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The s: A Warning From History Paperback – 2 Mar. 2006

English edition by Laurence Rees (Autor)
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Following the success of Rees' bestselling Auschwitz, this substantially revised and updated edition of The Nazis - A Warning from History tells the powerfully gripping story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich.

During a 16-year period, acclaimed author and documentary-maker Laurence Rees met and interviewed a large number of former Nazis, and his unique insights into the Nazi psyche and World War 2 received enormous praise.

At the heart of the book lies compelling eyewitness accounts of life under Adolf Hitler, spoken through the words of those who experienced the Nazi regime at every level of society. An extensive new section on the Nazi/Soviet war (previously published in Rees' War of the Century) provides a chilling insight into Nazi mentality during the most bloody conflict in history.

Described as one of the greatest documentary series of all times The Nazis - A Warning from History won a host of awards, including a BAFTA and an International Documentary Award.

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  1. Print length
    424 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    BBC Books
  4. Publication date
    2 Mar. 2006
  5. Dimensions
    12.55 x 2.69 x 19.84 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    056349333X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0563493334
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One of the greatest documentary series of all time ― Daily Mail

Essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand how a highly cultured, western society fell into an abyss of barbarity ― History magazine

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Laurence Rees is the critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling author of a large canon of books, including Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'. His longstanding career as a writer and filmmaker, focusing on the Nazis and World War II, includes the acclaimed television series Nazis: A Warning from History, War of the Century, Horror in the East and Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'. The body of work has won him a myriad of awards including a BAFTA. a Grierson Award and an international Documentary Award. He was educated at Oxford University and held the post of Creative Director of BBC TV History programmes.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ BBC Books; 21st edition (2 Mar. 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 424 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 056349333X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0563493334
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.55 x 2.69 x 19.84 cm
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  • Stijn Vandamme
    5.0 out of 5 stars It's a must read
    Reviewed in Germany on 6 March 2020
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    It's not really a typical WW2 book that tells you what happened, there are plenty of other books for that.
    But none will explain to you and make you have an idea what decision making process triggered those events and circumstances by which it all managed to get buy in from the population and the military.
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  • Barron Laycock
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Photographic Journey Into The Hell Of Nazi Atrocities!
    Reviewed in Germany on 19 June 2000
    For the serious history student interested in a quick cold-water style immersion in an excellent though disturbing look at the murderous excesses of the Nazi years, this startling book provides a sanguine, surprising, and totally readable overview of the brutalities, torturous acts, and murder accomplished by the Germans during their 12-year reign of terror, complete with hundreds of compelling photographs. Generated as a companion tome to a History Channel documentary, this is a good introduction to the scope and breadth of a mind-boggling range of Nazi atrocities perpetrated not only on European Jews, but also to the infirm, mentally impaired, and to anyone else they had motivation to exterminate. From the early acts of euthanasia of its own 'infirm' and "undesirables" to the systeamtic and publicly witnessed clubbing murder of hundreds of Jews in the streets of 'liberated' Latvian villages, this is a journey into the belly of the fascist beast.
    This is a cautionary (and absolutely historically accurate) tale, made especially relevant in the year 2000 by the recent "ethnic cleansing" barbarism in Bosnia and Kosovo, of what can happen when people begin to surrender to the worst impulses of the social realm, and decide to ignore, or stand aside, or to pretend they just don't see where it is all leading. It has something to teach us about the very real dangers associated with unleashing the politics of hate, of what happens when ordinary citizens let other groups break the law to bully and terrorize minorities, when we let the central Government get out of control. History, as told in this excellent book, can teach us about how easily we humans succumb to subconscious evil, and seem to passively slip, almost without really deciding to, down the social and political slope to easy excuses and euphemisms, toward depravity, torture, and genocide. This is a book I highly recommend, although given its provocative and graphic photographic contents I would use caution about limiting its viewing by younger readers.
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  • Gary White
    5.0 out of 5 stars A must read book for anyone interested in WW2 and its impact today
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 December 2022
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    Not a military book - more about the forces that enabled Hitler and the Nazis to come to power and how a civilized and advanced society was able to commit the barbarities it did in the name of Nazism. I can't add much to what has been written by reviewers already but suffice that this book (originally published in 1997 to accompany the BBC series and updated in 2005 by Rees) is based largely on eyewitness accounts and interviews recorded in the early to mid 1990s. Thus, a quite unique historical record, as most if not all these WW2 survivors have now died. The most chilling part is in some ways is what happened in the Baltic states where local pogroms and collaboration did most of the fascist murdering.
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  • Juan Manuel Abad Fernandez
    5.0 out of 5 stars Una obra maestra del fotoperiodismo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
    Reviewed in Spain on 20 February 2021
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    Una recopilación de entrevistas excepcional y de alto valor documental. Ayuda a tener una información valiosa desde ambos bandos para poder tener criterio. Lo recomiendo, al igual que la primera parte.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars this book dwells into the paradox of a civilized and highly enlightened society looking the other way and subscribing to the Nazi hate campaign against humanity and the eventual HOLOCAUST
    Reviewed in India on 19 January 2018
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    A warning from History - immensely readable " DOCUMENT" !! while there has been plethora of books on Nazis and the war ,
    this book dwells into the paradox of a civilized and highly enlightened society looking the other way and subscribing to the
    Nazi hate campaign against humanity and the eventual HOLOCAUST . The book succeeds in delivering a warning that history
    could repeat itself in a civilized world .
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  • Jack
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, this isa truly great book.
    Reviewed in the United States on 24 July 2014
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    I have read 280 books on wwii and the Nazis. This ,by far, is the most interesting and best explanation Ihave ever read of the period covered from 1920 to 1946. It provides a strategic telling of the story along with many first hand experiences of individuals who lived through the many events described. I can really understand why the BBC chose to make this book into a program on their history channel. This book is in a class by itself and amazingly does this in less than 300 pages. You owe it to yourself to read this if you want to understand the whole time from 1920 to 1946.
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  • Gazza
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Warning From History
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 July 2018
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    I have enjoyed a number of books by Laurence Rees but, in my view, this is his best. It is well written and structured beautifully with a message from history that no one should ever forget. It accompanies the excellent television series, which I have also recently purchased on DVD. I would highly recommend both.

    I hope you find my review helpful.
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