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All for the Führer

Two books raise troubling questions about the Nazis' support from Germany's populace and priests.

Youthful Nazis meet Hitler, circa 1932.
Youthful Nazis meet Hitler, circa 1932. (Star Of David: Ilian/alamy; Adolf Hitler: Colourized Photo. Roger-viollet/the Image Works)

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Sunday, August 3, 2008; Page BW08

HITLER, THE GERMANS, AND THE FINAL SOLUTION

By Ian Kershaw

Yale Univ. 394 pp. $32.50

HITLER'S PRIESTS

Catholic Clergy and National Socialism

By Kevin P. Spicer

Northern Illinois Univ.

369 pp. $34.95

"What is the vox populi?"

asked Viktor Klemperer in his

diary as he struggled to sort out

the ways his fellow Germans


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