The Face of the Third Reich: Portraits of the Nazi Leadership - Softcover

Fest, Joachim

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9781848857032: The Face of the Third Reich: Portraits of the Nazi Leadership

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ISBN 10: 1848857039 ISBN 13: 9781848857032

Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2011

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In fifteen incisive profiles, Joachim Fest, one of the greatest authorities on the Third Reich, offers a compelling and definitive examination of the lives of the most infamous Nazi leaders: the dark powers behind Hitler's throne. They include Hermann Goering: Hitler's designated successor and issuer of orders for the Final Solution; Joseph Goebbels: Reichsminister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda and the Kristallnacht mastermind; Heinrich Himmler: Reichsf�hrer of the SS, responsible for the deaths of more than six million Jews; Martin Bormann: Hitler's private secretary, who wielded power by controlling access to the F�hrer; Rudolph Hess: Deputy of the Nazi Party who was tried at Nuremberg and controversially imprisoned for life; Albert Speer: "the Nazi who said sorry"; and of course, Hitler himself.

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In these searing profiles the author dissects the lives of fifteen infamous Nazis -- including Hermann Goring, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, Martin Bormann, Ernst Rohm, Hans Frank, Albert Speer, and Hitler himself. He also analyzes the archetypal roles of the officer corps, intellectuals, and women. This fascinating work provides fresh perspectives into how dysfunctional psyches, personal ambitions, and ruthless rivalries impacted the creation and evolution of Hitler's Third Reich.

About the Author:

Joachim Fest (1926-2006) was born in Berlin. He was drafted into the German army during the final phase of World War II, and later studied law, history, and German literature. From there,hehad a wide-ranging career in newspapers and radio, leading him to his final appointment asPublisher of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Other books by FestincludeHitler, Plotting Hitler's Death,Speer,and Inside Hitler's Bunker, his celebrated biography of Adolf Hitler.

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