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Hitler's People

The Faces of the Third Reich

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Hitler's People

By: Richard J. Evans
Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
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Why did so many Germans take part in the crimes of Nazi Germany? How did they come to support Hitler and follow him almost to the very end? For too long, the Nazis have been presented as little more than psychopaths or criminals. In his major new work, renowned historian Richard J. Evans makes use of a mass of recently unearthed new evidence to strip away the veneer of myth and legend from the faces of the Third Reich and present a more realistic view of Nazi perpetrators as human beings who were disturbingly like us.

Evans offers rounded, fresh and often startling new portraits of the men and women who created and served Nazi Germany, beginning with Hitler himself and going on to encompass leading figures like Göring, Goebbels and Himmler, enforcers of Hitler’s orders such as Eichmann and Heydrich, propagandists like Leni Riefenstahl, low-level perpetrators such as the notorious Irma Grese and unknown sympathizers and fellow-travellers who helped the regime in myriad ways.

Hitler’s People is a chilling, brilliantly written work which allows the reader to understand the texture and values of the Third Reich and just how far individuals will go when so many normal moral constraints have disappeared.

©2024 Richard J. Evans (P)2024 Penguin Audio
Germany Historical Military Politics & Government Holocaust Imperialism Hungary

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Gripping and powerful

Unmissable for anyone trying to understand politics and world affairs now or indeed at any time.

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A fascinating....

informative and interesting listen from start to finish especially how it approached the various subjects within the book. The narrator was very good.

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The last 2 chapters were very illuminating

Varied perspectives about the people in charge of the third reich. Well written and spoken by someone who, thank heavens, spoke German. The horror of the killings and camps became a bit much.

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insightful.

provides a wealth of information about what happened in Germany and to the German people.
anyone interested in the motivation behind this horrendous period of history should read/listen to it.

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the brutal regime

this was a fabulous insight into the warped minds of the Nazi elite chilling

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Very detailed

Excellent way the author broke chapters down and explained all characters history
Really enjoyed it

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Fantastic Book

Loved this take of Hilter and the people around him. The narrator was excellent and the content was fascinating. This is a must listen to and I would highly recommend.

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Making things more meaningful

Interesting particularly in relation to what I didn’t know. Hearing more about the backgrounds dfs ily lives of key indivix

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Absolutely fascinating and innovative

Tremendous read, startling insight into the ultimately banal, and ordinary lives of the Nazis. The ordinariness only highlights the darkest traits of humanity. Also Leighton Pughs narration is always the best, his tone and gravitas is always on point.

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First chapters ok then more personal stories of high nazi

First chapters ok, but no detail in how ideas formed and what they were, just about the violence. Later chapters person high up nazi life stories. Thought it would be more about the general Germany people and why they became nazi what was promised why so many followed

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