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Oana
Aug 26, 2017 rated it it was amazing
In light of the last few days (Arpaio's pardon, laws to protect criminals running over protesters, etc.), I highly recommend this book to Americans and Canadians especially. This micro-history examines the exact steps over the three-month period of Dachau's first weeks in 1933 when there was still a chance for the judicial system to stop Nazism. When you get to 1934 and the author says by then it was too late, it makes one wonder where we are in that timeline.

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A couple minor quibbles. There ar
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Davida "Davi"
Feb 23, 2025 marked it as to-read