annotated bibliography in progress

Cite: Daniel Jonah Goldhagen. "Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust". Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1996

Danil Jonah Goldhagen's book "Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust" talks about many different aspects of German life and how it all lead into the holocaust as well as what it was like in the camps in terms of what group got the worst treatment.  While the first three chapters give the backdrop of the antisemetic views in Germany from pre WW1 ( and possibly as far back as the spread of Christianity) to while the Nazis were in power.  the rest of the book describes how small antisemetic views evolved into eliminationist views.  It also dwelves into how the Nazis felt about their actions in the concentration camps.  While it is a good book with many different interesting points, I was more interested in the first three chapters.  For to understand how an entire country could vote for a radical-openly racist dictator, you have to have the countries view of that race before hand.  The first three chapters really help to set a background of antisemetic views in Germany post WW1.

Cite:  "The Nazis: A Warning from History", Laurence Rees, 1997, BBC, DVD

The BBC documentary " The Nazis: A Warning from History" is all about Germany post WW1 through WW2.  It talks about the economy, the different politcal parties, as well as the overall atmosphere in Germany during the times.  It also talks about how Hitler rose to power and the circumstances that surrounded it.  The documentary features behind the scenes videos of Germany and interviews with German citizens, Nazi members, and holocaust survivors.  There are six parts to the documentry, but I have only viewed one so far.  I am finding this to be extremely helpful so far.  The first hour of the documentry answered a lot of the questions I had about post WW1 Germany and how a man like Hitler came into power.  I am really hoping the next five hours will be just as helpful as the first.