritte Reich Klaus Hildebrand Das seit Jahrzehnten bewährte Standardwerk zur Geschichte des "Dritten Reiches" liegt nun bereits in 7. Auflage vor. Hier findet sich der aktuelle Stand der Forschung, übersichtlich aufbereitet und d… OL1655449W
Heinrich Himmler Heinrich Himmler Peter Longerich Heinrich Himmler, an unremarkable looking man, was Hitler's top enforcer, in charge of the Gestapo, the SS, and the so-called Final Solution. We can only wonder, as biographer Peter Longerich asks, h… OL1739232W
Hitler's Last Days Hitler's Last Days Bill O'Reilly By early 1945, the destruction of the German Nazi State seems certain. The Allied forces, led by American generals George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower, are gaining control of Europe, leaving Ge… OL17935034W
The Fall of Berlin, 1945 The Fall of Berlin, 1945 Antony Beevor The Red Army's invasion of Berlin in January 1945 was one of the most terrifying examples of fire and sword in history. Frenzied by terrible memories of Wehrmacht and SS brutality, the Russians wreak… OL1881603W
The mystery of Olga Chekhova The mystery of Olga Chekhova Antony Beevor Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin… OL1881621W
Why?: Explaining the Holocaust Why?: Explaining the Holocaust Peter Hayes xvi, 412 pages : 25 cm OL19169117W
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi epoch Adolf Hitler and the Nazi epoch Paul Madden xiii, 740 p. ; 23 cm OL1969473W
The faithful spy The faithful spy John Hendrix Tells the fascinating story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his fight against the oppression of the German people during World War II. Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian who was shocke… OL19752448W
Life and death in the Third Reich Life and death in the Third Reich Peter Fritzsche "[...] Peter Fritzsche deciphers the puzzle of Nazism's ideological grip. Its basic appeal lay in the Volksgemeinschaft -- a "people's community" that appealed to Germans to be part of a great projec… OL19884002W
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany Catherine Epstein "Provides an up-to-date historical synthesis based on the latest research in the field"-- OL20002305W
The German War The German War Nicholas Stargardt "Drawing on a wealth of first-hand testimony, the German War is the first foray for many decades into how the German people experienced the Second World War. Told from the perspective of those who li… OL20010345W
Third Reich Third Reich Martin Kitchen 70 years have passed since Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor, and in the intervening years a vast amount has been written on the origins and nature of the Third Reich. In this accessible account,… OL21286302W
History of Germany, 1918-2000 History of Germany, 1918-2000 Mary Fulbrook "Traces the dramatic social, cultural and political tensions in Germany since 1918... from the self-destructive Weimar Republic, through the extremes of genocide and military aggression in the Nazi e… OL23520398W
Blitzkrieg Blitzkrieg Len Deighton Deighton, author of SS-GB and other thrillers, turns to history again with this companion piece to his own, more dramatic Fighter (1977). Paralleling that chronicle of the Battle of Britain, Blitzkri… OL2425023W
Militärstrategie Deutschlands 1940-1945 Militärstrategie Deutschlands 1940-1945 Heinz Magenheimer 352 p. : 20 cm OL2561848W
Hitler's Banker Hitler's Banker John Weitz  This biography of a major figure of the Nazi regime raises tough ethical questions about the nature of collaboration and patriotism. Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht was born in 1877 into a prominent… OL2640543W
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