The Third Reich in Power

What kind of country was peaceful Nazi Germany? When the Nazi Party first came to power, no one thought it would cause another war catastrophe. In just six years, it implemented a series of iron-fist policies to suppress political movements, rectify the job market, stimulate economic recovery, integrate civil institutions, and build a national community. Just as the Germans were adapting to the dramatic changes brought about by the new order and were immersed in joy due to the illusion of prosperity and stability, they were unknowingly tied to the Nazi chariot and driven at high speed into the billowing smoke of gunpowder. It turns out that peaceful Nazi Germany served the purpose of waging war. In this all-encompassing and gripping historical masterpiece, Richard J. Evans combs through the policies and influences of Nazi Germany in the fields of economy, culture, art, and education before World War II. He uses massive data analysis and official archives to depict the ferocious face of the totalitarian rule of the Third Reich. He uses vivid personal materials and personal experience records to outline the vivid fate of ordinary Germans during this period of history, and reveals how the Nazi Party used brutal and bloody dictatorial methods to transform Germany into a war machine with full force.