Mein Side of the Story

The only reason I got this is because it was free for Kindle. The same day I downloaded this book, I downloaded “Holocaust: A Jewish Survivor Testimony: The Truth of What Happened in Germany of World War 2 - 3rd Edition” for free as well. I read that first, I suggest that everyone who reads Hitler's “side of the story” do the same. The book is written under the pretense of showing what the other side was thinking as WWII played out. As a fair view of the opposition's mind set. It's basically a translation of Hitler's various speeches or writings and a summary of what his position was, but there is pro-Hitler undertone to the whole thing. I do agree that the war was partly due to the treatment of the Germans after the first World War. A lot of what Hitler calls for (at least publicly) is to reunite Germans who were being persecuted in other countries. I will be honest and say I do not know much about the treatment of Germans in the surrounding countries prior to the war. If they were being treated has Hitler states, then that should be taught better. I also think that we are not taught about the Asian side of the war sufficiently. The Japanese may have been ever more sadistic to the Chinese than the Germans were to the Jews, but we don't really hear much about that.

The issue I have is that it only shows Hiter's side to the actual war, and none regrading the atrocities he ordered. In fact, even the title of the book was a little too cutesy for subject that deals with the torture and murder of millions of innocents. The structure of each section is as follows: a brief summary of what is happening at the time of the speech, what the “official record” is, “Mien Side of the Story” (what Hitler's view of the situation was), then the speech itself. If WWII was only about a war, this would be fine. But the Nazis (and Japanese) meted out some of the worst horrors known to man. Per this point of view, Hitler invaded Poland due to some of the worst torture he had ever seen and he condemned the treatment of innocent women and children vowing that they will not go after women and children, but will only attack military objectives - then he establishes Auschwitz.

My point is, you cannot write a book about Hitler and ignore the Holocaust. And yes, for any deniers or sympathizers, it did happen. My grandfather had to clear away the bodies. The problem is you can't write a “Mein Side of the Story” when it comes to using babies as target practice, gassing women and children, or experimenting on mentally and physically ill. If he wants this to be taken seriously as an objective study, then it can not leave out the first thing that comes to ones mind when you think about Hitler or WWII.