Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman
Most studies on this episode run to several hundred pages, often several volumes of several hundred pages all cross referenced to other works of several hundred pages.
The authoritative works often count over a thousand pages (and Byzantine Prince would call the authors lazy...). I find additional reading of interbellum and post-war novelists indispensable (as well as aesthetically gratifying): Döblin, Fallada, Feuchtwanger, Kisch, Mann, Tucholsky. They 'tell' you things you really want to know, if only, sometimes, by omission.

The issue with Hitler and other historical figures and episodes is that they can not be explained, only described and analysed more or less accurately. Is it really possible to 'explain' a murder three blocks from where you live? If so, then multiply by millions, set back the clock and replace 'blocks' by 'nations'. See you in the next millennium.