julia boyd travellers in the third reich

The uncomfortable moral of Travellers in the Third Reich is that people see and hear only what they already want to see and hear' - David Pryce-Jones, Standpoint 'Fascinating.

Julia Boyd's book, drawing on wide experience and forensic research, seeks to answer some of these questions.' - Randolph Churchill 'With an almost novelistic touch, presents a range of stories of human interest. I can thoroughly recommend it as a contribution to knowledge and an absorbing and stimulating book in itself' - Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunday 'A fascinating book' - Robert Elms, BBC Radio London 'To a younger generation it seems incomprehensible that after the tragic Great War people and political leaders allowed themselves to march into the abyss again. It warns us that we, with our all-seeing hindsight, might ourselves have been fooled or beguiled or inclined to make excuses, had we been there at the time. 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 'Contains many amazing anecdotes.

lets her voices, skilfully orchestrated, speak for themselves, which they do with great eloquence' - The Daily Telegraph 'Fascinating. both flatters and challenges our hindsight. 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. 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? 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. THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP THREE BESTSELLER Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History 2018 One of the Daily Telegraph's Best Books of 2017 A Guardian 'Readers' Choice' Best Book of 2017 Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what's right in front of your eyes? The events that took place in Germany between 19 were dramatic and terrible but there were also moments of confusion, of doubt - of hope.

Julia boyd travellers in the third reich