Inside this book - the first of its kind devoted solely to Nazi Germany - are quotations from 289 men and five women in the Third Reich. Also included are the "last words" for sixty-nine individuals facing execution for war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as those falling in combat. Behind their backs, many Nazis referred to their comrades by nicknames or epithets; these also are included here. All 294 men and woman quoted in the work are described in concise biographies. With all quotations documented and footnoted, and many put into historical context, this is an easy to use valuable resource for all students of World War II history, writers and researchers of military, political and Holocaust subjects, and all those interested in the most significant epoch of the 20th century.
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This review is from: Thank God That Sow's Gone to the Butcher ...: 2000 Quotes from Hitler's 1000-year Reich (Hardcover)
I first set out to write this book to gather significant quotations from people in Hitler's Third Reich for use in my other books. As a historian, I am always looking for particular quotations and poring through book after book took too much time to find them. Then, after I had assembled 2,646 quotations (the 2,000 mentioned in the title is an undercount!), I found I actually had created a really entertaining read.The 294 individuals, Army, Navy, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS, Nazi Party, scientists and government bureaucrats are organized alphabetically. Some have only one quotation; Adolf Hitler leads the list with over 500. In addition, there is a short biography for each person, with date and place of birth, significant awards and positions held, nicknames, and a date, place and manner of death. There are also 112 period photos. To qualify for inclusion, the quotation had to be interesting, ironic, horrific, comedic, or indicative of the inner workings of the person who wrote or said it. For people with more than one quote, their utterances are divided into subjects (i.e. on war, on a particular country, on lawyers, other Nazis, and so forth). The subjects are organized alphabetically under each person. Many of the quotes have never before been published. The book is really easy to use. If you are trying to find what Heinrich Himmler said, go to page 127 and start going through his 98 quotations. Each one, unlike a lot of information on the Internet, is footnoted, showing where I found it; if you are using the quotes on an academic project, you'll need that. But if you're just interested in the Third Reich, crack the book open and just start reading; you never have to start at page 1 and read cover to cover. However, many people - who have indeed read the entire book - have said that this work finally opened their eyes to the terrible history of National Socialism in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. So if you have ever wondered who said the following, or didn't know that the quotes were ever made, grab the book and have a great read! "We didn't contemplate killing anybody in the beginning." "Hitler cultivated this evil in man." "I wasn't running a girl's finishing school." "Of course, I considered our treaties as so much toilet paper." "Concentration camps were not my responsibility." "If you have too many patients in your [health] institution, just beat them to death." "Other women are extremely careful of their appearance, but not beyond the moment when they've found a husband." "I wish that I could send some of my shock troops to Chicago and other big American cities to help in the elections."
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This review is from: Thank God That Sow's Gone to the Butcher ...: 2000 Quotes from Hitler's 1000-year Reich (Hardcover)
I was disappointed to find that the 1000 quotes do not offer the original German. I'd prefer 500 quotes with the original language over 1000 without it. I can appreciate the research going into it, but the deficiency detracts, I think, from it's utility.
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