surreal scenes pepper Boyd’s deep trawl of travellers’ tales from the scores of visitors who were drawn to the ‘new Germany’ in the 1930s” – The Spectator lets her voices, skilfully orchestrated, speak for themselves, which they do with great eloquence” – The Daily Telegraph both flatters and challenges our hindsight. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. Disturbing, absurd, moving, and ranging from the deeply trivial to the deeply tragic, their tales give a fresh insight into the complexities of the Third Reich, its paradoxes and its ultimate destruction. These are the accidental eyewitnesses to history. Their experiences create a remarkable three-dimensional picture of Germany under Hitler - one so palpable that the reader will feel, hear, even breathe the atmosphere. Travellers in the Third Reich is an extraordinary history of the rise of the Nazis based on fascinating first-hand accounts, drawing together a multitude of voices and stories, including students, politicians, musicians, diplomats, schoolchildren, communists, scholars, athletes, poets, journalists, fascists, artists, tourists, even celebrities like Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett. 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? The events that took place in Germany between 19 were dramatic and terrible but there were also moments of confusion, of doubt - of hope. Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what's right in front of your eyes? One of the Daily Telegraph's Best Books of 2017Ī Guardian 'Readers' Choice' Best Book of 2017 Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History 2018

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