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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
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We all know about the awful deeds of the Nazi’s.
Hitler is literally the archetypal evil bastard of all history.
That being said.
It defies the imagination exactly how bad the Nazi’s were and how tragic that chapter in history was.
It takes hard work to simply inventory the industrial scale torture, terror and murder.
All told, 70 million people died in WWII.
Many of them died in the worst ways imaginable.
We simply can’t imagine that kind of suffering from the vantage point of 70 years of relative peace and prosperity.
Suffice it to say.
We must resist the denial and pervasive under estimation of the destructive power of racism, nationalism, populism and ideological, charismatic authoritarian leadership.
As difficult as it is to remember.
It is every bit as dangerous in 2020 as it was in 1920.
Maybe even more so.
Important, crucial, timely read.
Hitler is literally the archetypal evil bastard of all history.
That being said.
It defies the imagination exactly how bad the Nazi’s were and how tragic that chapter in history was.
It takes hard work to simply inventory the industrial scale torture, terror and murder.
All told, 70 million people died in WWII.
Many of them died in the worst ways imaginable.
We simply can’t imagine that kind of suffering from the vantage point of 70 years of relative peace and prosperity.
Suffice it to say.
We must resist the denial and pervasive under estimation of the destructive power of racism, nationalism, populism and ideological, charismatic authoritarian leadership.
As difficult as it is to remember.
It is every bit as dangerous in 2020 as it was in 1920.
Maybe even more so.
Important, crucial, timely read.
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Reading Progress
February 20, 2020
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Started Reading
February 20, 2020
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February 20, 2020
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10.0%
February 22, 2020
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15.0%
"I hate to step into this. But I simply can’t read this without drawing parallels to the political here and now. There are obvious differences. But the similarities are eerie and uncanny."
February 23, 2020
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30.0%
"Pure terror. One masochistic, narcissistic sociopath, and a few idealistic sycophants, plus countless passive others, stole power, murdered millions and all most destroyed civilization."
February 26, 2020
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50.0%
"I understand that there is controversy amongst historians about the accuracy of this book.
I’m not a historian, or even a sufficiently educated amateur.
So I can’t weigh in on all of that with any real value.
That being said.
This is one of the most interesting books I have ever read.
And the experience of reading it at this juncture of American history seems (at least to me) uncanny."
I’m not a historian, or even a sufficiently educated amateur.
So I can’t weigh in on all of that with any real value.
That being said.
This is one of the most interesting books I have ever read.
And the experience of reading it at this juncture of American history seems (at least to me) uncanny."
March 6, 2020
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Finished Reading
