The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 4 stars Personal economic circumstances. In the short term, Hitler took Germany from desperation to prosperity and people were feeling much better. Sounds a lot like the 401(k) Trumpers. On the general absence of much concern by the book's overwhelmingly Gentile "travelers" about pre-1938 German anti-semitism, it should be noted that Americans, and no doubt Britons as well, were quite accustomed to having their vacations Judenfrei, as documented in the post-war novel Gentleman's Agreement. Boyd should perhaps have mademore of a point of this for today's reader, but of course she couldn't be expected to fill in all the social history necessary to put the experiences reported in perspective.

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Art Appreciation I expected that among the many visitors to the Third Reich in Boyd's book there would be some who were in agreement with Nazi political and racial ideas. But finding those sympathetic to Nazi aesthetics came as something of a surprise, perhaps because such expressions of artistic agreement are not commonly remarked upon. We all know hindsight is 20/20. It’s always been a mystery post WWII why intelligent people could not grasp the threat that NAZI’s posed to the world. Boyd’s book does not give a definitive answer to the question but lays out massive amounts of first person books, letters, diaries and speeches reported by people, primarily British and American, who traveled in Germany beginning just after WWI through the beginning of WWII.There are countless books on World War 2, from serious and weighty tomes, stories of daring do and detailed explanations of pivotal moments that changed the course of a continent. Whilst there has been lots of analysis about the failings of the post-World War 1 reparations and oppression by the victors led to the problems that Germany found itself in, there has been very little written about the way it was rapidly changing from the perceptive of holidaymakers and visitors to the country. This is a fascinating account of visitors to Germany from after WWI all the way through the Second World War. Indeed it is interesting to note that the hospitality industry was trying to entice overseas tourists immediately after the ending of hostilities in 1919. Also, that while British and American visitors were generally welcomed, the French were definitely not. W.E.B. DuBois loved Germany. He received much of his education there and revered its history and culture, and appreciated that it had been a respite from the endemic racism he had faced in the United States. Yet on returning after the Nazis had taken over At a time when the anti-Semitic far right is growing across Europe, this is a timely reminder of the dangers of turning a blind eye to it.

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Fascinating, readable, thoroughly researched and horrifying. Books about WWII are trending, partly because of the anniversaries but perhaps too in response to the rise of extreme right-wing parties across Europe and elsewhere. It is very concerning and this book will not bring much comfort. E questo forse è l'aspetto che maggiormente colpisce: i resoconti e i giudizi sulla Germania nazionalsocialista non provengono da gitanti sprovveduti, ma sovente da diplomatici, scrittori, intellettuali e artisti. Ciò che li divide è ovviamente il loro orientamento politico: si va dalla famigerata Unity Mitford, britannica ma ardente filonazista, a Charlie Chaplin, il che porta ovviamente a scegliere di non vedere o di vedere tante cose, dalla Notte dei Cristalli a una crescente violenza quotidiana. There are also the wonderful descriptions of some of the adventures and encounter some of the travellers had, and as Boyd note “There was no question that Berlin offered its visitors – especially the Anglo-Saxons – sexual and intellectual adventures unobtainable in their own countries”. It must also be remembered that Rupert Brooke wrote Grantchester in Berlin at this time.

Utterly fascinating and terrifying. No, I don’t think Trump will try to exterminate people like Hitler. But, yes, I do believe he is attempting to lead us to fascism. And that he aspires to be a dictator. Itin įdomus olimpiados aprašymas. Moterys, juodi atletai ir žydai, žinoma turėjo daug prastesnes sąlygas kai tuo metu baltieji arijai vyrai valgė steikus ir gyveno prabangoje. Hitleris tai pat atsisakė spausti ranką kai laimėjo ne tie.

Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism Through the Eyes of Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism Through the

Knygoje rasit visko. Paprasti turistai, menininkai, mokslininkai, politikai, studentai, kvakeriai, rašytotojai. Vieni labai stipriai prijaučiantys kiti bandantys nesivelti į poliką ir naiviomis akimis ignoruojantys kas ne taip. Remiamasi laiškais, dienoraščių įrašais, straipsniais kurie parašyti aplankius Vokietiją. Reicho didybė aprašyta taip stipriai ir taip įtaigiai, visokie festivaliai ir masiniai renginiai, kad net norisi laiko masina nusikelti. Kažkaip susišaukia su dabartine turizmo bangą į Šaiurės Korėją. Tiek daug mums žinomų vardų ir švenčių kurios minimos, pvz oktober fest arba Thomas Cook kuris šlovino ir skatino turizmą į Vokietiją One of the reasons I read this was to see grisly parallels in how even in the present day, we allow fascism to creep up through our own wilful ignorance: And btw, in more than one instance the 'inmates' of the camps who spoke to foreign visitors were not inmates, but actors and German soldiers pretending to be inmates.)Perhaps the biggest takeaway from this interesting study is just how difficult it is for any individual to discern what is going on without the perspective that hindsight offers. Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism Through the Eyes of Everyday People by Julia Boyd is a fascinating snapshot of the 1930s and war years in Nazi Germany as seen through the eyes of visitors. The events that took place in Germany between 1919 and 1945 were dramatic and terrible but there were also moments of confusion, of doubt – of hope. How easy was it to know what was actually going on, to grasp the essence of National Socialism, to remain untouched by the propaganda or predict the Holocaust?