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Title: They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-35 by Milton Sanford Mayer ISBN: 0-226-51192-8 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: November, 1966 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Chilling Look at Nazism from the German Perspective
Comment: Mayer gives us a chilling look at Nazi Germany through conversations and interviews with ten self described 'little men', who were all members of the party. The men tell of their beliefs and experiences during the years of the Third Reich. In some ways the scariest aspect of the book is how normal the men seem to be. Their Nazi beliefs are somehow more frightning as they do not come from high ranking officials like Himmler and Goebbles, but rather from ordinary civilians.
Mayer lived in Germany for several years after the Second World War and learned quite a bit about Germany. His book gives us a fascinating look at the Germans and why they behave as they do. We learn a great deal about why they supported Hitler, their love for law and order, and their general outlook.
The one weakness here is that his material is out of date. His statements may accurately reflect on the Germany of the 40's and 50's, but most likely do not apply to that country in the Twenty-First Century. The Germany of today is largely free of the hatred and fear that existed in earlier times.
Rating: 5
Summary: Chilling parallels with today's society
Comment: Shortly after World War II, Milton Sanford Mayer traveled to Germany to find out the mind set of ordinary Germans who were "little men" in the Nazi Party. They did not know that he was an American Jew, although he did not lie to them. To a man, they declared that their days under Hitler were the best in their lives. I found the parallels with current day America to be much to close for comfort, if you substitute white rural culture for Jews in Germany. This book will open your eyes as to how totalitarianism is welcomed by the mass of people if the media support it, and the economy is good.
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Title: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque ISBN: 0449213943 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 March, 1987 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Germinal by Emile Zola, Leonard W. Tancock ISBN: 0140440453 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: November, 1954 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Heritage of Western Civilization, Vol. 1, Eighth Edition by John L. Beatty, Oliver A. Johnson ISBN: 0131048600 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 20 December, 1994 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: Defying Hitler: A Memoir by Sebastian Haffner, Oliver Pretzel ISBN: 0374161577 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 14 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Martin Edward Malia ISBN: 0451527100 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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