Examines all aspects of German life under Hitler, including the roles that economics and social class played in shaping German life during the Third Reich. Repr

"First published in Great Britain by Little, Brown Book Group."

The image of the Third Reich as a monolithic state presiding over the brainwashed, fanatical masses, retains a tenacious grip on the general public's imaginatio

This is an authoritative history of the twelve years of the Third Reich from its political takeover of January 30, 1939 to the German capitulation in May 1945.

The Nazis, to enforce their grip on every citizen's allegiance, developed a social system unprecedented in history. It was rigidly hierarchical, with the seemin