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Records Surrounding Hitler
Hitler
About Hitler, leading Nazis, and the era of Germany’s Third Reich. An introduction to Hitler.
HISTORY / READINGHitler’s Road to Power
How did Hitler come to seize power? (Part One)
HISTORY / READINGHitler's Sexual Inclinations and Addiction
The little-known, bizarre sexual tastes and addictions of Hitler, dictator and mass murderer.
HISTORY / READINGHitler's Road to Power, Part Two
How did Hitler come to seize power? (Part Two)
HISTORY / READINGHitler’s Child
The body in the bunker was Hitler's double. But from dental evidence and other physical findings, Soviet troops identified two other burned bodies as Hitler and Eva. Yet Eva was carrying Hitler's child at the time. The theory that Hitler survived, shortly after Germany's surrender, Soviet classified documents were highly...
HISTORY / READINGThe Plot to Assassinate Hitler
After Hitler seized power, some regarded him as a criminal and tried to kill him: a clockmaker who attempted to blow him up single-handedly; a courageous handful of officers who boldly confronted Hitler, protected by uncanny luck.
Explore the People
Martin Bormann
About the senior Nazi figure Martin Bormann.
HISTORY / READINGWilhelm Canaris
About the Nazi-era figure Wilhelm Canaris.
HISTORY / READINGKarl Dönitz
About the Nazi-era figure Karl Dönitz.
HISTORY / READINGAdolf Eichmann
About the senior Nazi figure Adolf Eichmann.
HISTORY / READINGJoseph Goebbels
About the prominent Nazi Joseph Goebbels.
HISTORY / READINGHermann Göring
About the Nazi leader Hermann Göring.
HISTORY / READINGRudolf Hess
About leading Nazi Rudolf Hess.
HISTORY / READINGHeinrich Himmler
About the leading Nazi figure Heinrich Himmler.
HISTORY / READINGErich Manstein
About the Nazi-era figure Erich Manstein.
HISTORY / READINGJosef Mengele
Professor von Verschuer's ideas—using twins to decipher the code of life in order to create a superior race—were inherited by Josef Mengele. To release them from suffering, the parents suffocated Dieter and Nina, who had been made into conjoined twins by having their backs sewn together
HISTORY / READINGLeading Nazi Figures
Leading Nazi Figures: Introduction.
HISTORY / READINGErwin Rommel
About leading Nazi Erwin Rommel.
HISTORY / READINGAlbert Speer
About leading Nazi Albert Speer.
Associated Figures
Associated Figures
An introduction to Hitler, leading Nazis and figures associated with Germany's Third Reich.
HISTORY / READINGKatrin Himmler
About Katrin Himmler, a descendant of the family of a senior Nazi figure.
HISTORY / READINGRainer Höss
On Rainer Höss, a descendant of a leading Nazi figure.
HISTORY / READINGBettina Göring
About Bettina Göring, a descendant of a leading Nazi figure.
HISTORY / READINGNiklas Frank
About Niklas Frank, a descendant of a leading Nazi figure.
HISTORY / READINGMonika Göth
On Monika Göth, a descendant of a leading Nazi figure.
HISTORY / READINGEva Braun
The position of Hitler's lover drove Geli and Maria to suicide. Eva Braun is said to have been carrying his child shortly before killing herself with him. Having gained the status of his lawful wife, if only for a few hours, Eva defies characterization as a tragic heroine.
HISTORY / READINGAnne Frank
Anne Frank spent her adolescence in hiding in the Netherlands. Her diary contained five elusive pages that her father Otto made a friend promise not to publish until his death. Anne's boyfriend; the highly likely informer. Anne's friend; by no means particul—
HISTORY / READINGLeni Riefenstahl
The beautiful actress Leni Riefenstahl burst like a comet onto cinema under the Nazi regime. This gifted twentieth-century woman also flourished as a director, becoming close to Hitler. After the war, she reversed course and continued denying the propagandistic nature of those films.
Records of Persecution and War
Auschwitz
Auschwitz, symbol of the Holocaust. Vivid survivor testimony reveals little-known realities: the vanished request to bomb Auschwitz, another Schindler, a coup inside the camp, the scenes of mass murder, and more.
HISTORY / READINGThe Holocaust
Nazi Germany's mass slaughter. The world had to find a new name for this unprecedented madness: the Holocaust. How were Jews, Roma and people with disabilities oppressed? How did the Aryans create their own myth?
HISTORY / READINGThe Nazi Waffen-SS
An account of the Nazi Waffen-SS based on film and other documentary material.
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