A Village in the Third Reich How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed by the Rise of Fascism

Penetrating beneath the clichés about Nazi Germany, here are ordinary people trying to cope with extraordinary times. Their vivid, moving stories leave us asking "What would I have done?" - Professor David Reynolds, author of Island Stories: An Unconventional History of Britain Hidden deep in the Bavarian mountains lies the picturesque village of Oberstdorf – a place where for hundreds of years people lived simple lives while history was made elsewhere. Yet even this remote idyll could not escape the brutal iron grip of the Nazi regime. From the author of the bestselling Travellers in the Third Reich comes A Village in the Third Reich: an extraordinarily intimate portrait of Germany under Hitler, shining a light on the lives of ordinary people. Drawing on personal archives, letters, interviews and memoirs, it lays bare their brutality and love; courage and weakness; action, apathy and grief; hope, pain, joy and despair. Within its pages we encounter people from all walks of life – foresters, priests, farmers and nuns; innkeepers, Nazi officials, veterans and party members; village councillors, mountaineers, socialists, slave labourers, schoolchildren, tourists and aristocrats. We meet the Jews who survived – and those who didn’t; the Nazi mayor who tried to shield those persecuted by the regime; and a blind boy whose life was judged ‘not worth living’. This is a tale of conflicting loyalties and desires, of shattered dreams – but one in which, ultimately, human resilience triumphs. These are the stories of ordinary lives at the crossroads of history.

ISBN:	9781783966219
Publisher:	Elliott & Thompson
Imprint:	Elliott & Thompson
Published date:	05 May 2022
DEWEY:	943.37
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Sales rank:	9968
Number of pages:	416
Weight:	245g
Height:	164mm
Width:	242mm
Spine width:	40mm

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