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In this fascinating and enlightening collection of essays, one of the most important historians of our time reflects on the ways our understanding of Nazi Germany have been transformed in the twenty-first century. Richard Evans examines new historical perspectives on the Third Reich, such as showing how it is increasingly


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One of the great debates in the history of WWII is how Hitler took power in Germany and how many Germans knew and supported Hitler’s mass murder of political opponents, Jews, Poles, Roma, and “defectives.”

In 28 short, easy-to-read chapters, each a free-standing essay, Evans unpacks this debate with magisterial detail about Germans before, during, and after WWII.

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