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bethreadswhat's review against another edition
4.0
This is a fast informative read if you need to read more about Hitler in a quickly manner.
zanzia921's review against another edition
5.0
Great read
This was a very good book. While brief, it managed to contain quite a bit of facts, including several that I had not known.
This was a very good book. While brief, it managed to contain quite a bit of facts, including several that I had not known.
ellejayz's review against another edition
3.0
I did a history degree so I know a lot about WWII and Hitler so I would have preferred some more personal details instead of just war things.
danthemingo's review against another edition
4.0
Short concise overview of Hitlers life. There is a lot for us to learn from history, if we but choose. Too many things that happened here are on the horizon once more.
ellejaoy's review against another edition
3.0
I did a history degree so I know a lot about WWII and Hitler so I would have preferred some more personal details instead of just war things.
koberreads's review
dark
informative
tense
medium-paced
5.0
“Humanity may not always be able to predict who among us will become a monster or why, but after witnessing the atrocities committed by Adolf Hitler, perhaps the resolve to prevent such horrors in the future has been strengthened.”
— A Life From Beginning to End of Adolf Hitler (World War 2 Biographies) by Hourly History
https://a.co/ibIeILq
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Disclosure: I am a male of 20ish of age.
Forgive me for my imperfect opinion and insights (I am still young and have a lot to learn) but I hope you are inspired to read the book after reading my review.
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Short review:
- What did you like or dislike?
- The only thing to dislike is Hitler and the atrocities he committed that resulted in so much unnecessary suffering and death. But it did happen and we can't change the past but the only thing we can change is the present and future. And that is to make sure these horrific acts don't ever happen again. We should arrive at our deathbed leaving a world that is better than the one we are born into.
- I like it conciseness of everything. It is a great summary of a life of a person that I initially thought was only born evil but realized he was human too sadly he failed to be self-aware of his flaws and the suffering he is causing.
- I like that this is like a book that prepares me to read "The Rise and Fall of Third Reich." Which is a mammoth of a history book. This short book is the perfect introduction. But it can also stand enough as well as its right to educate young people about the Tale of warning for the Nazi party and Hitler without intimidating them so much with a big number of pages.
- To whom would you recommend this book?
- Anyone curious about why the Holocaust happened and its origins
- Anyone curious how did one man become such a monster? Tip: It is because of his unrelenting desire to not question his own beliefs to the point that the reality in his head is a complete distortion of what is actually in front of him. This is for anyone curious about how to prevent the dark side of our natures from taking over us which is by doing our best to be self-aware of our own beliefs and question if these beliefs are causing more destruction or hate in the world. Hitler just wanted the best for his country but sadly did not see other races and other countries are also part of the world and that there is no master race. We all belong to one race. The race of humankind.
- If you think your beliefs are not helping anyone, better question your beliefs and alter them that will help you wake up from our illusion of separateness.
- Why did you choose this rating?
- Because it is one of the best kinds of history books I could have ever read. Not a boring or hard-to-follow story. And truly concise.
Further comments:
A well-written summary of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Army and the WW2 he ignited. I was reading Rise and Fall of Third Reich but realized it was a thick mammoth book.
So reading this short but concise biography of him gives me a well overview of that massive book that inspires me to finish it more.
I only had the desire to study Hitler only after I read Viktor Frankls book Man Search for meaning and the new latest book on the Holocaust, The Redhead of Auschwitz (I do recommend reading both of these books. They will truly help you see more what human suffering is and what resilience is and that you can find the courage and create meaning anywhere even in the most horrific extreme circumstances.) These Holocaust books because made me question more why the Germans or specifically Hitler hate the Jews so much that led them commit mass murder. How could the SS not have felt any form of guilt when beating the shit out of, enslaving, gassing, burning the Jews? The question of why such extreme suffering happens has always invaded my subconscious but it is only now that it is coming into surface.
Quotes (From other books) below to maybe further instill in you the lessons of the biography:
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Those who do not remember the past are condemned to relive it.” —Santayana, Spanish-born American philosopher
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For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing - Simon Wiesenthal, Holocaust survivor and Nazi Hunter
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We cannot always prevent the bad, but we also cannot let it overshadow the good -
Nechama Birnbaum, author of the Redhead of Auschwitz
— A Life From Beginning to End of Adolf Hitler (World War 2 Biographies) by Hourly History
https://a.co/ibIeILq
----------------
Disclosure: I am a male of 20ish of age.
Forgive me for my imperfect opinion and insights (I am still young and have a lot to learn) but I hope you are inspired to read the book after reading my review.
---
Short review:
- What did you like or dislike?
- The only thing to dislike is Hitler and the atrocities he committed that resulted in so much unnecessary suffering and death. But it did happen and we can't change the past but the only thing we can change is the present and future. And that is to make sure these horrific acts don't ever happen again. We should arrive at our deathbed leaving a world that is better than the one we are born into.
- I like it conciseness of everything. It is a great summary of a life of a person that I initially thought was only born evil but realized he was human too sadly he failed to be self-aware of his flaws and the suffering he is causing.
- I like that this is like a book that prepares me to read "The Rise and Fall of Third Reich." Which is a mammoth of a history book. This short book is the perfect introduction. But it can also stand enough as well as its right to educate young people about the Tale of warning for the Nazi party and Hitler without intimidating them so much with a big number of pages.
- To whom would you recommend this book?
- Anyone curious about why the Holocaust happened and its origins
- Anyone curious how did one man become such a monster? Tip: It is because of his unrelenting desire to not question his own beliefs to the point that the reality in his head is a complete distortion of what is actually in front of him. This is for anyone curious about how to prevent the dark side of our natures from taking over us which is by doing our best to be self-aware of our own beliefs and question if these beliefs are causing more destruction or hate in the world. Hitler just wanted the best for his country but sadly did not see other races and other countries are also part of the world and that there is no master race. We all belong to one race. The race of humankind.
- If you think your beliefs are not helping anyone, better question your beliefs and alter them that will help you wake up from our illusion of separateness.
- Why did you choose this rating?
- Because it is one of the best kinds of history books I could have ever read. Not a boring or hard-to-follow story. And truly concise.
Further comments:
A well-written summary of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Army and the WW2 he ignited. I was reading Rise and Fall of Third Reich but realized it was a thick mammoth book.
So reading this short but concise biography of him gives me a well overview of that massive book that inspires me to finish it more.
I only had the desire to study Hitler only after I read Viktor Frankls book Man Search for meaning and the new latest book on the Holocaust, The Redhead of Auschwitz (I do recommend reading both of these books. They will truly help you see more what human suffering is and what resilience is and that you can find the courage and create meaning anywhere even in the most horrific extreme circumstances.) These Holocaust books because made me question more why the Germans or specifically Hitler hate the Jews so much that led them commit mass murder. How could the SS not have felt any form of guilt when beating the shit out of, enslaving, gassing, burning the Jews? The question of why such extreme suffering happens has always invaded my subconscious but it is only now that it is coming into surface.
Quotes (From other books) below to maybe further instill in you the lessons of the biography:
-------
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to relive it.” —Santayana, Spanish-born American philosopher
-------
For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing - Simon Wiesenthal, Holocaust survivor and Nazi Hunter
-------
We cannot always prevent the bad, but we also cannot let it overshadow the good -
Nechama Birnbaum, author of the Redhead of Auschwitz
ravensfyre's review against another edition
3.0
"For evil to flourish it only requires good men to do nothing."
A good read for someone who is looking to study briefly the life of Adolf Hitler.
Hitler is no doubt the "greatest" dictator to have ever lived.
Like the wand-maker Ollivander says in Harry Potter, "After all, You know who did great things. Terrible, but great."
The author has made a laudable effort to highlight the important events in the history of world war 2 concerning the Third Reich.
However, what I found lacking, is details on the holocaust.
While the author includes some details-like eugenics- he doesn't do the atrocities justice.
In conclusion, I recommend this for any student of history or otherwise; anyone who is looking to understand better, this monster.
A good read for someone who is looking to study briefly the life of Adolf Hitler.
Hitler is no doubt the "greatest" dictator to have ever lived.
Like the wand-maker Ollivander says in Harry Potter, "After all, You know who did great things. Terrible, but great."
The author has made a laudable effort to highlight the important events in the history of world war 2 concerning the Third Reich.
However, what I found lacking, is details on the holocaust.
While the author includes some details-like eugenics- he doesn't do the atrocities justice.
In conclusion, I recommend this for any student of history or otherwise; anyone who is looking to understand better, this monster.
living2travel2's review against another edition
3.0
Short biography on Hitler. Not too detailed as others