I intend to attend this talk with a German friend, herself a Doctor of
History, whose parents lived through the times; she was born about 8 years
after the war.
She has agreed to accompany me, somewhat unwillingly, as she says that in
most talks of this nature, the presenters almost invariably get their facts
wrong - which is inexcusable - but also, if British, have lived all their
formative years under a democracy and therefore cannot really know - in
their souls - what it FELT like to live in a dictatorship. I can see how
she feels and will be very interested to see how you approach this. I am
sure that, were I to have been in that position, however I might like to
feel, from the safety of my Engish peace, that I WOULD have spoken out, in
reality I think I probably would not have done. Self preservation and the
guarding of one's family is an incredibly strong instinct
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Richard Evans This event is free of charge, but places must be booked in advance. To enquire about reserving a place, please email us at: ideas@gwebusinesswest.co.uk. In association with the University of Bristol and UWE
To mark the publication of the final part of his stunning masterwork on the most terrible years of the twentieth century, Richard Evans, Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University, comes to Bristol to talk about the uniqueness of the Nazi Holocaust and what ordinary Germans thought about it. Evans' new book, The Third Reich at War, joins The Coming of the Third Reich and The Third Reich in Power which have been praised for being the definitive accounts of the Nazi period. His lecture will be followed by questions and discussion. |
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