Fiction

But, as one review said, "Larson has a knack for writing history as riveting as almost any novel, and this is an example of him at his best."

It seems like an important book to read, showing how people have a tendency to believe what they want to believe, never mind evidence to the contrary. The German people wanted to believe in their country's greatness and that Nazi excesses against political opponents, Jews and others were just temporary or weren’t nearly as bad as some were reporting. Now, here we are, in that same boat.