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I'm making a tentative return, slowly getting better. Thank you for all your lovely well wishes.
I'll catch up with all tags and posts over the week. I've just posted the October #buddyreads for #NaturaLitsy and #VirginiaBloomsberries
I will post the discussion threads for both September 's reads over the weekend.
I'm looking forward to catching up.

I read this book after I read Newshawks in Berlin. Hitlerland is, of course, Nazi Germany. This book shows us a picture of the rise of Adolph Hitler as seen through the eyes of various Americans living and working in Berlin. Some thought Hitler wasn‘t dangerous and his movement wouldn‘t last, especially after he was arrested and sent to prison. Quite an informative book if history is your interest. Five stars

If you‘re concerned about democracy and curious about comparisons to 1930s Germany, this worthwhile read follows America‘s first ambassador to Nazi Germany & his family‘s response—particularly his daughter, whose dalliances included the Gestapo chief and a Soviet spy—to the rise of Hitler. A revealing, disturbing, and relevant depiction of moral complicity & political complexity and a dire warning about unexamined biases and underestimating evil.

I‘m back! My little man is almost 3 months old already, and I‘m slowly getting back into reading again, so I figured it‘s time to jump back on the Litsy bandwagon to hopefully get some inspiration. 🥰

I‘m taking things super chill, so I probably won‘t be participating in any challenges any time soon, but I am going to put together a short TBR for July. 😊

#OUABC Once Upon A Book Club Adult March 2018 selection

#TallahasseeSilentBookClub 11 Feb 2024

• 304 pages • first pub 2018 • fiction • historical • informative • tense • 4 Stars

Early 1943: Magda Ritter's parents send her to relatives in Bavaria, hoping to keep her safe from the Allied bombs strafing Berlin. Young German women are expected to do their duty-working for the Reich or marrying to produce strong, healthy children. ⬇️

An American diplomat and his family bear witness to the staggering, dreadful rise of a cult, led by a guy who says: “Only I…”

So far this is fascinating, a little disturbing and showcasing a fair bit of political naivety, though as I am listening to this from the future, I may have hindsight‘s glasses on.

Review TWs: mentions of the Holocaust, Nazi Germany, war,

The memoirs of Nicolaus von Below, Hitler's Luftwaffe adjutant who worked closely with him & even socialised on occasion. There for Hitler's reactions to the successes & failures of the Reich's military strategies, von Below was even present at the assassination attempt in July 1944. The memoirs are split into years from 1939-1945 when von Below leaves the bunker shortly before the end.