Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The secret diaries of Hitler's doctor The secret diaries of Hitler's doctor Theodor Gilbert Morell Written by Bernie Weisz Historian June 8, 2010 Pembroke Pines, Florida e mail: [email protected] Title of Review: "Satan's" Doctor" David Irving's book, ""The Secret Dairies of Hitler's Doctor" was… OL127983W
A German generation A German generation Thomas August Kohut "Germans of the generation born just before the outbreak of World War I lived through a tumultuous and dramatic century. This book tells the story of their lives and, in so doing, offers a new histor… OL15941942W
Operation paperclip Operation paperclip Annie Jacobsen In the chaos following World War II, the U.S. government faced many difficult decisions, including what to do with the Third Reich's scientific minds. These were the brains behind the Nazis' once-ind… OL16813636W
From exile to Washington From exile to Washington W. Michael Blumenthal "Born in Weimar Germany, W. Michael Blumenthal grew up during the ascent of the Third Reich. He and his family fled from the Nazis to the other side of the world--first to Shanghai, then to America. … OL17660200W
The sunken gold The sunken gold Joseph A. Williams On January 25, 1917, HMS Laurentic struck two German mines off the coast of Ireland and sank. The ship was carrying 44 tons of gold bullion to the still-neutral United States via Canada in order to f… OL19719721W
Hitler's forgotten children Hitler's forgotten children Ingrid von Oelhafen "Created by Heinrich Himmler, the Lebensborn program abducted as many as half a million children from across Europe. Through a process called Germanization, they were to become the next generation of… OL20023278W
Beyond uncertainty Beyond uncertainty David C. Cassidy Since the fall of the Soviet Union, long-suppressed information has emerged on Heisenberg’s role in the Nazi atomic bomb project. In *Beyond Uncertainty*, Cassidy interprets this and other previously… OL2005976W
The Red Baron The Red Baron Wayne Vansant "In The Red Baron, graphic artist and author Wayne Vansant illustrates the incredible story of Manfred von Richthofen, whose unparalleled piloting prowess as a member of the Imperial German Army Air … OL23326503W
The rise and fall of the Luftwaffe The rise and fall of the Luftwaffe Hauptmann Hermann "Can it really be true that in 1941 insiders knew the Luftwaffe was a spent force and a failed organization? This remarkable, but little-known book, first published in 1943, argues how pure incompete… OL24295788W
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
Confronting the Holocaust Confronting the Holocaust Neil Gregor "Nuremberg - a city associated with Nazi excesses, party rallies, and the extreme anti-Semitic propaganda published by Hitler ally Julius Streicher - has struggled since the Second World War to come … OL2714025W
Ideology of Death Ideology of Death John Weiss In his 1995 work, Ideology of Death, Weiss again breaks with tradition by suggesting that the Holocaust did not depend upon the unique character of Adolph Hitler for its inspiration. The culture of p… OL2767364W
Eichmann's men Eichmann's men Hans Safrian "More than sixty years after the advent of the National Socialist genocides, the question still remains: how could a state-sponsored terror that took the lives of millions of men, women, and children… OL3171000W
Safe Among the Germans Safe Among the Germans Ruth Gay "This book tells the story of why a quarter-million Jews, survivors of death camps and forced labor, sought refuge in Germany after World War II. Those who had ventured to return to Poland after libe… OL3260837W
Death and Deliverance Death and Deliverance Michael Burleigh Between 1939 and 1945 the Nazis systematically murdered as many as 200,000 mentally ill or physically disabled people whom they stigmatised as 'life unworthy of life'. This complex and covert series … OL3350039W
Deutschlands Rolle in der Vorgeschichte der beiden Weltkriege Deutschlands Rolle in der Vorgeschichte der beiden Weltkriege Andreas Hillgruber One of the most hotly disputed topics in twentieth-century history has been Germany's share of responsibility -- "its guilt" -- for the outbreak of the two world wars. In this short, penetrating stud… OL4681150W
The Business of Genocide The Business of Genocide Michael Thad Allen "During World War II, hundreds of thousands of prisoners were worked to death by the Nazis under a brutal system of slave labor in the concentration camps. By 1942, this vast network of slavery exten… OL6213193W
Soldiers as Citizens Soldiers as Citizens Jay Lockenour "For centuries prior to 1945, the German officer corps constituted a social and political elite in Central Europe. And as this book shows, the debacle of the Second World War, the scorn of the German… OL8418404W