Martin Davidson (1)

Todas las familias tienen sus secretos. ¿Pero qué sucede cuando, investigando a un abuelo encantador, el detective se encuentra con una ilustración del mal? Durante más de cincuenta años, la familia de este nazi perfecto había conseguido guardar el secreto, hasta que su nieto escocés decidió enfrentarse a la verdad. Y se dedicó a investigar quién y qué había sido realmente su abuelo materno, un joven dentista de Berlín que a los diecinueve años ya era un nazi ferviente y militante. Pero el propósito de su autor también es iluminar el mal que hasta los hombres insignificantes pueden hacer en las épocas en que la historia enloquece...… (altro)

I encourage you to read this book if you are interested in history, especially the genesis of World War II. Many people do not know how World War II was spawned as a result of the devastating effects of the terms of the Versailles Treaty. Fewer still are likely aware of how so many in Germany viewed that Treaty as a humiliation and how it gave Adolph Hitler and the Nazis a perfect "excuse" to use to justify his rise to power. His rhetoric and the beliefs of many in Germany was that it was not overwhelming military force and strategy of the Allies along with military weakness of Germany that resulted in Germany losing WW I - it was caused by others, in large part claiming it was the Jews.

I've done a lot of reading about World War II and how events led up to it. But many of the books I've read deal more with events of the War and strategies, military campaigns, etc., but none of them gave a really good understanding of how why the main character in this nonfiction work became a full-fledged member of the Nazi Party, the SA, SS, and the SD.

Part investigation and much the recap of events, the author puts a very strong effort into explaining how his grandfather's activities affected hos family. A very good book overall.… (altro)