#19 Why did wealthy older women love Hitler?
The philosopher Hannah Arendt spoke of the “growing admiration of the good and wealthy classes for the underworld” in the 19th century. She noted that “this wealthy class gradually yielded to every mo...
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#18 Seeing Hitler: Testimonies of Friends and Comrades
Contrary to the claim that he was a man of absolute self-confidence, we know of numerous documented cases in which he displayed the exact opposite behavior. At such times he acted surprisingly helples...
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#17 Hitler: What Did People Think of Hitler?
Thus says Hans Frank, Hitler’s personal lawyer, who was a witness from the very beginning and accompanied Hitler. In his analysis of Hitler and the regime in the work Im Angesicht des Galgens (In the ...
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#15 How Hitler Saw Himself?
However, in 1924 a crucial turning point came. After the failed Beer Hall Putsch and the trial in Munich, Hitler was imprisoned in the Landsberg fortress. There, behind the prison walls, his self-perc...
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#14 Karl Brandt: The Doctor Behind Hitler’s Euthanasia Orders
Karl Brandt and his wife Anni were as the Albert Speer and his wife members of Hitler's inner circle in Berchtesgaden, where Hitler maintained his private residence known as the Berghof. This highly e...
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#13 Dr. Eduard Bloch – Adolf Hitler’s Childhood Doctor
Dr. Eduard Bloch was a humble yet compassionate physician practicing in Linz, Austria, during Adolf Hitler’s youth. As the family doctor to the Hitlers, Bloch cared for young Adolf and his siblings, n...
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#12 The most important Hitler biographers
The first important biographer is Konrad Heiden, who wrote a biography while Hitler was still alive. It was the first comprehensive and critical work that a German author was able to write without cen...
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