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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

"Tried before an international tribunal at Nuremberg, twenty-one Nazi leaders are indicted for Crimes Against Humanity. To a man they plead Not Guilty. If they are Not Guilty, who is? And if they are, who is Not? The German people who gave the Nazis power? The civilized world which permitted that monstrous regime to grow unchallenged? Hitler's Reich reaffirms that in every man still exists the evils with which he can destroy himself." This definitive account of Hitler's rise and fall is not just an account of the facts of history. It tells a story with a powerful Controlling Idea: that appeasement of evil implicates us all. This story goes on to prove this idea through the consequences of Hitler's unimaginable actions and the world's perplexing inaction. This is a story well told. Unfortunately it also happens to be a true story. Let's see how long the world remembers...