The text covers nearly every major figure, organization, and event during the Nazi era.
It does not, however, address the military history of World War II, only the role in which Nazi Germany participated through policies and national directives.
[3] It is considered to be a critical text and it can be found at most major American and British universities.
The Library Journal review stated it to be "...the definitive reference source for basic data on events in National Socialist Germany.
Contributors include some of the former Federal Republic's (West Germany) best young historians".