Verwundung hitler biography

Adolph Hitler was born on 20th April, 1889, as the son of Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl in a small Austrian town of Braunau, near the border.
From his illegitimate birth in a small Austrian village to his fiery death in a bunker under the Reich chancellery in Berlin, Adolf Hitler left a murky trail.
These were the stage sets for the Führer who thundered from the podium, the absolute leader who commanded millions and moved mountains of stone.

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Beschreibung des Verlags

This book delves into the life of Adolf Hitler, one of history's most infamous figures. From his troubled childhood in Austria and his early ambitions as an artist to his meteoric rise as the leader of Nazi Germany, this book examines the factors that shaped his ideology and the devastating impact of his leadership. Tracing his journey from the trenches of World War I to his orchestration of the Holocaust and his ultimate demise in a Berlin bunker, the narrative explores the complexities of his character, his political cunning, and the devastating consequences of his rule. By drawing on historical documents, personal accounts, and expert analysis, this book seeks to unravel the man behind the atrocities and provide insight into how his leadership altered the course of the 20th century. This book is a sobering reminder of the destructive power of unchecked ambition and ideology, offering lessons for future generations.

GENRE

Biografien und Memoiren

ERSCHIENEN

2024

22. November

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Stiftung Haus der Geschichte

Between repression and preoccupation, consternation and indifference: people in Germany have been coming to terms with National Socialism for almost 80 years. How people deal with this history, how they react to it and how they behave towards it changes with each generation. Society, politics and culture influence the respective relationship to the Nazi past. Personal experiences, the TV series “Holocaust” or the accounts of contemporary witnesses can change the views a generation holds.

In our exhibition “After Hitler. Germany’s Reckoning with the Nazi Past”, we shed light on the different perspectives of four generations since National Socialist rule.

First, we focus on people who consciously lived through the dictatorship and the war. For example, a bust of Adolf Hitler shows how people repress and deny their former enthusiasm: German sculptor Hedwig Maria Ley sympathizes with the Nazi movement and produces the first authorized depiction of Hitler. It becomes a bestseller. After the end of the war, Ley buries the bust in her ga

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L.I.S.A.: Besides broad media coverage of Hitler’s homes in Germany, a surprisingly vast number of respectable publications in Great Britain and the United States reflects a similar fascination with and admiration for Hitler’s domestic spaces. Can this be attributed to a public longing after images of a seemingly peaceful Führer or rather to an emerging celebrity culture in the 1920s and 1930s?

Prof. Stratigakos: I believe it was both of these things. Images of the off-duty Führer playing with his dogs or chatting amiably with his neighbors suggested a common core humanity that was deeply reassuring to readers in Germany and abroad. In 1934, the German Press Association, reporting on domestic and foreign markets for German photojournalism, stated that the most sought-after images were of Hitler at home playing with his dogs or with children. It also noted that American newspapers preferred to buy Hitler pictures with a “human interest” angle. Early in the regime, that is what people wanted to see.

At the same time, the advent of new technologies in broadcasting, recording