The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
A History of Nazi Germany
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Publisher Description
The fiftieth anniversary edition of the National Book Award–winning bestseller that is the definitive study of Adolf Hitler, the rise of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, and World War II. This special edition now features a new introduction by Ron Rosenbaum, author of Explaining Hitler and How the End Begins.
No other powerful empire ever bequeathed such mountains of evidence about its birth and destruction as the Third Reich. When the bitter war was over, and before the Nazis could destroy their files, the Allied demand for unconditional surrender produced an almost hour-by-hour record of the nightmare empire built by Adolph Hitler. This record included the testimony of Nazi leaders and of concentration camp inmates, the diaries of officials, transcripts of secret conferences, army orders, private letters—all the vast paperwork behind Hitler's drive to conquer the world.
The famed foreign correspondent and historian William L. Shirer, who had watched and reported on the Nazis since 1925, spent five and a half years sifting through this massive documentation. The result is a monumental study that has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of one of the most frightening chapters in the history of mankind.
Here is the complete story of Hitler's empire, one of the most important stories ever told, written by one of the men best equipped to write it.
This worldwide bestseller has been acclaimed as the definitive book on Nazi Germany; it is a classic work.
Customer Reviews
Magisterial and authoritative exposition of Hitler’s Germany.
I’ve gone through this book thrice within the last 10 years. This is one of my most prized possessions. Written by a journalist who saw things from his own eyes and had the benefit of original captured documents after the war. He has reconstructed the entire 12 years of Hitler’s Germany from documents captured by allied forces upon capitulation of German forces. Haven’t found a better book on the subject yet. Just be sure that this print is original. If not return it. I have the 50th commemorative hardback which is a collectible. Happy reading.
Excellent and relevant history
As expected, there is much more known about Hitler's youth today than when Shirer wrote this book, but the book was a great overview of Hitler and the Third Reich.