Their Darkest Hour: People Tested to the Extreme in WWII

by Laurence Rees

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How could Nazi killers shoot Jewish women and children at close range? Why did Japanese soldiers rape and murder on such a horrendous scale? How was it possible to endure the torment of a Nazi death camp?Award-winning documentary maker and historian Laurence Rees has spent nearly 20 years wrestling with these questions in the course of filming hundreds of interviews with people tested to the extreme during World War II. He has come face-to-face with rapists, mass murderers, even cannibals, but he has also met courageous individuals who are an inspiration to us all. In Their Darkest Hour he presents 35 of his most electrifying encounters.… (more)

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I didn't think that there was enough room given to each of the stories here and this lead to the book having a disjointed feel to it. It read like an advertisement for Rees other work. (

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Rees, Laurence	Author	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Sené, Jean-François	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Ils ont vécu sous le nazisme

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The Nazis : a warning from history

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1997 (1e édition originale anglaise avec avant-propos de Ian Kershaw)

2005 (Réédition anglaise sans préface)

2008-04-30 (1e traduction et édition française ∙ Perrin)

2009-04-23 (Réédition française, Tempus, Perrin)

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Laurence Rees

The Minister and the Massacres

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How could Nazi killers shoot Jewish women and children at close range? Why did Japanese soldiers rape and murder on such a horrendous scale? How was it possible to endure the torment of a Nazi death camp?Award-winning documentary maker and historian Laurence Rees has spent nearly 20 years wrestling with these questions in the course of filming hundreds of interviews with people tested to the extreme during World War II. He has come face-to-face with rapists, mass murderers, even cannibals, but he has also met courageous individuals who are an inspiration to us all. In Their Darkest Hour he presents 35 of his most electrifying encounters.

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