12 best-selling nonfiction books like Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself: The Mass Suicide of Ordinary Germans in 1945 by Florian Huber

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Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself: The Mass Suicide of Ordinary Germans in 1945

By: Florian Huber

4.08

Format: None pages, None

In 1945, as the army retreated, the German people were surrendered to the enemy with no means of de…

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1. The Fall of Berlin 1945

By: Antony Beevor

4.29

Format: 490 pages, Paperback

The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945.… read more

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  • historical
  • germany
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"Sé practico: regala un ataúd"

-Antony Beevor, The Fall of Berlin 1945

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2. Boy in the Tower

By: Polly Ho-Yen

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when w… read more

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3. A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary

By: Anonymous , Philip Boehm , Hans Magnus Enzensberger

3.52

Format: 257 pages,

A New York Times Book ReviewEditors' Choice For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian … read more

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4. Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans

By: Vivien Spitz

3.79

Format: 249 pages, Hardcover

A chilling story of human depravity and ultimate justice, told for the first time by an eyewitness … read more

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5. They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45

By: Milton Sanford Mayer

3.79

Format: 704 pages, Paperback

"What no one seemed to notice," said a colleague of mine, a philologist, "was the ever widening gap… read more

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6. The Zone of Interest

By: Martin Amis

3.76

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

From one of England's most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel that provides a searing por… read more

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7. Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields

By: Wendy Lower

3.89

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

History has it that the role of women in Nazi Germany was to be the perfect Hausfrau, produce the n… read more

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8. The German War: A Nation Under Arms

By: Nicholas Stargardt

4.34

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

As early as 1941, Allied victory in World War II seemed all but assured. How and why, then, did the… read more

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  • historical
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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust

9. Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947

By: Christopher Clark

3.35

Format: None pages,

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10. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

By: Michael Palin

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • war
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  • audiobook
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11. Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France

By: James Holland

4.45

Format: 650 pages, Hardcover

D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Alli… read more

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  • historical
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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space

By: Stephen Walker

4.57

Format: 512 pages, ebook

09.07 am. April 12, 1961. A top secret rocket site in the USSR. A young Russian sits inside a tiny … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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13. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

By: Katja Hoyer

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more

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  • historical
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  • audiobook
"Some of the “songs"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

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14. Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties

By: David de Jong

4.21

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors… read more

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  • history
  • politics
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  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945–1955

By: Harald Jähner

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Germany, 1945: a country in ruins. Cities have been reduced to rubble and more than half of the pop… read more

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16. The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic

By: Benjamin Carter Hett

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to power and how the failures of the Weimar Republic … read more

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  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
"Alongside the viciousness of much of German politics in the Weimar years was an incongruous innocence: few people could imagine the worst possibilities. A civilized nation could not possibly vote for…"

-Benjamin Carter Hett, The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic

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17. La Disparition de Josef Mengele

By: Olivier Guez

3.83

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

1949 : Josef Mengele arrive en Argentine. Caché derrière divers pseudonymes, l’ancien médecin tor… read more

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  • holocaust
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18. Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself: The Mass Suicide of Ordinary Germans in 1945

By: Florian Huber

4.08

Format: None pages, None

In 1945, as the army retreated, the German people were surrendered to the enemy with no means of de… read more

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  • germany
  • war
  • psychology
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • holocaust
  • audiobook
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19. One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival

By: Donald Antrim

3.79

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A searing and brave memoir that offers a new understanding of suicide as a distinct mental illness.… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
Cover of Berlin: The Story of a City by Barney White-Spunner

20. Berlin: The Story of a City

By: Barney White-Spunner

4.15

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The intoxicating history of an extraordinary city and her people—from the medieval kings surroundin… read more

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  • germany
  • history
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21. Huumekaupan alkeet : käsikirja riskinottajille ja tietäjille

By: Elise Pietarila

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Kun haaveet äkkirikastumisesta ja kunniasta vaihtuvat vuosien vankilakierteeseen. Kirja avaa pikkur… read more

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9 Best audiobook books like Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself: The Mass Suicide of Ordinary Germans in 1945 by Florian Huber

Transform Your Habits

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Michael Palin

4.17

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James Holland

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space

Stephen Walker

4.57

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Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

Katja Hoyer

4.23

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Homelands: A Personal History of Europe

Timothy Garton Ash

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

Christopher Clark

4.18

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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

Katja Hoyer

4.17

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Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia

Gary J. Bass

4.29

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