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Can You Spot a Falsehood? Page 1 Gratitude-Themed Games for Kids Take a Break Page 2 Can the Credit Card Company Stop My Bankruptcy Case? Burnished Potato Nuggets Page 3
When Truth Is Expendable Page 4
‘The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich’ byWilliam L. Shirer What’s on Matt’s Bookshelf?
When we first learned about Nazi Germany and the Holocaust as school children, the first question many of us asked was, “How?” How did such a terrible person come to power? How could the Nazis kill millions of Jewish people? How could their neighbors stand by and let it happen? Journalist William L. Shirer tried to answer that question when writing his book “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.” In addition to his own experiences reporting on Nazi Germany from 1934–1940, Shirer did extensive research, utilizing Nazi documents, diaries of high- ranking officers, British Foreign Office reports, and evidence from the Nuremberg trials. What he found was a period of history when truth didn’t matter.
WWI, the horrible crimes the Nazis committed during WWII, and how it finally ended after the war. What struck me about this book was the complete disregard Hitler and his goons had for the truth. They knew what they were doing was wrong; we
This was nothing new, of course. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party didn’t invent lying to gain and hold power. This has been the case throughout human history, which is why it’s so important that we recognize truth from lies.
There are still people who want to win at any cost, who are willing to tell any lie for personal or political gain, no matter who they hurt. “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich” is one of those books most people have heard of but tend to run away from when they see it because it’s so massive. I myself only recently listened to it on audiobook. But this is a book everyone should read or listen to. We all need to understand what happens when truth becomes expendable.
have documents proving this. Likewise, there are documents showing they knowingly lied in order to justify sending Jewish people to concentration camps or getting rid of political rivals. Meanwhile, other people went along with their lies. Everything the Nazis got away with happened because the truth had no meaning anymore.
Shirer’s book covers Adolf Hiter’s childhood, his rise to power, the reality of Germany after
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