Common Book – The Nazi Mind: Twelve Warnings from History by Laurence Rees

March 10, 2026
6:30 PM on Zoom

The community is invited to read The Nazi Mind: Twelve Warnings from History and join MCHE’s Dr. Shelly Cline and Dr. Melissa Karp in conversation.

Laurence Rees offers a compelling and unsettling exploration of how ordinary people came to commit extraordinary atrocities. Drawing on unpublished testimony from former Nazis and cutting‑edge psychological research, Rees traces the rise and fall of Nazi ideology and reveals the mentalities that made mass murder and complicity possible. Through twelve vivid “warnings,” he shows how talk of “us versus them,” fear‑mongering, and dehumanization didn’t just propel a regime of terror in Germany—but offer lessons that still matter today. This powerful narrative history helps readers understand not only how the Nazis thought, but how to recognize the warning signs of manipulation and extremism in our own time.