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Hitler
- A Biography
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 44 hrs and 7 mins
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Hailed as the most compelling biography of the German dictator yet written, Ian Kershaw's Hitler brings us closer than ever before to the heart of its subject's immense darkness.
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, strewn with contradictory tales and overgrown with self-created myths. One truth prevails: the sheer scale of the evils that he unleashed on the world has made him a demonic figure without equal in the 20th century.
Ian Kershaw's Hitler brings us closer than ever before to the character of the bizarre misfit in his 30-year ascent from a Viennese shelter for the indigent to uncontested rule over the German nation that had tried and rejected democracy in the crippling aftermath of World War I. With extraordinary vividness, Kershaw recreates the settings that made Hitler's rise possible: the virulent anti-Semitism of prewar Vienna, the crucible of a war with immense casualties, the toxic nationalism that gripped Bavaria in the 1920s, the undermining of the Weimar Republic by extremists of the Right and the Left and the hysteria that accompanied Hitler's seizure of power in 1933 and then mounted in brutal attacks by his storm troopers on Jews and others condemned as enemies of the Aryan race.
In an account drawing on many previously untapped sources, Hitler metamorphoses from an obscure fantasist, a "drummer" sounding an insistent beat of hatred in Munich beer halls, to the instigator of an infamous failed putsch and, ultimately, to the leadership of a ragtag alliance of right-wing parties fused into a movement that enthralled the German people.
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- mr
- 17-10-16
Best insight into the worst human.
44 hours well used to try and craft your own understanding of evil incarnate.
Great research, read well and kept me gripped until the end *** SPOILER ALERT *** he dies.
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- Jim
- 20-11-16
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Got this because it was the deal of the day and Ian Kershaw is always good. Listening to it just after the election of Donald Trump however it resonates particulary strongly. If you'd like to get a preview of how an unstable, inherently dishonest narcissist can destroy a country's political and cultural institutions before destroying the country itself then this is the one for you. Not in any way a pick-you-up but a timely reminder of the dangers of normalising racist demagogues once they get into power
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- Anonymous User
- 14-01-20
Hitler’s life and times
An outstanding piece of objective research and scholarship, gripping in its developments and delivered in an excellent manner by the narrator.
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- Stukez
- 28-08-20
Thorough
Probably everything I will ever have to know about this subject. This is a long listen and Damian Lynch’s narration is perfect.
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- Merlin
- 27-10-20
Incredible
Incredible book, great narration. Minor gripe the small number of occasions where the narrator attempts an American accent when quoting a US source.
Excellent telling of rise and fall of Hitler and Third Reich
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- David
- 10-09-18
Interesting from start to finish.
Yes it's long but could easily be longer with more evidence to support the authors assumptions. The book has been very well read by the narrator, his performance, as good as any I have heard on any other audiobook.
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- Ben
- 25-10-18
Deeply researched, superbly delivered
And as a result, incredibly powerful. In a time of growing fascist nationalism, this is a vital book.
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- Mr. L. R. Wareham
- 17-12-18
Excellent and insightful history
A powerful and intimate analysis of Hitler, his personality and drives. It's not a short book but it's insights are clearly communicated and accessible.
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- Matthew Wood
- 07-08-18
Simply stunning depth
Perhaps the most well researched, detailed book I have listened to. The sheer length has made this a difficult book to finish but the content and delivery is excellent.
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- John H
- 09-08-18
Fascinating insight into a madman.
While I found it a little slow to get into it was well worth sticking with.
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