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Title: Plotting Hitler's Death : The Story of German Resistance by Joachim Fest, Bruce Little ISBN: 0-8050-5648-3 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 September, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Very Good Book
Comment: The author of this book, Joachim Fest, is one of the better know of the German World War 2 historians so I was expecting a well researched and factual book. What I found was just that. Fest first takes us through a history of a number of the failed plots and people responsible before sending the second half of the book on the plot that actually got the closest with a bomb blast injuring Hitler. Fest describes the set up of the plot, what was to take place after the assassination in regards to taking control of the German government and the assumptions of what would happen with the war. We also get a chapter on what happened to the members of the plot once it failed.
Overall this is an interesting and well-constructed book. The information is laid out in an organized and easy to understand method. The writing is better then you expect from a historian, it flows through the story. The book is a good one volume accounting of the attempts on Hitler's life and, unless you are a true historian of the issues, is about all one needs to understand and appreciate it. If you are interested in World War 2 this is a good pick up.
Rating: 4
Summary: A fascinating read, though more importantly, honest
Comment: I have to concede that at first I was highly skeptical that Fest, not just any German, but a German from the Nazi generation, would write an honest account of the German Resistance (I admit to harboring prejudices against Germans; my parents are survivors of the Nazi death camps). I expected Fest to exaggerate the motives of the Resistance, asserting that they were purely on humanitarian and moral grounds. After I read the book, however, I realized that I allowed my prejudices towards Germans get in the way. Fest makes no pretenses about their motives. They were wide-ranging, a few on humanitarian grounds, some because they saw they were losing the war, and for some it was the combination of several factors. It was an interesting and informative read. One criticism I do have is that there is a serious omission. Fest fails to tell us that many in the Resistance, even such notables as von Stauffenberg, Carl Goerdeler and Martin Niemoller sympathized with the Nazi view that there was a "Jewish problem" -- a problem that required a "solution." True, they were horrified when they learned that the Nazi "solution" to the "Jewish problem" was extermination; nonetheless they did harbor a fair amount of anti-semitism. As the brother of Claus von Stauffenberg testified: "In the sphere of internal politics, we had welcomed the basic tenets of National Socialism for the most part. . .The concept of race seemed sound and very promising. . ."; their objection was merely that its "implementation was exaggerated and carried too far." [the quote is taken from Goldhagen's book "Hitler's Willing Executioners."]
Rating: 5
Summary: Good Narrative History and Analysis
Comment: This book is very well-written with a lot of interesting information about major and minor members of the German resistance. In addition to good story-telling, Fest provides interesting analyses of the reasons for their failures. It is a sad story, but the moral courage of many of those in the German resistance is inspiring.
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Title: To the Bitter End: An Insider's Account of the Plot to Kill Hitler, 1933-1944 by Hans Bernd Gisevius, Allen W. Dulles, Peter Hoffmann, Richard Winston, Clara Winston ISBN: 0306808692 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The History of the German Resistance, 1933-1945 by Peter Hoffmann, Peter Hoffman ISBN: 0773515313 Publisher: McGill-Queens University Press Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: Hitler by Joachim C. Fest, Harcourt Brace Publishing ISBN: 0156027542 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Face of the Third Reich: Portraits of the Nazi Leadership by Joachim C. Fest ISBN: 030680915X Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Speer: The Final Verdict by Joachim Fest, Ewald Osers, Alexandra Dring ISBN: 0151005567 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 09 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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