Hitler and Nazism

by Enzo Collotti, Valerio Lintner, Valerio Linkner

On January 30, 1933, the president of Germany appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of the Weimar Republic. Hitler's National Socialist Party had won a majority in the general elections the year before, and thus Hitler's ascension to power and the rise of German national socialism, or Nazism, began under the color of "legitimacy." The rise of Nazism was rooted in the crisis in German society following the post-World War I economic collapse of the late 1920s. Germany's already weak democratic institutions had been further undermined by continuing political attacks, and therefore the impact of Hitler's party was even greater. The following years would see the inexorable establishment of Germany's totalitarian state, with the consolidation of full dictatorship between 1934 and 1938. This process occurred through the continuous creation and use of repressive instruments and a powerful ideology, rooted in racism and imperialism, that led finally to the years of Nazi terror during World War II. Understanding the rise of Hitler and Nazism remains key to understanding today's Germany, today's Europe and today's world.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

157 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Enzo Collotti (15 August 1929 – 7 October 2021) was an Italian historian and academic. He taught contemporary history at the University of Florence, the University of Bologna, and the University of Trieste. He is considered an important historian of the Italian resistance and in the study of Nazism. He was married to his colleague Enrica Pischel.

Reviews

[Patrick Dubois · Rating 3 out of 5]

Purement historique, accompagné d’une centaine de documents d’archives et cartographie en couleur

[Jeffrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

An easy and fast read about the story of Nazism in Germany and World War II. Ideal as an introductory book. Also contains plenty of photographs and illustrations.

[Manthos Letsios · Rating 5 out of 5]

A pretty good summary of the era.

[Elisa]

Cartaceo

[Raymond Hu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well i read the English version of this book and it taught me a lot of Hitler's evil deeds to Jews. I realized a lot about how Hitler's ideas came to be and what he did leading up to world war 2 and how Jews were treated under his rule. I also found out a lot about how people feared Germans during this time period and the brutality used against Jews. Like how inhuman can you be if u make a human into your test subjects for your experiments that would not produce any sort of benefit. Germans had done many wrongs during the period of Nazism in Germany and because of this idea of Nazism millions of people died against it and many thousands died under it.But then i also feel that the allied side in World war 2 should have took action earlier and this would have prevented thousands of people die over a racism and take over. It made me realized a lot about the world and wars being fought over because of the most stupid reasons. If the world could recognize differences between every race, culture , human then we wouldn't be having so many wars and fights. Nazism has left a very deep negative impact on the world and made us realize that these types of ideas must be prevented because of the pain and suffering it can cause if these ideas spread.