THE NAZI MIND

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A brilliant piece of work learned compelling and frankly terrifying James Holland Daily Telegraph I will recommend to everyone Alastair Campbell You know when a book reaches parts that other books cannot reach extraordinary James O Brien This disturbing book is timely relevant and important Sir Ian KershawA groundbreaking narrative history of the motivations and mentalities behind the Nazis and their supporters from the bestselling author of THE HOLOCAUST and President Zelenskyy s most read book HITLER AND STALIN How could the Nazis have committed the crimes they did Why did commandants of concentration and death camps willingly often enthusiastically oversee mass murder How could ordinary Germans have tolerated the removal of the Jews In THE NAZI MIND bestselling author Laurence Rees combines history and the latest research in psychology to help answer some of the most perplexing questions surrounding the Second World War and the Holocaust Ultimately he delves into the darkness to explain how and why these people were capable of committing the worst crime in the history of the world Rees traces the rise and eventual fall of the Nazis through the lens of twelve warnings from talk about them and us to the e