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A review by philibin
Kl: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps by Nikolaus Wachsmann
4.0
(4.0 Stars)
To say this book is disturbing is an understatement. That doesn't make it a bad book, but it was difficult to read. It was a very long book, filled with atrocity after atrocity, hour after hour. Just when you thought you've heard the the worst thing possible... it gets worse.
Again, that doesn't make this a bad book. If you want a historically accurate account of the evolution of concentration camps in Nazi Germany (and territories), this is the book you should read.
And, yes... reading of the beginning stages of Hitler's rise and how he was able to encourage inhumane treatment of entire groups of people... I couldn't help but notice the parallels to the world today, and how the far-right leaders speak of their perceived "enemies".
To say this book is disturbing is an understatement. That doesn't make it a bad book, but it was difficult to read. It was a very long book, filled with atrocity after atrocity, hour after hour. Just when you thought you've heard the the worst thing possible... it gets worse.
Again, that doesn't make this a bad book. If you want a historically accurate account of the evolution of concentration camps in Nazi Germany (and territories), this is the book you should read.
And, yes... reading of the beginning stages of Hitler's rise and how he was able to encourage inhumane treatment of entire groups of people... I couldn't help but notice the parallels to the world today, and how the far-right leaders speak of their perceived "enemies".