Publication date UK format 6/10/22 book 416 pages
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Synopsis
New from the author of Travellers in the Third Reich – the Sunday Times Top Three bestseller and Waterstones Book of the Month: a stunningly evocative portrait of Hitler’s Germany through the people of a single village. Oberstdorf is a beautiful village high up in the Bavarian Alps, a place where for hundreds of years ordinary people lived simple lives while history was made elsewhere. Yet even here, in the farthest corner of Germany, National Socialism sought to control not only people’s lives but also their minds. Drawing on archive material, letters, interviews and memoirs, A Village in the Third Reich is an extraordinarily intimate portrait of Germany under Hitler, of the descent into totalitarianism and of the tragedies that befell all of those touched by Nazism. In its pages we meet the Jews who survived – and those who didn’t; the Nazi mayor who tried to shield those persecuted by the regime; and a blind boy whose life was thought ‘not worth living’. It is a tale of conflicting loyalties and desires, of shattered dreams, despair and destruction – but one in which, ultimately, human resilience triumphs. These are the stories of ordinary lives at the crossroads of history.
My Review
This was an amazing read. I just couldn't put this book down. It was so interesting. I loved how easy this history book was to read. It flowed exceptionally well. You felt like you were experiencing what like was like to live in German occupation during the war. There was so many sources used from many personal diaries. It had the ease of reading like a fiction book where you get to know all the people in this book. You really felt like you knew these people. That you was with them struggling on with every day life. You understood just how hard it was for some to accept the new regime. I especially found the story of the school teacher very interesting. There was also a German officer who didn't like the way others were treated and started the help people where he could. It also looks at what happened to these people during their trials after the war. It was brilliant reading about how the community came together to help many of those pretending to be a German and following Hitlers regime. I loved every minute, it was the best way to learn what it was like to be oppressed by hitlers German rule. I definitely recommend reading this history book. It is definitely a unique history that is a real page turner.
I also have to mention how much I loved the cover its so beautiful. I also loved how af the end of this book. It gives a paragraph talking about each person or family mentioned in this book and what happened to them from after the war to present day or until their natural death.
Only the highest of praise goes out to the authors and publishing team for bringing us this amazing book that really brought out my emotions.
Where you could buy this book
Amazon US K $22.99, HC $35.00, PB $17.36
Waterstones PB £8.99
B&N HC $35.00 EB $22.99
Kobo EB £5.99, AUDIO £16.99
Amazon UK K £1.89, AUDIBLE, HC £15.58, PB £7.89
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