Publisher's Synopsis
Nazis & Reds: A Chronology of the Prewar Years Part Two is the second book in The Protocols series, which chronicles the history of authoritarianism in the modern era, 1845-1945, its focus the Holocaust and the Second World War in Europe. Part Two begins with the Night of the Long Knives, when Adolf Hitler and his henchmen purged the Nazi Party of its enemies, including many former comrades. Like all the books in the series, it tells the continuing story of people caught up in events -- like Eva and Victor Klemperer, forced to live in a Jews' House in Dresden, Germany, bearing witness to the Nazis' New Order and the Final solution, while their friends disappear one by one; There are many voices, many stories that provide an access to the past. We can learn its lessons, travel back to the present, act, change the future -- for we live in perilous times. Nazis & Reds: A Chronology of the Prewar Years Part Two is composed of excerpts taken from diaries, memoires, histories, news and feature articles, radio transcripts, speeches, and other historical documents selected not only for their ability to illustrate the past, but for their relevance in terms of the times in which we live.
