In The Garden Of Beasts

Love terror and an american family in hitler s berlin was published in 2011 and tells the story of william dodd america s first ambassador to nazi germany roughly from the time of his appointment in 1933 to the events of the night of the long knives the july 1934 purge that consolidated adolf hitler s power.

In the garden of beasts. Larson s in the garden of beasts. The terrible conclusion that we reach in reading in the garden of beasts is that given vigilance given honesty and integrity and sound judgment on the part of many both within and outside germany during those early years hitler could and should have been halted in his tracks. I picked up erik larson s book in the garden of beasts.

The result is a dazzling addictively readable work that speaks volumes about why the world did not recognize the grave threat posed by hitler until berlin and europe. In the garden of beasts by erik larson community member book review by jason w. Set in berlin in 1933 1934 the book tells the story of america s first ambassador to nazi germany william e.

In the garden of beasts love terror and an american family in hitler s berlin. And before long we find that we have abandoned everything that was important to us everything that defined who we are as human beings. Love terror and an american family in hitler s berlin with great trepidation the book describes the experiences of u s.

A chilling and riveting story in the garden of beasts shows how an entire nation of otherwise reasonable people can be seduced by an hindsight is twenty twenty but this book does a good job recapturing a time when everyone was desperate to believe that the nazis actually wanted peace. Love terror and an american family in hitler s berlin is a 2011 non fiction book by erik larson. Set in 1933 berlin it shares the story of america s first ambassador to hitler s nazi germany during a time in history that proved to be a turning point of events that still echo into today.

As erik larson s in the garden of beasts in my opinion is one of larson s better works about history. Dodd and his daughter martha as they experience the rising terror of hitler s rule. Directed by joe wright.

In berlin the family watches with growing horror as hitler increases his dictatorial control over germany rearms the country in preparation for war and conducts a national campaign of violent abuse against german jews. In the garden of beasts. In the garden of beasts.