In The Garden Of Beasts. “hitler declared himself committed to peace and went so far as to pledge complete disarmament if other countries followed suit. It recounts the early years of germany's nazi regime from the perspective of the american ambassador, william dodd, and his family.in berlin, the family watches with growing horror as hitler increases his dictatorial control over germany, rearms.

The world swooned with relief. 'in the garden of beasts' is the second book i've read by larson and i'm sorry to say the two don't compare. As erik larson’s “in the garden of beasts,” in my opinion, is one of larson’s better works about history.

Ambassador to germany.dodd, a university of chicago professor, brought with him to berlin his wife, son, and daughter, martha.

Love, terror, and an american family in hitler’s berlin author: The zone is meant for different classes: I've read a fair number of books about the holocaust and i did find the political maneuvering described in 'garden' interesting in a stomach turning, sickening kind of way. But when a hit goes wrong and schumann is nabbed, he’s offered a stark choice: