143 reviews for:

The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic

Benjamin Carter Hett

4.21 AVERAGE

anneweidner10's review against another edition

4.25

informative reflective slow-paced

sassypants859's review against another edition

4.0

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History is repeating itself. In America and around the world. Fascism is returning.

excitebike's review against another edition

4.0

dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

adri01's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

jryi's review against another edition

4.0

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Frightening

bwaycatherine's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

icaruscurse's review against another edition

5.0

informative reflective

lizzie04's review against another edition

5.0

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My professors pick out such good books sometimes. This was probably the most engaging history book I've read because it reads like a novel. We hear a lot about Nazi Germany, but not about the democratic government that came beforehand and lasted 14 years before its collapse (14 years of democracy in central/eastern Europe was actually a new record at the time). I never knew there was such a fascinating background to the variety of reasons why the Third Reich came into power, all of which are inextricably linked to WWI, scheming self-interested politicians, and the malleability of a large voting body when they are desperate and angry. Some aspects echo alarmingly of modern trends rising again, serving as a cautionary tale that things can always get worse.

a_solemn_snail's review against another edition

3.75

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

leafybookrat's review against another edition

4.0

informative slow-paced