
Black Earth
The Holocaust as History and Warning
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Narrated by:
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Mark Bramhall
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By:
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Timothy Snyder
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[Timothy] Snyder identifies the conditions that allowed the Holocaust—conditions our society today shares. . . . He certainly couldn’t be more right about our world.”—The New Republic
A “gripping [and] disturbingly vivid” (The Wall Street Journal) portrait of the defining tragedy of our time, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of On Tyranny
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—The Washington Post, The Economist, Publishers Weekly
In this epic history of extermination and survival, Timothy Snyder presents a new explanation of the great atrocity of the twentieth century, and reveals the risks that we face in the twenty-first. Based on untapped sources from eastern Europe and forgotten testimonies from Jewish survivors, Black Earth recounts the mass murder of the Jews as an event that is still close to us, more comprehensible than we would like to think and thus all the more terrifying.
By overlooking the lessons of the Holocaust, Snyder concludes, we have misunderstood modernity and endangered the future. The early twenty-first century is coming to resemble the early twentieth, as growing preoccupations with food and water accompany ideological challenges to global order. Our world is closer to Hitler’s than we like to admit, and saving it requires us to see the Holocaust as it was—and ourselves as we are.
Groundbreaking, authoritative, and utterly absorbing, Black Earth reveals a Holocaust that is not only history but warning.
New York Times Editors’ Choice • Finalist for the Samuel Johnson Prize; the Mark Lynton History Prize; the Arthur Ross Book Award
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Critic reviews
“Clear-eyed . . . Arresting . . . An unorthodox and provocative account . . . Snyder is admirably relentless.”—The New Yorker
“Black Earth is mesmerizing . . . Remarkable . . . Gripping . . . Disturbingly vivid . . . Mr. Snyder is sometimes mordant, often shocked, always probing.”—The Wall Street Journal
“Revelatory . . . Evocative . . . Most relevant today.”—The Atlantic
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Very Informative
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Immortal and urgent
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"Black Earth" is not simply a book about books. This is the first one to come along in decades that offers very thoughtful and truly fresh insight.
So much has been written about the Nazis, Hitler, and the Holocaust by now that, as far as historical details are concerned, it isn't likely anything heretofore undiscovered will turn up. Nevertheless, Timothy Snyder's effort here certainly belongs in the scholar's library not for any new historical details per se (although there are some); but for its fresh insight, both brilliantly thought out, and masterfully written.
I highly recommend this audiobook especially to those among you who already have a solid foundation on the history of the Third Reich. You have a real gem here. You will find yourself listening to it almost like a student new to the subject (rather than picking it apart and almost unconsciously checking it for errors as one does with so many books of this kind).
Highly Recommended!
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In my reading, I cannot recall any previous book on general history for the non-technical audience that is so eloquent, so haunting, and so poetic. It is a book that might not alter your emotional view of The Shoa….but it will take your face and turn it toward an arresting view of causal factors that you might not have considered. And it is this reconsideration lies the striking realization that history, as Prof. Snyder points out, profoundly and pointedly anchors the present….and becomes a purchase from which a peaceful and hopeful future can launch.
A stunning work!
Perhaps Prof. Snyder’s best work…
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Essential reading
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I know much on this subject,
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Black Earth
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Intellectually fulfilling
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Regarding the performance of the narrator -- it was pitch perfect. The reading was clear and straightforward -- letting the subject matter speak for itself. It's challenging when there are so many names, places, and phrases that may be hard to pronounce for a native English-speaker but Mark Bramhall invariably makes the correct (or at least non-jarring) choice every time.
Worth listening to a second time.
A masterfully written book.
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Good read
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