Life in the Third Reich

The Third Reich examines how the lives of ordinary German people of the 1930s and 1940s were affected by the politics of Hitler and his followers. Looking beyond the catalogue of events, this book reveals the perpetual daily struggle to withstand the complex mixture of extortion and concession, barbarity and appeals made to conventional moral values, employed by the party to maintain a grip upon society. No historical subject is more apt to arouse passion and interest than the Third Reich. This collection of essays by eight leading historians presents valuable new approaches to the study of Nazi Germany.