{"product_id":"gun-control-in-the-third-reich-disarming-the-jews-and-enemies-of-the-state-9781598133059","title":"Gun Control in the Third Reich: Disarming the Jews and Enemies of the State","description":"\u003cb\u003eBased on secret documents from German archives, diaries, and newspapers of the time, \u003ci\u003eGun Control in the Third Reich\u003c\/i\u003e presents the definitive, yet hidden history of how the Nazi regime made use of gun control to disarm and repress its enemies and consolidate power.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe countless books on the Third Reich and the Holocaust fail even to mention the laws restricting firearms ownership, which rendered political opponents and Jews defenseless. A skeptic could surmise that a better-armed populace might have made no difference, but the National Socialist regime certainly did not think so--it ruthlessly suppressed firearm ownership by disfavored groups. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eGun Control in the Third Reich\u003c\/i\u003e spans the two decades from the birth of the Weimar Republic in 1918 through Kristallnacht in 1938. The book then presents a panorama of pertinent events during World War II regarding the effects of the disarming policies. And even though in the occupied countries the Nazis decreed the death penalty for possession of a firearm, there developed instances of heroic armed resistance by Jews, particularly the Warsaw ghetto uprising.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781598133059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280","brand":"Stephen P. Halbrook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51334069092533,"sku":"9781598133059","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c7a812f5-e544-4559-8a56-965b3cf6a3ea.jpg?v=1752583534","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/gun-control-in-the-third-reich-disarming-the-jews-and-enemies-of-the-state-9781598133059","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}