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Thanks for thoughtful comments. I do read widely and appreciate your suggestion. What do you recommend as the must-read, accessible and honest and intelligent
by nonrandomstring 4y ago
Thanks for thoughtful comments.
I do read widely and appreciate your suggestion. What do you recommend
as the must-read, accessible and honest and intelligent account of
civilian life in Germany during that period. Thanks.
- lostlogin 4y agoI’m not the OP but like reading about the interwar period, particularly in Russia. You really can’t view The Second World War in isolation, as it was directly related to World War One, particular in Germany and Russia. It was utter chaos politically and following any thread though the period is very complicated. It isn’t really about Germany, but gives an idea of the complexity of the era and of German politics, Lenin on the Train by Catherine Merridale is a good read.
- TaylorAlexander 4y agoI thought I would also suggest the Iron Dice podcast and specifically the “fight for the republic” numbered series episodes, which cover the power struggle in Germany between WW1 and WW2: https://www.theirondice.com/ https://www.theirondice.com/
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- lettergram 4y agoRather than giving specifics I’d try to focus on popular (translated) speeches from the time from Germany, Russia, France, UK, US. Read old news papers if you can as well (there are archives online). That’ll give you more of a “heart beat” of what’s going on. The geopolitics of the time I developed from reading probably a hundred or so books on it. When you get a history book they have citations, go through those and find a few to read. You’ll get closer to the source material. Sorry for being “loose” in my particulars of recommendations. I really do think for understanding civilian life newspapers might be the best basis (it’s most of the original source material).