Chapter 9 — Toward a General Understanding of Dictatorship and Authoritarian States

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Suggested Readings

The following readings supplement those suggested in chapter 9 of the text.

Fischer, Klaus P. Nazi Germany: A New History. New York: Continuum, 1995.

Holmes, Stephen. The Anatomy of Antiliberalism. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993.

Kershaw, Ian. Hitler. 2 vols. New York: Norton, 1999, 2000.

Klemperer, Victor. I will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years. (Two volumes). New York: Random House, 1998, 1999

Perisco, Joseph. Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial. New York: Viking, 1994.

Rosenbaum, Ron. Explaining Hitler. New York: Harper, 1998.

 

Annotated Links

The following links will help you explore the themes of chapter 9 on the Web.

Remember.org

It is important that we not forget the personal devastations that occurred during the Holocaust. The Remember.org Web site shares art, discussions, photos, poems, and facts to help preserve the powerful memories of the Holocaust. This site includes pages devoted to witnesses that present numerous personal histories along with original letters and speeches. The education section of this site offers a variety of resources, including a guide to Nazi fascism and the modern totalitarian state.

Italian Life Under Fascism

The subject of this “virtual” museum, created at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is Italian life under fascism. This Web site features an introduction to fascism, including a discussion of its implications for families, youths, women, and different races. Numerous posters and pictures of newspapers adorn the site--see, in particular, the page devoted to fascist propaganda. Also discussed on the site are the opposition to fascism, the end of fascism, and the Paduan trial of the Banda Carità.