> interesting to see how people misremember the post-war years. The observations about the ineffectiveness of US propaganda in post-war Germany are interesting

> interesting to see how people misremember the post-war years. The observations about the ineffectiveness of US propaganda in post-war Germany are interesting. But for all the flaws of Meyer's work, the book is about how people thought they were free during the sordid, infamous Nazi period. Above all, the people who saw themselves as the honest folks supporting the good principles of the dictatorship. It is also interesting to read how people — the very same who were supporters of the dictatorship and who helped persecute the target groups — are comfortable in all their justifications. "Sure, we knew these people who were taken away. But what could we do?" "I didn't do anything terrible. If something terrible happened, it happened later, elsewhere." "The Great Leader failed only because he had some bad people in his circle."