Nuotare controcorrente non fa che peggiorare le cose»: fu la disincantata conclusione di uno degli anonimi testimoni ai quali queste pagine restituiscono la voce. Peter Fritzsche affronta il complesso tema del rapporto tra il nazismo e i tedeschi. (fonte: Google Books)

4495. Life and Death in the Third Reich, by Peter Fritzsche (read 11 Oct 2008) This is a 2008 study of Germans and their attitude to Nazis, written by a University of Illinois history professor. It is all based on secondary sources, and while there are extensive footnotes, there is no bibliography as such--always to be regretted. Fritzsche rightly points out the fact that many Germans never opposed Nazis till the war was about over. While the author tells many interesting things I did not think the book well-organized and I am not overly admiratory of the work. He often cites Victor Klemperer's diary: a work I read June 7, 1999,(Volume 1) and 7 Apr 2000 (Volume II) and which I greatly admired, more than I do this book. ( )