/lit/ - Literature

>>15920117
>He's pretty old. You're not gonna get a chance to thank him with money for much longer.

You know, this is true. As amateur historians, we stand on the shoulders of giants. I think as soon as I get some spare change, I'm going to order books from him and send him a thank-you postcard as well. The perspective is appreciated.

>>15920117
>I haven't read it. I verified that it was the work of a system historian, figured I'd already gotten enough of their version of that period of history, and passed on it.

It's worth reading for the first-person soundbites, but apart from that, Shirer is very wishy-washy. He also (probably unknowingly) peddled Niemoller garbage like the whole Burgerbraukeller false-flag. It's not a particularly scarce volume, and it's been reprinted many times. My version is older, but I'd suggest the post-'90 reprint which has an afterword about Coomunists from Shirer.

Have you ever had the idea for a novel but simply not had the mental wherewithal to work on it?

I've had this idea in my head for some time about a young glazier/craftsman in Nazi Germany who unwittingly builds the wooden doors and sliding windows (with panes) for the gas chambers in concentration camps. It details how he comes to terms with the fact that his work helped the Nazis kill 12,000,000 people (mostly Jews).

I'd love to dive into this some day but I have no idea how to outline or really flesh out a story.