History11 - Nazism in Germany 1918-1945: Unit 2 Overview

Travellers in the Third Reich is an extraordinary history of the rise of the Nazis based on fascinating first-hand accounts, including students, politicians, musicians, scholars, athletes, journalists, tourists, even celebrities like Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett. Their experiences create a remarkable three dimensional picture of Germany under Hitler. (Book Cover)

A major reappraisal of Germany's stromtroopers. the Brownshirts, who propelled the National Socialists to power through campaigns of intimidation and extreme violence. In 1934 Chief of Staff Ernst Rohm and many other leaders were assassinated on Hitler's orders in what is known as the "Night of the Long Knives" - but this was not the end of the Brownshirts. In this groundbreaking account, Daniel Siemens argues that the Nazi organisation would continue to terrorise citizens for the duration of the war and have a devastating impact on the fate of Germany.