Pierre Aycoberry combines an in-depth knowledge of German history with original research to offer an authoritative account, now available in paperback, of life in Hitler's Third Reich. Aycoberry uncovers the struggles of individuals and social and professional groups who stood up to the pressures of the Nazi Party and often paid a high price, while he also sheds light on the attempts of others - mainly upper- and middle-class professionals - to salvage or improve their positions by casting their lots with the Fuhrer. In this complex answer to the easy judgments passed by many, Pierre Aycoberry paints a rich portrait of a society at once victim and accomplice to one of the greatest crimes of all time.