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Who it's for · Why people still read it · If you like it, read next
- Who it's for
- For readers of 20th-century history and current politics who want to understand how a democracy weakens, and who don't mind comparisons with the present.
- Why people still read it
- It was well received in the Italian and Spanish press, and Pope Francis recommended it for its comparison with what is happening in Europe today.
If you like it, read next
- Febrero de 1933Uwe WittstockIt covers the same weeks of 1933, focused on German writers and artists.
- Eichmann en JerusalénHannah ArendtA classic reflection on how ordinary people sustained the Nazi regime.
- El mundo de ayerStefan ZweigThe testimony of someone who watched liberal interwar Europe collapse.
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