The Rise of the Nazis

Freeman, Charles. The Rise of the Nazis. 2005. 48p. ISBN 1-59018-608-7. 943.085 on the library shelves.

The rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party is a horrifying yet fascinating moment in history. The economic and political conditions were ripe for dictators to seize the moment and overwhelm the democratic states.

Freeman presents information that guides the reader from the end of the First World War to the election of Hitler and the Enabling Law. The death of Hindenburg, the last person whom could have stopped Hitler, allowed the latter to assume total power over Germany. The explanations provided indicate that by no means was the Second World War preordained, but that more vigilant action by Western powers may have prevented it.

Read this book to find out more about this dark period in Germany’s history.