title: Hitler and the Nazis: A History in Documents (Pages from History)
author:  David F. Crew 
description: Grade 8 UpCrew has compiled a broad assortment of primary sources to give readers a glimpse into Germany under Hitler. He opens with a well-reasoned introduction that explains why it is still important for students to learn about the Nazi era. The remaining seven chapters cover the post-World War I breakdown of the German economy and culture, the rise of Hitler, Nazi propaganda, the development of the racist state, Hitler's war machine, and the Holocaust and its aftermath. Each chapter has a general introduction as well as commentary about the individual documents. The excerpts are drawn from government papers, Nazi propaganda, letters, diaries, articles, reminiscences, and trial and hearings testimony. The text is supplemented with black-and-white period photos, art, and documents, including reproductions that show how the Nazis used propaganda to create a mythical Hitler who became the all-powerful embodiment of the German nation. An extensive bibliography, divided by topic, and a list of Web sites offer many good choices for further information. This volume complements other primary-source-based titles such as Dorothy and Carl J. Schneider's <i>World War II</i> (Facts On File, 2003), which examines the war from the American perspective.<i>Mary Mueller, Rolla Junior High School, MO</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  PENGUIN BOOKS  
  HITLER 1889 – 1936
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘An exemplary biography – trenchant, thorough, sane, beautifully organized’
  John Gross, _Sunday Telegraph,_ Books of the Year
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘Ian Kershaw’s _Hitler_ counts among the most significant works on
  contemporary history in the last decades’ Frank Schirrmacher, _Frankfurter
  Allgemeine Zeitung_
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘This is the most impressive biography of Hitler in the English language…
  Kershaw’s work supersedes Bullock’s celebrated book in every sense, as well as
  the excellent book by the late William Carr’ John Lukacs, _Spectator_
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘What emerges is an entirely original thesis, a new insight into how this
  uniquely calamitous dictator managed to come so close to fulfilling his
  terrible aims’ Gitta Sereny, _The Times_
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘A path-breaking biography [which places] all previous biographies of Hitler
  in the shade’ Hans Mommsen, _Frankfurter Rundschau_
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘By the end of this volume, we understand how Hitler could have become so
  identified with 