Qvortrup, Matthew

Summary: This is the fascinating tale of Angela Merkel’s political ascent, in which she outmaneuvered her male colleagues and made Germany the strongest economy in Europe. With the storytelling gifts of a novelist, as well as nuanced political expertise garnered from over a decade of experience as an academic and journalist, Matt Qvortrup gives readers unprecedented, personal insight into Frau Merkel’s...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Duckworth 2016

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Görtemaker, Heike B.

Contents: Pt. 1. The meeting -- Heinrich Hoffmann's studio -- Munich After the First World War -- The Braun family -- Rise to power at Hitler's side -- pt. 2. Contrasting worlds -- Women in national socialism -- The myth of the Führer, or, Herr Hitler in private -- The mistress and the inner circle -- Life at the Obersalzberg -- pt. 3. Downfall -- Isolation during the war -- The events of July 20, 1944...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2011

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Range, Peter Ross

Summary: Adolf Hitler spent 1924 away from society and surrounded by co-conspirators of the failed Beer Hall Putsch. Behind bars in a prison near Munich, Hitler passed the year with deep reading and intensive writing, a year of slowly walking gravel paths while working feverishly on his book Mein Kampf. This was the year of Hitler's final transformation into the self-proclaimed savior and infallible...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016

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O'Reilly, Bill.

Summary: "By early 1945, the destruction of the German Nazi State seems certain. The Allied forces, led by American generals George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower, are gaining control of Europe, leaving German leaders scrambling. Facing defeat, Adolf Hitler flees to a secret bunker with his new wife, Eva Braun, and his beloved dog, Blondi. It is there that all three would meet their end, thus ending...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2015

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Summary: An interrogation of the culture's fascination with Hitler and Nazism is set against the backdrop of the current rise of white supremacy, the normalization of anti-Semitism and the weaponization of history itself.

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Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2021

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Ullrich, Volker

Summary: "A comprehensive new biography of Hitler focusing on the dictator's personality"--Provided by publisher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016

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Thies, Jochen

Summary: What did Hitler really wanted to achieve: world domination. In the early twenties, Hitler was working on this plan and from 1933 on, was working to make it a reality. During 1940 and 1941, he believed he was close to winning the war. This book not only examines Nazi imperial architecture, armament and plans to regain colonies but also reveals what Hitler said in moments of truth. The author...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Berghahn Books 2012

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Kershaw, Ian.

Summary: This first book of a two-volume account of Hitler's domination of the German people brings readers closer than ever before to the character of the bizarre misfit.

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1999

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Giblin, James.

Summary: Explores the life of the dangerous and destructive dictator Adolf Hitler whose aggressive foreign policies set off World War II and caused the deaths of over 6 million Jews. He committed heinous crimes against humanity worldwide.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2002

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Longerich, Peter

Summary: "While many previous portraits have speculated about Hitler's formative years, Peter Longerich focuses on his central role as the driving force of Nazism itself. You cannot separate the man from the monstrous movement he came to embody. From his ascendance through the party's ranks to his final hours as F©ơhrer in April 1945, Longerich shows just how ruthless Hitler was in his path to power. He...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2019

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Price, Sean.

Summary: Traces the life of the struggling Austrian artist who rose from obscurity to power as the leader of the Nazi party and, later, the German nation, and whose ambitions led to World War II.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2010

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Ham, Paul

Summary: A rigorous narrative analysis probes into the childhood, war experiences, and early political career of Adolf Hitler to assess how his defining years affected his rise to power.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2018

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