The Third Reich, according to the plans of its creators, was supposed to last at least a thousand years, but lasted only 12. However, in such a short period of time in history, the state created by Hitler managed to unleash the bloodiest war in world history, leaving behind millions corpses and tens of millions of broken destinies, destroyed cities and burned villages. It would seem that after all this, fascism should be consigned to the dustbin of history. However, human memory turned out to be too short, and fascism too tenacious. As a result, many misconceptions have arisen, based either on sympathy for this ideology or on its complete rejection. In fact, the history of Nazi Germany was much more complex and tragic. The authors of this book, when assessing the Third Reich and its leaders, tried to move away from those two colors - black and white - that traditionally paint the history of a state that was built for centuries, but lasted only twelve years …