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January 15, 2026
The Hitler Years: Holocaust 1933-1945 The latest instalment in Frank McDonough's series on Nazi rule reveals how the Holocaust evolved in stages, becoming increasingly more radical and then genocidal after the Second World War began. This detailed year by-year narrative charts the Nazi party’s escalating intimidation of German Jews and offers analysis of key moments leading up to 1945. The Hitler Years: Holocaust 1933-1945Frank McDonoughApollo, hbk, 416pp (£35)ISBN 978-1035912483 Known Unto God: searching for the missing Why were there so many missing in the First World War? What do we know about the battlefield casualties, the dead and the wounded, the prisoners of wa

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