![]() ![]() Disturbing, absurd, moving, and ranging from the deeply trivial to the deeply tragic, their tales give a fresh insight into the complexities of the Third Reich, its paradoxes and its ultimate destruction. It brought an end to the Weimar Republic, a parliamentary democracy established in defeated Germany after World War I. ![]() The Nazi rise to power marked the beginning of the Third Reich. These are the accidental eyewitnesses to history. Numerous sources, especially recently discovered local police files, show that large numbers of racially pure and socially adjusted Gypsies were exempted. Both inside and outside Germany, the term Third Reich was often used to describe the Nazi regime in Germany from January 30, 1933, to May 8, 1945. Their experiences create a remarkable three-dimensional picture of Germany under Hitler - one so palpable that the reader will feel, hear, even breathe the atmosphere. How easy was it to know what was actually going on, to grasp the essence of National Socialism, to remain untouched by the propaganda or predict the Holocaust? Travellers in the Third Reich is an extraordinary history of the rise of the Nazis based on fascinating first-hand accounts, drawing together a multitude of voices and stories, including students, politicians, musicians, diplomats, schoolchildren, communists, scholars, athletes, poets, journalists, fascists, artists, tourists, even celebrities like Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett. ![]() THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP THREE BESTSELLER Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History 2018 One of the Daily Telegraph 's Best Books of 2017 A Guardian 'Readers' Choice' Best Book of 2017 Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what's right in front of your eyes? The events that took place in Germany between 19 were dramatic and terrible but there were also moments of confusion, of doubt - of hope. ![]()
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