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Hitler and Nazism
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First published January 1, 1967
About the author
Louis L. Snyder
79 books19 followersLouis Leo Snyder (1907–1993) was an American-born German scholar who witnessed the Nazi mass meetings and wrote about them in Hitlerism: The Iron Fist in Germany. He predicted Adolf Hitler's rise to power, alliance with Benito Mussolini, and war upon the French and the Jews.
His 1932 book Hitler and Nazism (under the pseudonym Nordicus) predicted Hitler's rise to power. It was the first publication of the complete National Socialist Program.
His 1932 book Hitler and Nazism (under the pseudonym Nordicus) predicted Hitler's rise to power. It was the first publication of the complete National Socialist Program.
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October 17, 2024
I’ve read many books about the Holocaust growing up. I learned about WW2 throughout years of schooling. Then I came to access this book for free and realized I barely know anything about Hitler and Nazism. With my recent interest in learning more about history, I decided to read this book by bit.
With short chapters covering many factors before, during, and after Hitler’s rise to power, I was engaged and educated. I thought Snyder provided a good outline and brought the horrific people and events to life. I would recommend this book to people who want to learn more about this topic in 143 pages.
I found this book to be strangely parallel to current events - history really does repeat itself.
With short chapters covering many factors before, during, and after Hitler’s rise to power, I was engaged and educated. I thought Snyder provided a good outline and brought the horrific people and events to life. I would recommend this book to people who want to learn more about this topic in 143 pages.
I found this book to be strangely parallel to current events - history really does repeat itself.
January 31, 2010
Read this in 7th grade too, who knows why! I didn't realize my obsession had started so early.
June 23, 2021
Just the basics but a good explanation of Hitler and the evil he brought to the world.
August 31, 2016
The comparisons of Hitler to Trump immediately come to mind - "feelings that people are always working against him", "a fanatical egoist", a "belief that he was infallible", a "refusal to admit that he was wrong at any time", a "mistrust of everyone", a "megalomaniac", a "hatred of "experts", a "reader of few books", "work bored him- he left most to his assistants", a "non-smoker", a "teetotaler", "slept very little", "enjoyed the company of beautiful women", "mean and petty, spiteful and vindictive", "one of the most consummate liars off all time", "all his life he practiced
lying, cunning, and deceit in order to get what he wanted." And perhaps best of all, "a belief that the great mass of people had simple, primitive minds and were swayed chiefly by their emotions. Therefore, when one lied to people, it was best to tell big lies." Wow! Who knew reincarnation was real?
lying, cunning, and deceit in order to get what he wanted." And perhaps best of all, "a belief that the great mass of people had simple, primitive minds and were swayed chiefly by their emotions. Therefore, when one lied to people, it was best to tell big lies." Wow! Who knew reincarnation was real?
October 25, 2016
I like this book. It has a lot of helpful information. It covers ground not found in a lot of books on the Nazis [like how they tried to use "Christian" churches only to be rebuffed by men of conviction within those churches].
It also has a lot of opinion. Obviously the Nazis were bad- no reasonable person can dispute that. But Snyder decides to insult the physical traits of the Nazis as if that had something to do with their being evil.
Example? Repeatedly he calls Goering "fat" and makes fun of him for his being overweight. While painting with this broad brush does he mean to imply all fat people are evil. Churchill was no Adonis- was he evil? This is just one example of this. I found it disturbing as the evil deeds of the Nazis don't need such immature name calling to be shown as evil. It hurts Snyder's own case.
It also has a lot of opinion. Obviously the Nazis were bad- no reasonable person can dispute that. But Snyder decides to insult the physical traits of the Nazis as if that had something to do with their being evil.
Example? Repeatedly he calls Goering "fat" and makes fun of him for his being overweight. While painting with this broad brush does he mean to imply all fat people are evil. Churchill was no Adonis- was he evil? This is just one example of this. I found it disturbing as the evil deeds of the Nazis don't need such immature name calling to be shown as evil. It hurts Snyder's own case.
January 17, 2009
do i still want to read Mein Kamph , i don't know.but i surely would not buy it.i think i might stop reading it out of contempt for the writer.i do believe he was crazy. and i surely do not wish to support such book i will make a do with an e book. and might not finish it either. and it will be very easy to delete it.
June 4, 2015
A brief history of Hitler and Nazism. Facts about what happened. Not as detailed as 'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich' - much shorter summary of what happened. "For the sake of decency, for the sake of the world's future, let us never forget it."
January 16, 2016
if only he was more neutral !!!!!!
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