THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'I will recommend to everyone' Alastair Campbell 'World-renowned
historian Laurence Rees lays out a past that is also eerily a cautionary tale for our future if
we are not careful' Anthony Scaramucci ' There are lots of moments when you can't help but
have a shudder through the spine . . . a really novel interesting book.' Lewis Goodall The
News Agents podcast ************************************************************** A
groundbreaking narrative history of the motivations and mentalities behind the Nazis and their
supporters from the bestselling author of THE HOLOCAUST and President Zelenskyy's most-read
book HITLER AND STALIN . How could the Nazis have committed the crimes they did? Why did
commandants of concentration and death camps willingly - often enthusiastically - oversee mass
murder? How could ordinary Germans have tolerated the removal of the Jews? In THE NAZI MIND
bestselling author Laurence Rees combines history and the latest research in psychology to help
answer some of the most perplexing questions surrounding the Second World War and the
Holocaust. Ultimately he delves into the darkness to explain how and why these people were
capable of committing the worst crime in the history of the world. Rees traces the rise and
eventual fall of the Nazis through the lens of 'twelve warnings' - from talk about 'them' and
'us' to the escalation of racism - whilst also highlighting signs to look out for in present
day leaders. Rees uses previously unpublished testimony from former Nazis and those who grew
up in the Nazi system and in-depth psychological insights including cutting edge work on
obedience authority and the brain. THE NAZI MIND is a revelatory new way of understanding how
so many people committed the most appalling crime of the 20th century.
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learned compelling and frankly terrifying' James Holland Daily Telegraph 'You know when a
book reaches parts that other books cannot reach . . . extraordinary' James O'Brien 'This
disturbing book is timely relevant and important' Sir Ian Kershaw
