Hitler: The Memoir of the Nazi Insider Who Turned Against the Fuhrer
by Ernst Hanfstaengl
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Of American and German parentage, Ernst Hanfstaengl graduated from Harvard and ran the family business in New York for a dozen years before returning to Germany in 1921. By chance he heard a then little-known Adolf Hitler speaking in a Munich beer hall and, mesmerized by his extraordinary oratorical power, was convinced the man would some day come to power. As Hitler's fanatical theories and ideas hardened, however, he surrounded himself with rabid extremists such as Goering, Hess, and show more Goebbels, and Hanfstaengl became estranged from him. But with the Nazi's major unexpected political triumph in 1930, Hitler became a national figure, and he invited Hanfstaengl to be his foreign press secretary. It is from this unique insider's position that the author provides a vivid, intimate view of Hitler--with his neuroses, repressions, and growing megalomania--over the next several years. In 1937, four years after Hitler came to power, relations between Hanfstaengl and the Nazis had deteriorated to such a degree that he was forced to flee for his life, escaping to Switzerland. Here is a portrait of Hitler as you've rarely seen him. show lessTags
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A fascinating account by a Hitler intimate who also knew FDR well. Hanfstaengl used to describe this as from the Brown House to the White House
Très intéressant, mais quel naïf, quel songe creux que cet Ernst!
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Ernst Hanfstaengl was born in 1887 to German and American parents. He was educated at Harvard, but eventually moved to Germany, where he met a young Hitler at the very beginning of his political rise. After turning down Hitler's invitation to continue as his foreign press secretary, he returned to the United States, where he worked with the show more American government against the Nazi regime. He died in 1975. John Toland was an American author and historian best known for his Adolph Hitler: The Definitive Biography and The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1936-1945, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize. He died in 2004. show less
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Tempus fugit (866)
Perrin, Tempus (866)
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- Hitler, les années obscures. Mémoires
- Original title
- Hitler, the missing years
- Original publication date
- 1957 (1e édition originale américiane, Lippincott, Philadelphie) (1e édition originale américiane, Lippincott, Philadelphie); 1967 (1e traduction et édition française, Editions de Trévise) (1e traduction et édition française, Editions de Trévise); 1970 (1e traduction et édition allemande) (1e traduction et édition allemande); 1972 (Réédition française, J'ai lu, Leur aventure, N° 284) (Réédition française, J'ai lu, Leur aventure, N° 284); 2018-04-19 (Nouvelle édition française avec une préface de Jean-Paul Bled, Perrin) (Nouvelle édition française avec une préface de Jean-Paul Bled, Perrin); 2022-02-24 (Réédition française, Tempus, N° 866, Perrin) (Réédition française, Tempus, N° 866, Perrin)
- People/Characters
- Ernst Hanfstaengl; Adolf Hitler
- Original language*
- Anglais (Etats-Unis) (Etats-Unis)
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- History, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 943.086092 — History & geography History of Europe Central Europe: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech, Poland, Hungary Historical periods of Germany Germany 1866- Third Reich 1933-1945 History, geographic treatment, biography Biographies, Diaries And Journals
- LCC
- DD247 .H5 .H312 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Germany History of Germany History By period Modern, 1519- 19th-20th centuries Revolution and Republic, 1918-
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