Book description
Following the success of Rees' bestselling Auschwitz, this
substantially revised and updated edition of The Nazis - A Warning
from History tells the powerfully gripping story of the rise and
fall of the Third Reich.
During a 16-year period, acclaimed author and documentary-maker
Laurence Rees met and interviewed a large number of former Nazis, and
his unique insights into the Nazi psyche and World War 2 received
enormous praise.
At the heart of the book lies compelling eyewitness accounts of life
under Adolf Hitler, spoken through the words of those who experienced
the Nazi regime at every level of society. An extensive new section on
the Nazi/Soviet war (previously published in Rees' War of the
Century) provides a chilling insight into Nazi mentality during
the most bloody conflict in history.
Described as one of the greatest documentary series of all times
The Nazis - A Warning from History won a host of awards,
including a BAFTA and an International Documentary Award.
Laurence Rees is the writer and producer of the major BBC
television documentary series World War II: Behind Closed
Doors, War of the Century, Horror in the East and
Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'. He won the
British Book Award for History Book of the Year in 2006 for his
international bestseller Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final
Solution'.
Rees' career as a writer and filmmaker, focusing on the Nazis and
World War II, stretched back nearly 20 years. His body of work has won
him several awards, including a BAFTA and a Grierson Award. Rees was
educated at Solihull School and Oxford University and is the former
Creative Director of BBC TV History programmes.
