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This book uses a calm and objective tone to describe and analyze how Nazi ideology gradually became dominant in Germany. The core of the Nazis' basic appeal was national community. It called on all Germans to correct the mistakes of the Treaty of Versailles, strive to make the country strong and dynamic, and eliminate "unhealthy" factors in the system. For Germany to survive, others (especially the Jews) had to die. The diaries and letters revealed by Fritsche reveal the fears, desires and misgivings of Germans and show how Nazi concepts permeated the daily lives of ordinary Germans. This book explores in a new light how Germans struggled to adapt to a new racial identity, believe in the necessity of war, and accept unconditional destruction-in short, how to become Nazis.