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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

by William L. Shirer · Recommended by 18 people on 6 podcasts

Why people recommend it

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer is a comprehensive historical account of Nazi Germany written by a journalist who worked as a foreign correspondent in Berlin during the 1930s. On The Joe Rogan Experience and the Lex Fridman Podcast, Lex Fridman repeatedly recommended the heavy volume, noting that he read it multiple times to understand the economic and psychological pain that fueled the rise of Hitler. Vitalik Buterin told Lex Fridman that he listened to the entire forty-five-hour audiobook during his personal time, and Dan Savage shared on The Ezra Klein Show that he first read the work as a child and has reread it since because of Shirer's unique eyewitness perspective. Saagar Enjeti also recommended the study on the Lex Fridman Podcast as a definitive one-volume history of the regime, while David Eagleman discussed the challenging yet essential nature of reading the book as a Jewish intellectual.

Who recommended it

Lex Fridman — 20 mentions
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“On the bias front, for example, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer is a good example. It is full of bias. But he was there, and to me, he has written probably one of the greatest, if not the greatest, book on the Third Reich ever.”
Discussed
“As an example, I admire William Shirer, the author of many books on Hitler, including "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich".”
Discussed
“As an example, I admire William Shirer, the author of many books on Hitler, including "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich." He was there and lived through it and covered it objectively to the degree that one could.”
Discussed
“and it just feels like what i've been i've reread recently as a kind of therapy the rise and fall of the third reich by william shire”
Recommended
“Rise and Fall of the Third Reich I've read twice now, and I recommend.”
Discussed
“my favorite telling of world war ii is william shires rise and fall the third reich and or at least not telling of nazi germany”
Discussed
“so one of the things I've recently re-read for the second time i guess that's what the word reread means the rise and fall of the third reich which is i think the best telling of the rise and fall of hitler”
Discussed
“so i personally have read and reread the william shires the rise and fall of the third reich who's another journalist who was there”
Discussed
“so it's like  i've also recently re-read the rise and fall of the third reich about hitler nazi germany it's the rise and the fall and it's interesting to look at the entirety of that process after it's all over many many decades after it's all over that book in particular written by the person that was actually there”
Discussed
“what do you make of the fact you mentioned rise and fall the third reich i just have you read that you've read it twice yes”
Discussed
“for example when i've been running uh for the over the past couple years and especially when i listen to certain kinds of audiobooks like i've listened to the rise and fall of the third reich i've listened to a lot of sort of world war ii which at once because i have a lot of family who's lost in”
Discussed
“yeah i i would say just as a small aside that's why reading as i'm almost done with uh the rise and fall of the third reich”
Discussed
“yeah i've been reading as i don't shut up about the the rise and fall of the third reich and you know there there's economic effects uh that uh take a decade to you know there's going to be long lasting effects that may uh may be destructive to the very fabric of this nation”
Discussed
“i've uh i've recently almost done with the rise in the fall of the third reich it's one of the historical descriptions of hitler's rise to power nazis rise to power”
Discussed
“one of the big problems for me right now is I'm reading the rise and fall of the Third Reich Light reading so it's everything is just I just see parallels and every I mean it's it's you have to be really careful not to overstep it”
Discussed
“i've been reading the rise and fall of the third reich”
Recommended
“I've been reading the rise and fall of the third reich Great book I recommend it highly It talks about the 30s and the rise of hitler in germany And the pain both economic and psychological turns into this like dark energy that can be combined with a charismatic leader to go into a direction of hatred versus love and”
Recommended
“i've been reading the rise and fall of the third reich great book i recommend it highly”
Discussed
“i apologize i'm reading the rise and fall of the third reich oh my god so i'm like really steeped into like world war ii and stalin and hitler and just these dramatic personalities that brought so much evil to the world”
Recommended
“i'm currently reading a book i recommend for people which is uh uh as a jew it's been difficult to read but uh the horizon follows the third reich”
Sam Parr — 2 mentions
Discussed
“and then I just got done reading the rise of the Third Reich which is like which is like a 1500 or 1300 word like epic”
Discussed
“and the reason I'm thinking about that is I just finished this like Epic book It's like 1400 pages long It's called the uh what is it called the I think it's the rise and fall of the Third Reich Have you heard of that yeah so it's kind of one of the seminal texts on Hitler and Nazism”
Douglas Murray — 2 mentions
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“Personally, I have read and reread William Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, who's another journalist who was there.”
Discussed
“Nevertheless, Winston Churchill is somebody, I mean, just reading the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, is an incredible figure to me.”
Vitalik Buterin — 2 mentions
Discussed
“and after that i also got into um audiobooks um oh i listened to the entire um the rise and fall of the third reich the whole thing 45 hours that that was fascinating”
Recommended
“i listened to the entire the rise and fall of the third reich the whole thing 45 hours that that was fascinating”
Saagar Enjeti — 2 mentions
Recommended
“the third reich right i think you talked about that william shire”
Discussed
“so this one um if you need a one volume rise and fall the third reich I think you talked about that william shire”
Dan Carlin — 2 mentions
Discussed
“okay i've uh i've recently almost done with the rise in the fall of the third reich it's one of the historical descriptions of hitler's rise to power nazis rise to power”
Discussed
“i read the rise and fall of the third reich my mother thought i needed to go to a psychologist because i read it when i was six”
Robert Evans — 1 mention
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“and Shyer is you know he's one of these guys if you read through because he's the author of the rise and fall of the Third Reich right”
Dwight Garner — 1 mention
Discussed
“I mean William El shire's book you know the the but what was the title that”
Joe Rogan — 1 mention
Recommended
“he inspired me to try to do a solo thing like an episode on um on hitler on the rise and fall of the third reich so i've i read a book called the rise and fall of the third reich is this huge volume I recommend people read it It tells the story of how hitler came to power”
Dan Savage — 1 mention
Recommended
“uh I read the rise along with their Reich when I was a kid and I've reread it a couple of times but William shirer who wrote rise and fall of the Third Reich he was a foreign correspondent in Berlin in the 30s he was worked with Edward R Murrow and after the collapse of the Nazi regime he”
Ben Shapiro — 1 mention
Discussed
“Like, the way The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is written about Hitler, I like because there's almost not a criticism of Hitler. It's a description of Hitler, which is very,”
Producer Ben — 1 mention
Discussed
“and the reason I'm thinking about that is I just finished this like Epic book it's like 1400 pages long it's called the uh what is it called the I think it's the rise and fall of the Third Reich have you heard of that”
Yaron Brook — 1 mention
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“I love yeah the reading I'm reading it's so long it's been taking me forever the the rise and Falls the Third Reich”
Chris Lattner — 1 mention
Discussed
“I'm one of the big problems for me right now is I'm reading the rise and fall of the Third Reich Light reading so it's everything is just I just see parallels and every I mean it's it's you have to be really careful not to overstep it but just the the thing that worries me the most is the”
Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett — 1 mention
Discussed
“for sure when I start reading the rise and fall of the third reich and start thinking about nazi germany I can empathize with everybody involved”
Ryan Hall — 1 mention
Discussed
“i've been reading uh the rise and fall of the third reich”
Eugenia Kuyda — 1 mention
Discussed
“i'm reading the rise and fall of the third reich Oh my god So i'm like really steeped into like world war ii and stalin and hitler and just these dramatic personalities that brought so much evil to the world”
Sheldon Solomon — 1 mention
Discussed
“and how i mentioned to you off camera that i've been reading uh the the rise and fall of the third reich”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 2
Discussed
“like like going to bed reading like part four of the rise and fall of the third reich or whatever like i got like dense ass history”
Discussed
“yeah i've been reading the the rise and fall of the third reich”

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Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“and then so your book and then and then it has the rise and fall of the Third Reich”
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“and then so your book and then and then it has the rise and fall of the Third Reich uh bloodlands by Timothy Snyder probably the most upsetting book I've ever read”
Passing
“What do you think about the 'Rise and Fall of the Third Reich' book?”
Passing
“especially when i listen to certain kinds of audiobooks like i've listened to the rise and fall of the third reich i've listened to a lot of sort of world war ii which at once because i have a lot of family who's lost in world war ii and so so much of the soviet union is grounded in the”
Passing
“i've been reading as i don't shut up about the the rise and fall of the third reich and you know there there's economic effects uh that uh take a decade to you know there's going to be long lasting effects that may”
Passing
“that's I was actually recently just complaining that there's not enough content on the the famine the 30s of you know of of Stu there's so much on Hitler like I love yeah the reading I'm reading it's so long it's been taking me forever the the rise and Falls the Third Reich”