Christmas coming

Ahhhh....sweet!!!

Well done, Graham!

 

Hey guys any good books on the Holocaust that you guys can suggest?

 

One hesitates to use the words 'good' and 'holocaust' together but....

There is a vast amount available, much of it not very illuminating.Possibly it is best considered as a part of more general histories, such as Michael Burleigh's 'The Third Reich' ( London, 2000 ). If you need a good, briefer overview of the Holocaust, Burleigh himself recommends 'The Holocaust In History' by Michael Marrus ( London 1989 ) or 'The Holocaust' by Wolfgang Benz ( New York 1999 ).

Personally, the book which sticks in my mind the most is Gitta Sereny's 'Into That Darkness - From Mercy Killing To Mass Murder' ( London 1974 ) ; a journalist's conversations with the imprisoned Commandant of the Treblinka Death Camp shortly before he died.

 

I'm very, very sorry if I've offended anyone in any way by mentioning the books in that way. That should be good for now. What about the Battle of Britain, are there any good books on that that you guys would reccommend for reading, doesn't have to be easy reading just good information.

 

The best book I've read for some time about the Battle of Britain is Stephen Bungay's 'The Most Dangerous Enemy - A History Of The Battle Of Britain ' ( Aurum Press, 2000 ). It's a really good book which contains all the latest thinking and information about the battle and it's very good to read.

It's in the shops now in paperback & Amazon should be able to supply a copy.

 

I don´t have the Battle of Britain book by Bungay but I truly liked his "Alamein".

http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=2-1854108425-1

 

Hi, OTF!

I'll recommend you to buy the first volume of Hitler's biography by Sir Ian Kershaw. VERY good.

Then an absolutely must have is "Great Battles of WWI" by Anthony Livesey. I'm sure you can get one for $14 and there you'll find maps, paintings and very good explanations of WWI battles which will give you a better insight to study WWII.

About the Holocaust, try Dunia Wasserstrom's "Never again" (I think) which has the author's experiences at Auschwitz.

Some about the German Navy (this book seems like a novel, it's mostly enjoyable): C.D. Bekker's "Defeat at Sea".

You can also try Stephen Walsh's "Stalingrad, infernal surrounding" ) or something like that.

And about a deep and REAL view inside nazi Germany, try "Not only Hitler, consent and coersion in nazi Germany" by Robert Gellately.

(I may not have translated book's names correctly, but try finding the authoers)

That reminds me that Christmas' coming and that I'll be completely broke in January! Unless my boyfriend takes my credit card away AGAIN...