Simple basic introduction to how Hitler came to power -- emphasizing the reaction of the ordinary German to the events between 1918 and 1945. Author (Jewish Berliner whose father managed to get the family to safety in America in the early 1930s) revisits Germany in 1972 & 73 to collect the memories of people who were in their teens during the Third Reich. LC catalog "juvenile literature", but I don't see why. It is for all ages. ( )