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Their Darkest Hour: People Tested to the Extreme in WWII
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How could Nazi killers shoot Jewish women and children at close range? Why did Japanese soldiers rape and murder on such a horrendous scale? How was it possible to endure the torment of a Nazi death camp? Award-winning documentary maker and historian Laurence Rees has spent nearly 20 years wrestling with these questions in the course of filming hundreds of interviews with people tested to the extreme during World War II. He has come face-to-face with rapists, mass murderers, even cannibals, but he has also met courageous individuals who are an inspiration to us all. In "Their Darkest Hour", he presents 35 of his most electrifying encounters.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #24019 in Books
- Published on: 2008-06-05
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 320 pages
Editorial Reviews
Anthony Beevor
"Rees has made an important contribution to our understanding of the Second World War. His great urge to comprehend the mentalities of those who took part in the conflict is fired by a passionate curiosity, and his wide body of work is distinguished by a fierce intellectual honesty"
The Independent
"This book is both a lasting contribution to our understanding of the Second World War and a powerful insight into the behaviour of human beings in crisis"
The Sunday Times
"powerful and unsettling"
