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They Thought They Were Free The Germans, 1933–45

Milton Sanford Mayer

National Book Award Finalist: Never before has the mentality of the average German under the Nazi regime been made as intelligible to the outsider.” — They Thought They Were Free

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Behind the Bastards

The book was discussed in relation to how ordinary German citizens rationalized their involvement with the Nazi regime, even after witnessing its horrors.

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One of the things that I think is most interesting about Meyer's book, they thought they were free, is that he talks to like former Nazis about that.

— Episode: Part Two: How Nice, Normal People Made T...

Episode: Part Two: How Nice, Normal People Made The Holocau...

The book was discussed in relation to how ordinary German citizens rationalized their involvement with the Nazi regime, even after witnessing its horrors.

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One of the things that I think is most interesting about Meyer's book, they thought they were free, is that he talks to like former Nazis about that.

Remember, none of these nine Germans had ever traveled abroad. None of them had ever known or talked with a foreigner or read the foreign press.

The German language, like every other, has some glorious epithets, untranslatable and will give word. Me Spice Burger is one of them.

The world was lost one day in 1935 here in Germany. It was I who lost it.

They only win if we consent to their victory.

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