[dajohnson89]

OK. And is there any basic foundation for starting, that enables one to understand Heidegger well? Some kind of primer for continental philosophy?

[thebooktocome]

The "very short introduction" series has done a lot of work trying to make these folks more presentable, with varying levels of success.

You could also start with some of heidegger's shorter works like What is Called Thinking? or the one about technology (I'm not sure what the popular translation of the title is).