What conclusions can we draw about the Nazi dictatorship and the German people from the two books?

Both Peter Fritzsche in Life and Death in the Third Reich and Wendy Lower in Hitler’s Furies attempt to explain the appeal of Nazism to the Germans. Their respective focus is both distinct and overlapping. Fritzsche deals with Germans of both genders throughout the course of the dictatorship. Wendy Lower focuses on young women who helped colonize the eastern territories during the Second World War. Each book grapples with the appeal of the Nazi dictatorship, how it was understood and (often) supported by those who lived with it, and how it was rationalized and explained as it came to its disastrous end.
The final exam will involve a review of the two books. How does each one interpret the Nazi Third Reich and its appeal? What conclusions can we draw about the Nazi dictatorship and the German people from the two books? Please base your paper on the evidence and arguments presented by the two historians. The paper should be double-spaced and, approximately ten pages long. It can use parenthetical citation, for instance, (Lower, p.95.) It will be due at 1:00 PM on December 14th. It will be graded both on the clarity of presentation, your grasp of the historians’ respective arguments, and your use of evidence from the two books to illustrate your points.

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