Q:

Book recommendation on the Nazis for a (very) advanced reader

I want to get my history teacher - who has taught me for three years and given a lot of extra help and support - a book. He has been studying the Nazis for several decades and is very knowledgeable, which makes it difficult for me to know what is a suitable level and would be interesting. If anyone has a recommendation that would be fantastic! 
Thank you!

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It's very hard to recommend a book for an experienced scholar in his own field, because he's likely to have already read it. I have one suggestion, because it's quite obscure. 
I Was A Stranger by John Hackett was published in 1977, and reprinted in a limited edition by Slightly Foxed Ltd more recently. It is the story of how an Australian-born British Army officer, seriously wounded and captured at Arnhem, escaped while still wounded and was sheltered by a Dutch family while he recovered, at great risk to themselves. It's a fine illustration of how ordinary people refused to yield to the Nazis. Even if he has already read it, I do not think he will be disappointed by the gift. 

