Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 943.086
EAN num: 9780895267665
ISBN number: 0895267667
Label: Regnery Publishing, Ltd.
Manufacturer: Regnery Publishing, Ltd.
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 550
Printing Date: June 15, 1989
Publishing house: Regnery Publishing, Ltd.
Sale Popularity Level: 1147966
Studio: Regnery Publishing, Ltd.
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I have always enjoyed oral histories of warfare and this one told from the German point of view did not disappoint. The book is a perspective of the war based upon interviews with young boy-soldiers, housewifes, the typical adult soldier as well as political prisoners held by the German state.
The most interesting chapters dealt with the submarine warfare and the stories told by the soldiers who fought at the Russian front. I was surprised to learn that not all Germans treated Russians like animals, and vice versa.
However, the book has a major flaw that, I think, takes away from the overall flow of the book. There are way too many people interviewed for the book. Consequently, some of their stories come across as rather disjointed and much too precise to offer any good reading. I would have preferred longer stories which would have lead to a more cohesive story. Some people tell their story in one part of the book and then part of their story is related in another chapter. The problem with this is that when the person is very first introduced, there is a very short biography of the person. When that particular person's text is related later, the biography is omitted which forces the reader back to the original location of the person relating the story in order to re-read their bio. Hence, the three star rating.
All in all, the book is definitely worth reading for the WWII buff.
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Steinhoff, Pechel, and Showalter's Voices from The Third Reich contains more than 200 gripping oral histories from people who survived and/or supported Nazi Germany.
In an effort to show the intricacies of such a perplexing part of world history, the editors present an incredibly diverse group of voices: Jews who supported Nazis, Germans who hated Nazis, and people who simply joined the Nazis to be part of a social circle. With chapters as varied as Jews Get Out, The Children's Crusade, and German Women in Total War, readers learn from those in the Reich of why they participated in such a tyrannical regime. Often, the answers are too human to believe.
Voices of the Third Reich presents a horrific history by those who lived it and almost answers the question of "How could it have happened?"
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The book allows us to witness World War II through the experiences of German soldiers and civilians. These very first hand accounts are remarkable and somewhat chilling at the same time. For example, there are accounts that talk about the sucess of the German military in Europe, and accounts that describe the Russian front in great detail. I found the accounts on about the Russian front to be very disturbing. The soldiers suffered through many ordeals that its amazing they survived at all. Overall, this novel would be a welcome addition to anyone's library.
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This was perhaps the best of Johannes Steinhoff's books, since it does not deal with his own stellar yet tragic WW II and post war career. The insights of the average person living in Germany are of great importance to both social and military historians alike. Steinhoff offered this collective testament as a warning to all of us regarding war and the rise of a dictator. As Johannes said in an interview, "It is always the civilians who suffer the most, yet are remembered the least."
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This book is an excellent work that shows the German side of World War II. Through many accounts, the tome reveals slices of German life from the rise of Hitler to the toppling of the Reich. It shows that the German people, even during the monstrous horrors of the Holocaust, were still just people trying to survive. It is a fine work and is worthy to be included in any library.
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