Bibliograph

They thought they were free;, the Germans, 1933-45

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They thought they were free;, the Germans, 1933-45

Language

eng

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Main title

They thought they were free;

Medium

electronic resource

Sub title

the Germans, 1933-45

Summary

First published in 1955, They Thought They Were Free is an eloquent and provocative examination of the development of fascism in Germany. Milton Mayer's book is a study of ten Germans and their lives from 1933-45, based on interviews he conducted after the war when he lived in Germany. Mayer had a position as a research professor at the University of Frankfurt and lived in a nearby small Hessian town, which he disguised with the name "Kronenberg." "These ten men were not men of distinction," Mayer noted, but they had been members of the Nazi Party; Mayer wanted to discover what had made them Nazis

Target audience

adult

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