Rees, Laurence

Explores the epicenter of Nazi thinking during the Holocaust, and how escalations and killings of non-Jews revealed overarching, enduring effects throughout history.

Examines what factors led to the drastic shift in the treatment Japanese soldiers gave to Allied prisoners of war and Chinese civilians during World War II, explaining what caused Japanese soldiers, who had treated their prisoners with respect and civility, to begin engaging in mass murder, rape, and cannibalization of their enemies.

Examines the nature of Hitler's appeal and reveals the role his charisma played in his success by investigating the social, psychological, and historical aspects that helped form his personality.

More than 100 Auschwitz survivors and Nazi personnel contributed to this book and the inner workings of the camp are presented in unprecedented detail.

Presents over one hundred interviews from Auschwitz survivors and their Nazi captors that reveal first-hand accounts of the inner workings of the infamous death camp, their techniques of mass murder, and the decisions by Nazi leaders to use Auschwitz as its primary site for the extinction of European Jews.