A noted German journalist explains why Hitler's campaign to transform the crippled republic of the 1930s into a military and industrial power convinced Germans at all levels of society that he was the nation's savior

The Meaning of Hitler

History

HAFFNER, Sebastian

World

Macmillan Publishing Co.Inc

Text: English, German (translation)

Failure of a revolution: Germany 1918-19;

Europe

Deutsch

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The meaning of Hitler

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

Written in 1939 and unpublished until 2000, Sebastian Haffner's memoir of the rise of Nazism in Germany offers a unique portrait of the lives of ordinary German citizens between the wars. Covering 1907 to 1933, his eyewitness account provides a portrait of a country in constant flux: from the rise of the First Corps, the right-wing voluntary military force set up in 1918 to suppress Communism and precursor to the Nazi storm troopers, to the Hitler Youth movement; from the apocalyptic year of 1923 when inflation crippled the country to Hitler's rise to power. This fascinating personal history elucidates how the average German grappled with a rapidly changing society, while chronicling day-to-day changes in attitudes, beliefs, politics, and prejudices.

Defying Hitler: A Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Picador

A few years ago, Sebastian Haffner's DEFYING HITLER, a memoir about growing up in interwar Germany, sold over forty thousand copies. After he moved to Britain in the 1930s Haffner became so shocked about the situation in his native country that he wrote this book, GERMANY: JEKYLL AND HYDE, in an effort to help people understand the danger Hitler presented to the world. 
An incredibly accessible book, it is packed with acute analysis of both Hitler and the German people - from the Nazi leaders all the way down to those who opposed them - and is a must-read for anyone interested in the literature of the Second World War.

Germany: Jekyll and Hyde

ABACUS +

A unique and compelling eyewitness account of Germany between the wars. A huge bestseller in Germany, Defying Hitler is a memoir about the rise of Nazism in Germany and the lives of ordinary German citizens between the wars. This fresh and astute account offers a unique perspective on this era of twentieth-century history. Covering the years from 1907 to 1933, Haffner's personal memories form the basis for questioning, analyzing, and interpreting much of Germany's history. His eyewitness account of groups such as the First Free Corps -- the right-wing voluntary military force set up to suppress communism during the revolution of 1918 -- which would provide training for many of the later Nazi storm troopers; the Hitler Youth movement, which swept the nation; the apocalyptic year of 1923 when inflation crippled the country; the peaceful Stresemann years; and Hitler's coming to power all contribute to the portrait of a country in a constant state of flux. Sebastian Haffner elucidates how the educated average German grappled with a rapidly changing society, while chronicling day-to-day changes in attitudes, beliefs, politics, and prejudices. Available for the first time in English, this highly illuminating work is a unique portrait of a time, a place, and a people.

Farrar. Straus and Giroux

Germany's Self Destruction

Americas

Simon&Schuster

This is a remarkable historical and psychological examination of the enigma of Adolf Hitler―who he was, how he wielded power, and why he was destined to fail.
Beginning with Hitler’s early life, Sebastian Haffner probes the historical, political, and emotional forces that molded his character. In examining the inhumanity of a man for whom politics became a substitute for life, he discusses Hitler’s bizarre relationships with women, his arrested psychological development, his ideological misconceptions, his growing obsession with racial extermination, and the murderous rages of his distorted mind. Finally, Haffner confronts the most disturbing question of all: Could another Hitler rise to power in modern Germany?

Leaders & Notable People

Harvard University Press

A noted German journalist explains why Hitler's campaign to transform the crippled republic of the 1930s into a military and industrial power convinced Germans at all levels of society that he was the nation's savior

WEIDENFELD NICHOLSON HISTORY

When the famous German author Sebastian Haffner died at age ninety-one in 1999, a manuscript was discovered among his unpublished papers that offers a compelling eyewitness account of the rise of Hitler and Nazism. He describes the country's inflation and the political climate that contributed to Hitler's rise to power and also examines the pervasive influence of such groups as the Free Corps and the Hitler Youth movement that swept the nation. He elucidates how the average educated German grappled with a rapidly changing society, while chronicling day-to-day changes in attitudes, beliefs, politics, and prejudices. A major bestseller in Germany, Defying Hitler is an illuminating portrait of a time, a place, and a people.

Defying Hitler Lib/E: A Memoir

Historical

Blackstone Publishing

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The Meaning of Hitler

Failure of a revolution: Germany 1918-19;

The meaning of Hitler

Defying Hitler: A Memoir

Germany: Jekyll and Hyde

Defying Hitler: A Memoir

Germany's Self Destruction

The Meaning of Hitler

The Meaning of Hitler

Defying Hitler Lib/E: A Memoir