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106. Important and Pertinent Book

Sat Dec 14, 2024, 01:15 PM

Dec 14

The book is "They Thought They Were Free", It was written by a professor who lived in Germany after the war who did in-depth interviews with regular Germans to uncover how fascism had appeared and spread....1933-1945:

https://www.amazon.com/They-Thought-Were-Free-Germans-ebook/dp/B078HVYH88/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QOKQCTR7TTGO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.KrX1uGuSGfMRblUwaYA3pwKR54NaIyY0wnqxdkHUOi7Noq67YZ-HilO-Ux7dfViNdI7LJtBxLAEBaciUAKyu_Ww3HrDvJ8feejjCX2XBBsatip7fmZ2NheoS_ZKnx6EHJUCzURvqU_eqozZ-gA4xPddJPdFTmuQTDHSXZRTYBludL6O0dPoQZE90VFJFZdKgYmTUgOU0GcNAMD6IOjGTZEiB5l0FoJWw8b5ocHpWkps.XRcYy8ZMCoPTBwt7NlKJJCdtdL8szILIcuWwWrOklyA&dib_tag=se&keywords=they+thought+they+were+free&qid=1734196923&sprefix=They+though%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-1

The book was a National Book Award finalist. Of note, many interviewed said that everything seemed normal for a while even though everything had changed.

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