In the Garden of Beasts Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

But that book right now today is critical. But all the books I mentioned today are critical.

The last book I finished in 2021 was in the garden of beasts which is By what is his name I think it's Eric Larson he's a guy Who's written he wrote like devil in the white city and A couple of other books that people have probably read

Before Hitler takes power and the the book largely traces He and his family's journey in Nazi Germany from like Kind of didn't really care about German politics and were Often broadly sympathetic towards the Nazis they melt Met like his daughter kind is is very much like on board With the Nazi revolution for like the first half year That she's there she's also like simultaneously dead Dating the head of the Gestapo and the Soviet like Assistant ambassador which is fascinating like it's a very Interesting book and the story like the journey this kind Of family goes on realizing like what the Nazis are in The perspective of that it's it's very well written it's Very detailed I really enjoyed it

The thing that I liked The most was the detail it goes into about the kind of The fates of because it's it's a more you know obviously As much of a nerd on the history of fascism as I am I've read a lot about the night of long knives this did The best job of kind of going into detail what the kind Of dudes who the dudes who were purged in the night of Long knives these guys who were Nazis in that they they Wore swastikas and they were part of the party and whatnot But also weren't Nazis enough to not get purged and in A lot of cases were like starting to fall out of love With the party when the night of long knives had and so It's these it's really interesting I recommend it to People

He's a guy who's written he wrote like devil in the white city and a couple of other books that people have probably read Yeah, Eric Larson, and it's about the the first US ambassador to Nazi Germany or what becomes Nazi journey? He gets sent there right before like like months before Hitler takes power and the the book largely traces he and his family's journey in Nazi Germany from like Kind of didn't really care about German politics and were often broadly sympathetic towards the Nazis They melt met like his daughter kind is is very much Like on board with the Nazi Revolution for like the first half year that she's there. She's also like Simultaneously dating the head of the Gestapo and the Soviet like assistant ambassador, which is fascinating Like it's a very interesting book And the story like the journey this kind of family goes on realizing like what the Nazis are and the perspective of that It's it's very well written. It's very detailed I really enjoyed it the thing that I liked the most was the detail it goes into about the kind of The fates of because it's it's a more I you know Obviously as much of a nerd on the history of fascism as I am I've read a lot about the Night of Long Knives This did the best job of kind of going into detail what the kind of dudes who the dudes who were purged in the night Of long knives to these guys who were Nazis in that they they wore swastikas and they were part of the party and whatnot But also weren't Nazis enough to not get purged and in a lot of cases were like Starting to fall out of love with the party when the Night of Long Knives had and so it's these it's really interesting I Recommend it to people and

It's about the the first US Ambassador to Nazi Germany or what becomes Nazi Journey he gets sent there right before like like months Before Hitler takes power and the the book is called Before Hitler takes power and the the book largely traces He and his family's journey in Nazi Germany from like Kind of didn't really care about German politics and were Often broadly sympathetic towards the Nazis they melt Met like his daughter kind is is very much like on board With the Nazi revolution for like the first half year That she's there she's also like simultaneously dead Dating the head of the Gestapo and the Soviet like Assistant ambassador which is fascinating like it's a very Interesting book and the story like the journey this kind Of family goes on realizing like what the Nazis are in The perspective of that it's it's very well written it's Very detailed I really enjoyed it the thing that I liked The most was the detail it goes into about the kind of The fates of because it's it's a more you know obviously As much of a nerd on the history of fascism as I am I've read a lot about the night of long knives this did The best job of kind of going into detail what the kind Of dudes who the dudes who were purged in the night of Long knives these guys who were Nazis in that they they Wore swastikas and they were part of the party and whatnot But also weren't Nazis enough to not get purged and in A lot of cases were like starting to fall out of love With the party when the night of long knives had and so It's these it's really interesting I recommend it to People.

The last book I finished in 2021 was In the Garden of Beasts, which is by I think it's Eric Larson. He's a guy who's written he wrote like Devil in the White City and a couple of other books that people have probably read. Yeah, Eric Larson, and it's about the the first US ambassador to Nazi Germany or what becomes Nazi journey? He gets sent there right before like like months before Hitler takes power and the the book largely traces he and his family's journey in Nazi Germany from like kind of didn't really care about German politics and were often broadly sympathetic towards the Nazis. They melt met like his daughter kind is is very much like on board with the Nazi Revolution for like the first half year that she's there. She's also like simultaneously dating the head of the Gestapo and the Soviet like assistant ambassador, which is fascinating. Like it's a very interesting book And the story like the journey this kind of family goes on realizing like what the Nazis are and the perspective of that It's it's very well written. It's very detailed I really enjoyed it.

He wrote The Splendid in the Vial, Dead Wake in the Garden of Beasts, Thunderstruck, and of course, The Devil in the White City.

I just got through reading the great Eric Larson book about the start of the Civil War. James Buchanan just lets everything happen.