BURLEIGH Michael - THE THIRD THREAT. A NEW HISTORY
Translated by Grzegorz Siwek. ZNAK Publishing House, Krakow 2010. Dimensions: 24,x17,5cm; pages: 884. publisher's hardcover in a wrapper(scratches, rips of the wrapper).
Publisher's description:
"This is not an edifying story." In the macabre competition for the title of the most criminal state in human history, Hitler's Third Reich is undoubtedly at the top of the pile. The Germans first turned their country into a gigantic concentration camp and then unleashed hell across Europe. The number of victims of this collective madness exceeds tens of millions. People were shot, martyred in hundreds of elaborate ways, gassed, bombed, drowned and mutilated; they languished in hunger and disease. The price for the overthrow of Hitler was hectoliters of blood shed and millions of personal tragedies.
The scale of the horror of a dozen years of Third Reich history is so vast that any attempt to describe it comprehensively is a breakneck task. But not impossible - this has been proven by the esteemed and award-winning British historian Michael Burleigh.
In his amazing book, the author has fully revealed his writing gift. The more difficult and painful topics he takes on, the better he reads. "The Third Reich", thanks to its direct style, clarity of thought and striking attention to historical justice, allows one to understand the horror and trepidation that Hitler and his hosts aroused. Reading this book is not just reading about history, it is experiencing it truthfully.
