Litsy

Diary of a Man in Despair | Fritz Percy Reck-Malleczewen

Someone recommended this book to Tim Miller of The Bulwark, he added to footnotes, I borrowed it. Originally published in 1947, Reck details the rise of Hitler and Nazism with appropriate horror. I‘m only a bit into it , this paragraph !

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Bookfan1414

The Third Reich at War | Richard J. Evans

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This book HURTS! I have, over the course of this trilogy; developed anxiety, heart palpitations, and my depression is definitely not living the good life. I think these books are an important read and a deeply emotional reminder. I learned a lot, and am horrified by all of it. 5/5 stars ⭐️

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Smlambert725

The Midwife of Auschwitz | Anna Stuart

“We must be very, very certain of this,‘ Ana told them. ‘If we join the resistance, we may lose our lives.‘
‘And if we do not,‘ Bartek replied, ‘we may lose our souls.‘”
#March2025

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BarbaraBB

Address Unknown | Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

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An epistolary novella about how anti-semitism was raised and Hitler praised in the 1930s in Germany.
Looking for excuses (the poverty in the country in the aftermath of WWI), denying the truth, hiding behind the ambition of the Gentle Leader as they call him, choosing not to see what‘s happening.
It‘s horrible and haunting and feels painfully timely today. How we got to this point again is beyond me.

AmyG There is so much hate in the world. I truly believe the internet has alot to do with it. 4mo

BarbaraBB @AmyG Definitely, social media especially I guess. And I feel like the pandemic was a trigger as well: so much polarization and looking for scapegoats all the time. 4mo

LeeRHarry This was a good one and as you say still relevant today which is just plain sad and anger inducing. 4mo

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BarbaraBB @LeeRHarry so true! 4mo

AmyG Definitely the pandemic. That led to people finding socialization on the internet and not always in the best places. Not every place is Litsy!!! (edited) 4mo

Suet624 Shoot. I have this on my shelf and forgot to read it! 4mo

CarolynM It‘s scary. 4mo

BarbaraBB @Suet624 It‘s short and very much worth reading 4mo

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itsjustme40something

Mein Kampf - the Official 1939 Edition | Adolf Hitler

Everyone debates the facts with subtle nuances , what aboutism & old fashioned gaslighting....I'm not debating if the South African immigrant did or didn't do a nazi salute (He totally did by the way), but the dismantling of the Department of Healths department of woman's health & reproductive rights in less than 24 hrs is fact. Can't wait for me Feb appointment to get my paperwork together to leave this country.

Darklunarose It‘s going to be a dreadful term. The damage will be massive. I can‘t blame you for getting out of there. 4mo

itsjustme40something Watching how many people are either in support of it or normalize it is almost as terrifying as it happening. 4mo

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mirnas

The Kindly Ones | Jonathan Littell

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This is not an easy book, far from that. But if you finish it, your views on literature and ethical questions it raises will definitely not be the same.

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kspenmoll

Mothers in the Fatherland: Women, the Family and Nazi Politics | Claudia Koonz

Reading Harris while processing the books Hitler‘s People & Nazi Wives complicates for me the philosophical questions Harris is posing.All of the men explored & their wives did have a choice- yes, it was a life or death one , or at best a stripping of title, job, riches,etc.All were educated.Many of the wives did know what their husbands were doing, even the Final Solution. Historian & author Claudia Koonz included a chapter in her book about ⬇️

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kspenmoll Women, known & unknown, who said no & the subsequent consequences they faced. Her scholarship is from 1986, & in the intervening decades interviews, diaries, journals, etc. have emerged to provided updated & more in depth research/ archives. Koonz was a professor at my college for a year or two. Her book is out of print. I am I saved it. I have inferred that her contention is that people indeed did have “free will” to make a choice. (edited) 7mo

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