The Hitler Book
Will be published approx. on 7. September 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-7195-5499-5 (ISBN)
Description
On breaking open the Berlin Bunker on 2 May 1945, Soviet troops captured two of Adolf Hitler's closest associates: his personal valet, Heinz Linge, and his SS adjutant, Otto Guensche. The two men had just disposed of the bodies of Hitler and Eva Braun.
On Stalin's orders they were questioned for two years, to produce this astonishing fly-on-the wall account of all they saw in Hitler's headquarters, where they had worked since 1933. It has been held in top-level Russian archives since 1949.
The book contains remarkable insight into Hitler's daily life before and during the Second World War. Chilling, revealing and compellingly readable, it is one of the most authentic sources of information in existence on the history of the Third Reich, unique in the circumstances of its compilation and its closeness in time to the events described.
On Stalin's orders they were questioned for two years, to produce this astonishing fly-on-the wall account of all they saw in Hitler's headquarters, where they had worked since 1933. It has been held in top-level Russian archives since 1949.
The book contains remarkable insight into Hitler's daily life before and during the Second World War. Chilling, revealing and compellingly readable, it is one of the most authentic sources of information in existence on the history of the Third Reich, unique in the circumstances of its compilation and its closeness in time to the events described.
Reviews / Votes
A unique insight into Hitler's life * Publishing News * The portrait that emerges is far more complex than the conventional one-dimensional picture of a monster * Sunday Times * A groundbreaking historical document . . . A remarkable insight into Hitler's daily life . . . and one of the most authentic sources of information on the history of the Third Reich * Daily Telegraph * 'An amazing insight into Hitler's personal world . . . An extraordinary historical document . . . Something of a publishing event' * Bookseller * 'Fascinating' * Simon Sebag-Montefiore * Fascinating . . . Captivating ... Full of curious snapshots of a man whose private persona has been shrouded in mystery * Guardian * 'Admirably readable' * Literary Review, Evan Mawdsley * An astonishingly intimate portrait of the dictator * The Times * 'A fascinating view of two tyrants at war for control of greater Europe' * South China Morning Post * A document of importance, which will from now on take its place in the sources for Hitler's life * Ian Kershaw, author of Hitler: Hubris and Nemesis * Unexpected and original * Richard Overy *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Murray Press
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
2 x 8pp b/w
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 144 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7195-5499-5 (9780719554995)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Sturmbannfuehrer Heinz Lange was head of Hitler's personal household. Hauptsturmfuehrer Otto Guensche was his last SS adjutant. Henrik Eberle is a journalist and a historian, and he teaches at the University of Halle in Germany. Matthias Uhl has studied history and political science in Germany and Russia, and now works at the German Historical Institite in Moscow.