The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic
A riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to power and how the failures of the Weimar Republic and the shortsightedness of German politicians allowed it to happen
Why did democracy fall apart so qu…
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