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Christian Dibblee
Jan 03, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: european-history, favorites
The amount of detail in this book truly staggered me. Shirer, who spent much of his time in Berline during the rise and subsequent fall of the Reich, does really well to point out lots of different details. My thoughts on the personalities in this book could fill tons of pages, but I'll reserve a few for good commenting:

1. Hitler came of age in Austria during radical upheaval, which certainly influenced his perception of Jews. He found many of them to be in charge of prostitution and slavery rin ...more
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Lisa (Harmonybites)
Apr 24, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: history, ultimate-reading-list, ebooks, favorites, non-fiction
This book was on the family bookshelf before I was born, and I can't remember how old I was when I first read it--possibly under twelve. So it was certainly one of my formative introductions to the story of Nazi Germany. Shirer experienced the Third Reich first hand as a reporter posted to Berlin--he'd later publish his diary of those years. And he certainly makes his contempt of the Nazis clear. Some criticize him for that, feeling it shows a lack of objectivity, but Good God who could blame hi ...more
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