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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich	comment	The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany is a history book on Nazi Germany by journalist William L. Shirer, published in 1960.Shirer lived in Nazi Germany for a few years before wisely getting the hell out of dodge when things started getting nasty for him, but what he saw (and sometimes was forced to participate in) colored his views on Germany before, during, and after Hitler's rule. After the end of World War II resulted in a flood of secret German documents becoming accessible to the public, and with his memories of his own time in Germany still fresh in his mind, Shirer dedicated a huge amount of time to writing about the Third Reich.This book is the result of years of extensive research, and yet despite this, Shirer himself bluntly states early on that he is a journalist, not a historian, and thus everything he says must not be seen as absolute fact. He also warns that his personal biases may color his perception of the facts. A number of the book's claims have, as Shirer predicted, been debunked over the years, and historians as a whole are not particularly impressed with it as a serious work of historiography. However, even they tend to find it a pleasant read, and many have argued that it is a good place to get general information on Nazi Germany for those who are interested.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_1235f055	comment	Dirty Coward: Even when it's clear that the war is lost, Hitler and his lackeys force the German people to keep fighting because they know they can't expect any undeserved mercy from the Allies. Shirer regards the German military, particularly the officer caste, as this following the 20 July Plot. He ruthlessly pours scorn upon them for throwing the conspirators under the bus while simultaneously groveling before Hitler, even though they knew that the war was lost and that Hitler's continued existence would lead to the destruction of Germany and foreign occupation for God knows how long.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_1869b4b1	type	Unreliable Narrator
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_1869b4b1	comment	Unreliable Narrator: Shirer spends a lot of the book citing the memoirs or trial testimony of various Nazi officials while also noting that they weren't exactly reliable in their recollections. He's particularly critical of Franz von Papen, who tried distancing himself from the Nazis despite arranging Hitler's appointment to the chancellorship; and Hjalmar Schacht, who played a peripheral role in the German economy in the early days of the Third Reich until he was replaced by Walther Funk.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_1cc2ea8d	comment	Villain Ball: When Germany invades the Soviet Union, a number of its westernmost provinces throw their doors open for the invaders and welcome them as liberators because they're sick of Stalin's rule. A number of the more pragmatic Nazis suggest playing along with this notion in order to get more manpower and, hopefully, cause the Soviet government to implode; but the top Nazis in general, and Hitler in particular, are so fanatically anti-Soviet that they refuse to even pretend to do this and try to exterminate the Soviet people down to the last child, motivating them to stick with Stalin and fight to the death.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_1e679bd0	comment	The Quisling: The Trope Namer himself appears, naturally, along with the Austrian Arthur Seyss-Inquart. Ironically, the latter came first, and yet is referred to as "the Austrian Quisling".
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Man: Albert Speer is depicted as such.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_34dd5f3	type	La RÃ©sistance
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_34dd5f3	comment	La Résistance: The book devotes a fair amount of space to the German Resistance and the various coup and assassination plots against Hitler. Shirer shows mixed feelings about them: he doesn't deny Resistance leaders' sincerity or courage, but criticizes them (particularly Germany's military leadership) for not doing more to oppose Hitler earlier, when they stood a greater chance of success.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_355007c3	type	Brilliant, but Lazy
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_355007c3	comment	Brilliant, but Lazy: Hitler's schoolteachers all said that he had a lot of potential, but his mother's incessant spoiling made him unfathomably lazy and egotistical, to the point of adamantly refusing to learn a trade even when he had no money, instead opting to leech off his relatives until they got fed up and told him to get off his ass and find a job. As a dictator, Hitler preferred to lounge about at his villa in the Oberzalsberg and hated affairs of state.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_3ae6199a	type	Psychopathic Manchild
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_3ae6199a	comment	Psychopathic Manchild: Hitler is quick to throw a tantrum when things don't go his way.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_3b113b7	type	Character Development
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_3b113b7	comment	Character Development: Defied. Hitler learns nothing from his experiences and clings to his insane beliefs to the end, with his last will and testament simply being a rehash of his typical rants.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_474e3977	type	You Have Failed Me
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_474e3977	comment	You Have Failed Me: When it becomes clear that Germany is going to lose the war, Hitler feels that the German people are "no longer worthy of his greatness" and hopes that they will all die for not being able to conquer the world for him. He even issues a decree ordering the complete destruction of the nation's infrastructure, though fortunately, Albert Speer sabotages it.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_4814d132	type	Big Fancy House
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_4814d132	comment	Big Fancy House: The Berghof, Hitler's Alpine villa on the Obersalzberg.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_4f84cdef	type	Smug Snake
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_4f84cdef	comment	Smug Snake: Hitler fancies himself as a flawless genius, perhaps even something like a god. He's nothing of the sort. Joachim von Ribbentrop. Whenever he appears in the narrative, Shirer always makes sure to emphasize what a pompous idiot he is.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_51300dbf	comment	Joachim von Ribbentrop is a terrible diplomat. In fact, Hermann Goering's disparaging comment about his (lack of) diplomacy skills provides the page quote.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_57b80b45	type	Fantastic Racism
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_57b80b45	comment	Fantastic Racism: No surprise there, what with the whole Master Race nonsense.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_68cf9795	type	Ironic Nickname
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_68cf9795	comment	Ironic Nickname: Hitler is referred to as "the Supreme Warlord" whenever he makes a stupid military decision. "Der Treue"("The Loyal") Heinrich Himmler tries to take power in the closing days of the war, thinking the Western Allies will make an alliance with Germany to fight the Soviet Union. The Third Reich itself is often referred to as the "Thousand-Year Reich". It lasts only 12 years, 4 months, and 8 days.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_6977c45e	type	Purple Prose
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_6977c45e	comment	Purple Prose: Mein Kampf is described as being so dry and boring that, according to interviews Shirer conducted, even staunch Nazis had a hard time reading it. He even declares that some people would buy a copy out of loyalty, but would never bother to pick it up. Getting through it himself was no easy task, and yet he forced himself to read it multiple times.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_6b05b601	type	Jerkass Has a Point
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: Shirer argues that, while Hitler's father may not have been nice about it, he was right to condemn his son's laziness and lack of a proper work ethic.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: While Hitler is obviously the central character of the book, Shirer argues that every horrible thing that happened was not just his doing—the German people willfully went along with everything he did, even at times when they didn't have to and shouldn't have.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_7089d02e	type	All Germans Are Nazis
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_7089d02e	comment	All Germans Are Nazis: Discussed. Shirer makes the highly contentious argument that the German people consider, in his words, "blind obedience to temporal rulers the highest virtue of Germanic man and put a premium on servility." This was a variant on the Sonderweg theory prevalent at the time, attempting to explain Hitler's rise as the natural outcome of German history and culture. Needless to say, this interpretation was already highly contentious at the time the book came out and is almost universally discredited today. That said, Shirer does devote considerable space to the German Resistance and notes that during his own time in Germany, he met a lot of ordinary Germans who privately disliked Hitler's regime, however they might have acted in public.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_7a1856ba	type	I Reject Your Reality
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_7a1856ba	comment	I Reject Your Reality: Hitler spends his entire life lost in the clouds, with it becoming more obvious to everyone around him as the war he started turns sour.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_835d1cd2	type	Satellite Love Interest
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_835d1cd2	comment	Satellite Love Interest: Eva Braun is described as "interesting for her role in this narrative, but not interesting in and of herself."
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_9230c618	type	Hypocrisy Nod
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_9230c618	comment	Hypocrisy Nod: Shirer spends some time in Chapter 2 critiquing Protestantism—and then admits to being a Protestant himself in a footnote.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_928ca2cc	type	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_928ca2cc	comment	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Hitler tended to do this to underlings. If you incurred the Fuhrer's disfavor, you were lucky to be fired (like Werner von Blomberg or Hjalmar Schacht) or Reassigned to Antarctica (Franz von Papen). Being imprisoned or even murdered, like Ernst Röhm (whose SA became an embarrassment to Hitler upon taking power) or Gregor Strasser (Hitler's biggest rival within the Nazi Party), was not uncommon.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: As the war turns badly for Germany, Hitler becomes increasingly unhinged and begins going on long-winded rants, culminating with "the greatest rage of his life" on 22 April 1945 after being told that a counterattack he ordered to take place on the previous day could not be carried out. You know the one.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_966da803	type	Defiant to the End
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_966da803	comment	Defiant to the End: Hitler believes right up to the end that he can still win the war. It's not until 8 days before his suicide that he realizes he has lost, but he still refuses to surrender out of pride and insists on taking as many people down with him as he can.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_973d220f	comment	Never My Fault: Hitler's constant mindset. Shirer also argues that Germany's hostility towards the Treaty of Versailles is this, believing that they were throwing a tantrum over a peace treaty that really wasn't all that harsh.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_997d5872	comment	Joachim von Ribbentrop. Whenever he appears in the narrative, Shirer always makes sure to emphasize what a pompous idiot he is.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_9cad69bf	comment	Depraved Homosexual: How Shirer portrays Ernst Röhm, noting that Röhm abused his position to procure male lovers.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_9fe35833	comment	Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Deconstructed. On one hand, Hitler did love his mother and was devastated by her death; but on the other, he still refused to support her and his siblings by getting a job after his father's death made him the man of the house, preferring instead to waste time and money on his passion for art.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_a5cfe2ac	type	And There Was Much Rejoicing
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_a5cfe2ac	comment	And There Was Much Rejoicing: Deconstructed. When Franklin D. Roosevelt dies, Hitler and his top stooges celebrate, thinking that the Western Allies will abandon their coalition with the Soviet Union and make an alliance with Germany to destroy communism. Nothing of the sort happens.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_a65288e2	comment	Ascended Extra: Hans Fritzsche is portrayed as this at the Nuremberg Trials. In fact, according to Shirer, he's such an extra that the judges can't think of anything to adequately convict him for and they, as a result, declare him "not guilty" and cut him loose.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_a67b86a7	comment	General Ripper: Hitler hates the idea of retreat under any circumstances, and right up to the end insists that his troops fight "to the last man and the last bullet." He also constantly preaches endsieg ("final victory"), and it's not until the Soviets are less than a block away from his position that he finally realizes there is no hope of winning the war.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_a80ad52c	comment	Nazi judge Roland Freisler is mistakenly called "Ronald Freisler" in the section describing the Nazis' brutal revenge campaign following the July 20 plot. What makes this particularly unusual is that Shirer got the name right every other time he said it.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_acf33d00	comment	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Hitler's personal physician, a quack doctor named Theodor Morell, keeps pumping his master with increasingly addictive drugs, ensuring that Hitler's behavior and, more importantly, his decision-making are erratic and ridiculous.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Whenever Shirer quotes a passage made by Hitler or his cronies that is filled with utter nonsense, he starts the subsequent paragraph with a sarcastic question or declaration before proceeding to debunk everything that was just said.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_af616e40	comment	Accidental Misnaming: Nazi judge Roland Freisler is mistakenly called "Ronald Freisler" in the section describing the Nazis' brutal revenge campaign following the July 20 plot. What makes this particularly unusual is that Shirer got the name right every other time he said it. In the audiobook, Grover Gardner pronounces "Ribbentrop" with a strong "O" (like "trope") at the end, when the correct pronunciation uses a weak "O" (like "trop").
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_be192f18	comment	Yes-Man: Hitler, being a Control Freak who Can't Take Criticism, surrounds himself with these, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel being the most infamous.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_c67af1b0	type	Big Bad Wannabe
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_c67af1b0	comment	Big Bad Wannabe: Franz von Papen, the conservative politician who convinces Paul von Hindenburg to form a government with Hitler as Chancellor and himself as Vice Chancellor, thinking he'll be able to control the Nazis. Instead, von Papen is marginalized within Hitler's cabinet, narrowly escapes assassination during the Night of the Long Knives and spends the rest of the Third Reich exiled to diplomatic posts.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_da2f3716	type	Intimate Healing
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_da2f3716	comment	Intimate Healing: Shirer describes Sigmund Rascher's experiments who induced hypothermia in concentration camp prisoners, then put them into bed with one or two naked women. He came to the conclusion that hot baths are more effective.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_db912a80	comment	The Good King: Haakon VII of Norway. Shirer heaps praise upon the king for his democratic mentalitynote the man only agreed to take the throne after a popular referendum and refusal to be intimidated by Hitler's bullying.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_dc1761bd	comment	Hitler fancies himself as a flawless genius, perhaps even something like a god. He's nothing of the sort.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_e16217f8	type	Historical Villain Upgrade
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_e16217f8	comment	Historical Villain Upgrade: Downplayed with Charles Lindbergh. While he did show pro-Nazi sympathies and was a stubborn isolationist, for which Shirer rightly condemns him, the book neglects to mention that, after the United States was dragged into the war anyway, Lindbergh ate his words without hesitation and contributed to the war effort—on the Pacific Front, as the federal government did not trust him to go all-out against the Nazis—by training American pilots and conducting dangerous aerial operations, for which he won distinction and the personal admiration of General MacArthur. He also visited the sites of the Nazi death camps after the war, and was reportedly horrified by what he saw.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / int_e16cd24e	comment	Know When to Fold 'Em: Mussolini sees the writing on the wall almost immediately and repeatedly tries to convince Hitler to negotiate with the Allies, but Hitler always refuses and bullies Mussolini into sticking with him.
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