Black Earth by Timothy Snyder

• Detailed, but readable.  
• A significant portion of the work focuses on Poland's role in the Holocaust.  
• Snyder thoroughly explains Hitler's view of the world through the lens of race and inevitable racial conflict.
• This books demonstrates what it means for a group of people to be without citizenship or a state. Using examples, Snyder demonstrates how Jewish populations without the protections of a government were substantially more vulnerable to the Nazi Final Solution.