The Big Read - Your Recommendation for PHers?

The Big Read - Your Recommendation for PHers?

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Dog Star

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Thursday 27th September 2018
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sparkyjohn said:
For some thought provoking non-fiction (excellent docu on 2 about same person last night):

Gitta Sereny; Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth

About Hitler's architect, who designed the plans for the new Berlin -'Germania'- and, despite being at the heart of the regime, denied involvement in the Final Solution throughout his life (hence battle with truth)
Very good so far, I'm about 30% through it. I've read Inside the Third Reich too.

Speer fascinates me, how the hell he got away with being hung astonishes me.

Another book I'm reading at the moment is "I shall bear witness" by Victor Klemperer, a Jewish professor from Dresden, describing he privations under Nazi law. I've actually stopped about halfway through as I am actually finding it too upsetting. I might carry on at some future point.