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    <body><![CDATA[Great book, right up there with William L. Shirer's &quot;Berlin Diary&quot; and &quot;Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.&quot; A must-read for those interested in how Hitler came to power in Germany and the lessons and relevance to modern political demagogues and movements. Very long (700 pages) but...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40498084">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a hard read(not sure if it was this exact book but was the same idea)This book was hard to take in you have to read the same part twice to Completely understand.I find history to be interesting and this book is very LONG!!!!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think this is the definitive biography of Hitler.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a very chunky book, had too many details i don't care about]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ich hab lange, lange dafür gebraucht aber es lohnt sich. Ganz, ganz groß! Ein absolutes muss für alle, die sich auch nur annähernd für das Thema interessieren]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[an OK read if you are interested in that era.]]></body>
    
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