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18same kinds of plates are visible in many other parts of Federal Germany.There are now in print literally thousands of paper back titles dealing with every possible aspect of the Third Reich and its personahties. There are serious, analytical histories that sacritice success for integrity; on the other hand two big, exhaustive, expensive biographies of Hitler are selling more than well, and one of them, by loachim C. Fest, an editor of the arch-reactionary Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, has gone well past 275.00 copies at almost $20 apiece-the püblishers have 25.000 more ready and wanting in the warehouse. This book makes much of Hitler's "modernity," little of his parbarities: he was necessary to his time. The other, which is much more overtly an apologia-is by Werner Maser, who teaches the Hitler era at the University of Munich. It has sold 30.000 copies. It endeavors to create the impression that, had he not had certain problems arising out of misguided medication in 1933, Hitler would have done more good (and less harm).In addition there are the big hardcover editions ofIn England and in the US there has been a revival of interest in the Hitler era paralleling the one in West Germany At least 12 English and American publishers have capitalized on this interest. Here's a sampling ot theit recent books:Pictures: *Sieg Heil*, an illustrated history of Germany trom Bismark to Hitter. by Stefan Lorant (Norton), more than 700 photographs and a literate text *Hitler Close-up* (Macmillan), interesting because these are tle pictures taken by futler's friend Heinrich Hoiff-mann, with commentary by confidant and diarist Henty Picker.History: *Hitler's Rise to Power. The Nazi Movement in Bavana, 1923-1933*, by Geottrey Pridhan (ilarper & Row). In-depth answer to the question. what made people support Hitler in the early '20s' Careful and scholarly.Military: *Hatter's War Arms. The Establishment of the New Order*, by Normen Rich (Norton) The second volume of a huge, hugely detailed study dealing with Hitlers tore:ga policies *The Rise and Fall of the Luftwajje*, by David Irving (Little, Brown), the life of Field Marshall Erhard Milch who was second in command to Goering and who surn ved to tell much of this to the author *The Admiral's Pack*, by Jean Noh (Double-day), containing authentic tirst-hand accounts of *U-a (Grey Wolves)* ations *Battle Over the Reich*, by Altred Ince (Cambridge University Press), contains pictures and text about the bombing and strating of German cities and towas. Part of the revival because it is Germany seen as destroyed from the air. *Hitler's Strategy. 1940-1941 the Baltan Clue*, by Martin van Creveld (Cambridge University Press), a new viewTHE NEW REPUBLICHitler's speeches (four volumes) and Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels' (two volumes), four new books about Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy who is now, at 80, the last prisoner in Spandau, innumerable radio and television programs dealing with various aspects and personalities of the period, and, most lately, a fort nightly publication, *Das dritte Rech*, planned to cover the whole *NS-Zeit* for popular consumption in two years, and then expire.The Alles especially the Americans for a long time torbade any mention whatever of the Hitler period. and West Germany, once it became a more or less miependent state, continued these bans for years. Even more than other peoples, Germans have the touching notion that censorship and repression will eftectively chainate ideas and facts; and, against this, reither the left nor the right has the famtest concept ot civil liberties, thus it is still forbidden, even though the German Communist party has been legalized again, to form a "Nazi" or "National Socialist" party. Consequently the old SA and SS men organized the totally Naša Nationaldemokratische Parter Deutschlands,of Hitler's interest in the Mediterranean and his rula-tions with talyReligion: *German Charch: Struggle and the Holo-caust* Mayne Unversity Press), a collection of essays that grew out it the First International Scholars' Con-ference m 1Refugees: *Sand Refuge*, by A. J. Sherman (University of Cantoria Press) An interesting study of how Britain changed her policy aband retugees nom the Third Reich rom 1933 to 1939 and why.Persons: *Target Heydrich*, by Miroslav Ivanov (Afac-millan). Nay-y-play account of the assassination of Czech excupation head Reinhard Heydrich and the Nazi revenge that culminated in Lindice *Hitler*. by Joachim i est (tlarcourt Brace Jovanovich), the English transiamsa by Eisland and Clara Winston of the breg-raphy in which best concludes that it Hitler hast died or been killet in 1935 "ten would hesitate to call him one of the greatest of German statesmen," which may be why ine to is seven-eightos over before we come to the Hitler os the wat years *Werner Maser's Hitler Legend Muthara Reality* Harper & Row). Enormously detaried with so many tazas they obscure the man end his worksFuture: To be published by Viking in August, already published in England (Secker & Warburg). The lone-hest Man in the the "inside story of the 30-year imprisonment kadolt Hess." inside because the author. Eugene K wird, was tormer commandant of Spandau Frison and seems to have won Hess' confi-dence Despite is promises it says very little that has not already been known or surmised.- The Editors