More Required Reading...

I just finished this book:

"German Voices - Memories Of Life During Hitler's Third Reich"
by Frederich C. Tubach (with Sally Patterson Tubach)

This book puts into sharp clarity and perspective, the experiences of German civilians and soldiers during the Third Reich of Germany.
'The voices of this long-overlooked population--ordinary people who were neither victims nor perpetrators--reveal the rich complexity of their attitudes and emotions.'

Introduction:
..."Several years ago I began collecting letters and interviewing Germans who lived during the Third Reich, my intention being to counteract generalizations about "All Germans" that Hitler wanted the world to believe and to rebut the common belief that Germans who lived during that time are best understood by broad, condemnatory assertions.
In order to make these differentiated German voices intelligible, I try to explain how Hitler manipulated the younger generation within his revolutionary system, and how he was able to succeed so quickly.
I believe that the German voices in this work illuminate the variety and complexity of circumstances that in fact existed during that terrible time, and they open another window on Hitler's Third Reich. It is not my intention to present a polemic but merely to add -for the record- German voices that have not been sufficiently heard in the united states."

(or in Germany/Europe for that matter)

"Finally, although the holocaust is not at the center of this project, it remains a dreadful and powerful reminder that in a democracy, ordinary citizens should be wary of political leaders who provide simplistic answers to complex social, political, and economic problems. I hope this work is a similar reminder that what government does in the people's name should be recognized and understood...before it's too late."