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Mr. D. L. Margulies

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It Covers Everything

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Reviewed: 08-05-24

The author has examined every conceivable aspect of postwar Germany. He covers the struggle to create something from the collapsed structures, both physical and metaphorical. Reconstruction, repression and suppression of the past. The author examines aspects of the econo.y, and culture, whether in architecture, furniture, or domestic lifestyle. He looks at the re-education of a society through the arts, and the CIA as propaganda patrons. The book is of inestimable importance, holding a microscopic vision of a society that arose from a 12 year criminal enterprise to be reconstructed as a free society, inspite of the rehabilitation of so many Nazis in senior positions.

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For Those who Care to know.

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Reviewed: 03-03-24

it is probable that very few people who are not Jews or Israelis will care to read this book. The strongest part of the book for me is the antisemitic ideologies running through Hajj Amin al- Husseini, the Nazis, the founders of the Moslem Brotherhood, the Soviets through to Abbas and the present represented by Al Queida, iS, and Hamas. The author proves the connection between antisemitism and anti-Zionism and its pathology. It is sad that those who are so hostile to to Israel, and the Jews will not care to read this book. Unfortunately, the book is "preaching to the converted".

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The Hidden World War between World Wars

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Reviewed: 30-09-22

Through the excellent narration , Beevor has taken on a massive task to paint such a huge canvas. He has attempted to provide the detailed movements of all of the participants , not only the Red and White Russians, not only the Cossacks but the presence of the British American, French, the nascent Czechs, Poles, and surprisingly the Chinese. He has combined the details of the movements of all the participants with the memoirs and letters of those who witnessed the human earthquake. The narration was excellent. I would have needed a map to grasp the geographical enormity of the conflicts.

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Excellent as usual

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Reviewed: 27-08-22

Humanity contra the darkness as is found in all of the books. The performance suits the philosophy of the authors. His gentle voice portrays the kindness and concern of the main characters, and retains a tension in describing the swift action and violence of the plot.

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A Crime of Loss.

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Reviewed: 04-08-22

I found the book to be a poetic description of a female's struggle to find meaning and love in a world that caused her to suffer the deepest wound caused by violence, abandonment , and loss.

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A Must Read.

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Reviewed: 28-03-22

For anybody interested in the carnage that led up to the end of WW2 in Berlin, this us a very impressive piece of research. It is helped enormously by the excellent narration. It is particularly of interest to anyone who wishes to understand the Russian political, military mindset.

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important details of Dutch resistance.

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Reviewed: 10-03-22

There is very little about the experience of the Nazi occupation of Holland during WW2. This book provides an invaluable insight into a few brave women's fight back.

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prejudice, injustice, and scapegoating.

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Reviewed: 17-02-22

it is a well known story in general. The book provides flesh to the bare bones. The author wishes to clarify some of the underlying tensions between authoritarianism and liberality in French society with the 'outsider', Jew in the French military.

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Light and Dark.

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Reviewed: 15-12-21

This book acts as the testament to the courage and fortitude of all those women who faced and surmounted the darkest of mankind's evil as instigated by the Nazis.
The book stands as the best form of of narrative history and documentation. I will recommend this book to be read by my three daughters.

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kepler does it again, but even better.

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Reviewed: 24-11-21

Reading Kepler's stories in chronological order, this has been the best read yet. The plot is a roller coaster of horror. The characterisation is finely observed, reminiscent of Simenon's psychological portraits.
I look forward to the next one.

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