It is often the regional approach in history that allows us to gain a deeper insight into phenomena that are only rudimentarily understood when accessed from a more global perspective. Boll's book on forced labour is a thoroughly researched piece of work that enlightens many aspects of this other dark chapter of German history.

This collection of stories completely fascinated me. I was unaware of the cultural/ethical differences of the former GDR prior to reading this book. The tales told, brought me within a very real human existence. The feel of the book was very bare boned; even gritty. The women depicted within the stories were tough, open minded, believable characters. Through this book I was allowed to realize the daily routines of a society closed off to us. This was a fresh read compared to the dribble of modern american fiction.

When I studied writing techniques for mysteries, one of the first lessons I learned was that if you don't have your dead body show up in the first chapter, you had better have it in the second chapter. Deadfall In Berlin immediately takes the reader to the book's central murder and then catapults the reader into a psychological mystery that is both extraordinary and rivetting.

Will is an actor living in Chicago in 1975 who has been going through hynoptherapy when at home and alone during an autohypnosis session, he regresses back to when he was 10 years old, living in war-torn Berlin during the Allied bombing. He witnesses his mother's murder, but the details are sketchy. When he tells his therapist of the experience, he finds that he is being stalked by a mystery person apparently bent on killing him. Is that person the same as who killed Will's mother? To find out, his therapist sends him into a deep trance back to Berlin to relive those last few days when one of the most glorious cities in Europe was reduced to rubble.

The descriptions of Berlin during the Allied bombing are incredible. Zimmerman did his historical homework well. The tale he weaves moves quickly, but smoothly. There were no lapses in plausibility: the descriptions and character actions are entirely believable. This the first book by Zimmerman I have read, and you can be sure that I will read more.

Dr. Sarotte has done something with this book that I did not think was possible. She has made the Cold War fresh. By looking at the Cold War from the perspective of Germany, rather than from the perspective of the superpowers, Dr. Sarotte has given us an inciteful window on the realities of Cold War international relations. She reminds us that it was not always the superpowers who were driving the course of the Cold War--an extremely important point to remember. Furthermore, she does it in a style that is both engaging and informative. I could not put the book down. I can't remember the last time I felt this way about a Cold War book!

An extraordinary and deeply moving book. Burleigh documents in meticulous and scholarly detail the mass murder of psychiatric patients, and exposes the obscene justification of this as "mercy killing" (incidentally providing a fascinating and horrifying survey of the way in which the Nazi "euthanasia" program helped create the bureaucratic machinery later used to run the concentration camps). Instead of allowing the sheer weight of numbers to render the victims anonymous, he uses haunting photographs and details of some of the murdered adults and children to "bring them to life" and make vivid the humanity which the Nazis were unable to see. Anyone interested in the rights of the mentally handicapped and mentally ill should read this book

This book by an eminent social historian of Germany tells the story of the cholera epidemic in late nineteenth-century Hamburg. Using an excellent mixture of local politics, history of science, traditional political history, and demographics, Evans shows how the attempts of local politicians to resist pressure from Berlin during the years of unification led to thousands of deaths in Hamburg due to an outdated water system, while residents in bordering Altona were spared. The story shows the interaction of politics with the history of science and technology, as rival theories about cholera -- the environmental "miasmic" theory and the infectious disease theory advocated by Robert Koch in the Prussian ministry of health -- were debated. A state-of-the art work of historiography that's also a gripping read, written in the shadow of the AIDS epidemic. It's really too bad that the paperback went out of print

I found that this book was excellent. It was packed with very interesting information and pictures. The author did a great job in putting this book together. I thought that the information in this book was accurate when compared to the information from other books I've read, such as Luftwaffe Fighter Aces by Mike Spick and Jagdgeschwader 26: Top Guns of the Luftwaffe by Donald Caldwell. I enjoy the entire series of Luftwaffe at War books to which this book belongs. I own 7 of the 10 and find them all equally informative. This book points out details in the aircraft and gives information on the pilots who flew them. However this book does use terms that a person, who has not read books peviously about the Luftwaffe, would not completely understand. I would strongly encourage anyone who is interested in History, aircraft, or the Luftwaffe to purchase and/or read this outstanding book.

Brian Vick has succeeded in bringing life, energy and (indeed!) sexiness to a subject I never thought my students would eat up with such enthusiasm. If you care about Germany, goverment, the Nazi party or race politics, this is a great case history for you.

Mr. Vogt is a wonderful source of knowledge when it comes to World War II history, especially when dealing with the Nazis. He taught a class at my university last year on the Holocaust and showed us all so many different facets of this terrible event than could ever be unearthed without serious research.

This work is useful in understanding how the eastern areas dealt with their territories at the conclusion of the war. Again what is made most abundantly clear is Mr. Vogt's lengthy academic research into this area. This work makes it easier for all of us to understand a specialized area of history that has been so far unjustly ignored.

if you are interested in reading an outstanding analysis of the difficult relation between germans and jews in our times
written by a brilliant journalist in a horrifyingly amusing style you must read this book.