This book is a social history of how the shadow of Nazism infiltrated everyday life, an epic of ordinary people standing at a historical crossroads. From the perspective of a village in southern Germany, it paints a remarkably detailed portrait of German society under Hitler's rule. Using personal archives, letters, interviews, and memoirs, it reveals the cruelty and love, courage and weakness, indifference and sorrow, hope and despair of ordinary people in this village. In the book, readers will encounter people from all walks of life—forest rangers, priests, farmers, and nuns; Nazi officials, veterans, and mayors trying to shelter persecuted victims; village council members, socialists, laborers, tourists, and nobles; surviving and surviving Jews; and a blind child deemed "unworthy of living."
本书是一部关于纳粹阴云如何侵入日常生活的社会史, 一部站在历史十字路口的普通人的史诗。本书从德国南部一个村庄的视角, 勾勒出希特勒统治下德国社会的一幅极为详尽的肖像。它利用个人档案、信件、采访和回忆录, 揭露了这个村庄里普通人的残酷和爱; 勇气与软弱; 冷漠与悲伤; 希望与绝望。在书中, 读者会与各行各业的人相遇--护林员、牧师、农民和修女; 纳粹官员、退伍军人和试图庇护受迫害者的市长; 村委会委员、社会主义者、劳工、游客和贵族; 会遇见幸存的和未能幸存的犹太人; 还有一个被判定为“不值得活下去”的盲童。
本书是一部关于纳粹阴云如何侵入日常生活的社会史, 一部站在历史十字路口的普通人的史诗。本书从德国南部一个村庄的视角, 勾勒出希特勒统治下德国社会的一幅极为详尽的肖像。它利用个人档案、信件、采访和回忆录, 揭露了这个村庄里普通人的残酷和爱; 勇气与软弱; 冷漠与悲伤; 希望与绝望。在书中, 读者会与各行各业的人相遇--护林员、牧师、农民和修女; 纳粹官员、退伍军人和试图庇护受迫害者的市长; 村委会委员、社会主义者、劳工、游客和贵族; 会遇见幸存的和未能幸存的犹太人; 还有一个被判定为“不值得活下去”的盲童。
