Reviews for Hitler File: A Social History of Germany and the Nazis, 1918-45

The average rating for Hitler File: A Social History of Germany and the Nazis, 1918-45 based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-10-18 00:00:00 Joseph Rhoe This is an extremely odd book. It's a table-top book, filled with photographs. But the photos are of atrocious quality, while the essays inside are remarkably good. The introduction is by the historian H.L. Trevor-Roper, and the essays are by Frederic V. Grunfeld. They probably form one of the best introductions (if not the best) to the history of Germany after World War I to the death of Hitler. The essays are intelligent, cogent, and literate. Grunfeld was born in Berlin; German was his native language. And the book betrays -- in the best of senses -- his easy familiarity with the culture. At the back of the book is a timetable from 1918-1945. Excellent.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-02-05 00:00:00 Linda Specker [FIRST READING: * * * *] Grunfeld is pretty hard to take over the long haul, voicing some rather preposterous (and downright silly) notions. And anyway, judging from his pic on the dust jacket, he looks like he should be out skiing somewhere, not writing a book. A lot of the pictures included here don't seem terribly germane to the subject either...and there are a large percentage of movie-camera test strips, which prove none too illuminating.