Explaining Hitler: The Search for the Origins of His Evil, Updated Edition, (Paperback)

from HHS-Staff

Reviewed by Mr. Overeem (Language Arts) The title is deceptive: Rosenbaum's book explores the world of "Hitler Explainers," distinguished scholars across the globe who have tried to "unpack" one of history's most ominous mysteries. If one thinks about it long enough, one realizes that the questio...

from HHS-Staff

Reviewed by Mr. Overeem (Language Arts) The title is deceptive: Rosenbaum's book explores the world of "Hitler Explainers," distinguished scholars across the globe who have tried to "unpack" one of history's most ominous mysteries. If one thinks about it long enough, one realizes that the questio...

from Litblog

Years ago, at a flat-warming party, I was taken to task for having a biography of the religious fundamentalist Ian Paisley - the false assumption being that having a biography of someone means sharing/validating their beliefs or actions. No fan of Paisley, I was interested to know more about him ...

from wildbill

I have to start out by saying I did not like this book very much. IMHO the author did not conduct a serious examination of the topic. In analyzing the events in Hitler's life the author chooses to examine the "one-ball" theory and Hitler's relationship with Geli Raubal. Some of the Raubal materia...

from LisaMaria_C

The book sold itself to me due to the title and the cover. The title because this question has fascinated me since I was a little girl and read The Diary of Anne Frank and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Hitler and his regime seem so the embodiment of evil, surely to examine the question of...