1889-1945

Explores the myths and theories surrounding Adolf Hitler's life, and attempts to explain why he killed thousands of Jews during World War II.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about significant events and people in the life of German leader Adolf Hitler, as well as his policies, use of propaganda, the Holocaust, and other topics. Includes an introduction, a chronology, and maps.

Use interviews with witnesses and perpetrators, along with archival film and records, to examine how a political party as fundamentally evil as the Nazis could come to power in a modern European nation. Discusses the factors that enabled the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in the economically-devastated Germany of the post-World War I era and looks at the role of ordinary Germans in the Nazi regime. Follows the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, from its early promises through the atrocities and suffering of World War II. Includes segments focusing on the occupation of Poland and on the holocaust and concentration camps, particularly Treblinka.

Explores events in Germany that led up to World War II including Hitler's rise to power and the creation of the Third Reich.

Provides an analysis of the resistance to Hitler in Nazi Germany.

Examines a broad range of factors including social, political, cultural, and religious and their role in the creation and rise of Nazi Germany.

Explores how Hitler's Third Reich was able to hold out as long as it did during World War II, discussing why it did not surrender until Germany was left in ruins and almost completely occupied and chronicling the war's final, brutal months before the eventual surrender.