Joseph W. Bendersky's A Concise History Of Nazi Germany

“Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fürher” (Bendersky 99). This quote that has been traced back to the time when Nazism ruled over Germany, left an incredible mark on the minds of most Germans whom of which lived during this time. Throughout history, the world has seen many atrocities, but there is one that happened less than a century ago, and still haunts the world to this day: The Holocaust. While we have all learned about concentration camps, D-Day, and Nazi Germanys invasions of its neighboring countries in school, one thing that always seems to be glanced over is how Nazism rose up to power in Germany in the first place. This process didn’t happen overnight by Adolf Hitler declaring himself as the Fürher of Germany, but it was a long process that stretched out for over more than a decade. Joseph W. Bendersky’s book A Concise History of Nazi Germany includes meticulous details from history that describe the rise, rule, and fall of Nazism in Germany, which causes for it to be a reliable source for the study of Nazism in Germany and will further aid my final research paper in the rise of Hitler’s Nazi Party.

Bendersky’s book maintains an intensive focus on the entire history of Nazi Germany, beginning in 1918, and draws most of the attention towards how Nazism swept over Germany. An example Bendersky gives in his book, is the outside influences on Nazi lead government ideals. To demonstrate this, what Joseph W. Bendersky brings to the spot light is that the communist Soviet Union