Reddit reviews Fatherland: A Novel
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thriller frightening suspenseful
Reddit reviews Fatherland: A NovelWe found 8 Reddit comments about Fatherland: A Novel. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Hitler wanted to control Europe and establish the 1,000 Year Reich, which was his idea of a modern version of the Roman Empire. Before the US began to help England and Russia with Lend/Lease and other programs, he didn't give a lot of thought to North America or Asia.
Specifically, Hitler wanted to create a homeland for his idea of the Aryan people, which would include western Europe, eastern Europe and a significant slice of the western Soviet Union. Much of the new, eastern lands were to exist almost entirely to provide raw materials and slave labor for the citizens of greater Germany. The existing populations of the newly conquered lands deemed to be not Aryan enough were either to be eliminated, or moved to the new lands and forcibly settled so they could be exploited.
As someone has already suggested, you can read about Generalplan Ost (General Plan East) to see the broad outlines of what he had in mind. Hitler also had plans to redesign Berlin to be the new capital, and do things like build the Führermuseum in Linz, his hometown.
If you want an entertaining alternate history novel about what might have happened had Hitler won, Fatherland, by Robert Harris gives a good idea of what might have been.
Fatherland by Richard Harris.
SS GB by Len Deighton
Farthing by Jo Walton. First in a trilogy.
Resistance by Owen Shears.
Alternate history is a favourite topic of mine. :)
Fatherland by Robert Harris.
The Baroque Cycle trilogy by Neal Stephenson, starting with Quicksilver. Science fiction history set during the Age of Enlightenment.
A quick note of a book - although I'm giving away a ton of plot here - is Fatherland by Robert Harris. Even knowing doesn't stop the chilling effect of this book.
http://www.amazon.com/Fatherland-Novel-Robert-Harris/dp/0812977211/ref=la_B000APBPA4_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1425472562&sr=1-2
EDIT: Downvotes about a book regarding the holocaust?
This is an interesting read.
There's another book based on the same premise called Fatherland
The one I've heard recommended the most is "Fatherland" by Richard Harris.
http://amzn.com/0812977211 That's a link to the book, in case anyone else was intrigued.