Hitler Redux: The Incredible History of Hitler’s So-Called Table Talks (Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right)

Synopsis

After Hitler's death, several posthumous books were published which purported to be the verbatim words of the Nazi leader – two of the most important of these documents were Hitler's Table Talk and The Testament of Adolf Hitler. This ground-breaking book provides the first in-depth analysis and critical study of Hitler’s so-called table talks and their history, provenance, translation, reception, and usage. Based on research in public and private archives in four countries, the book shows when, why, where, how, by and for whom the table talks were written, how reliable the texts are, and how historians should approach and use them. It reveals the crucial role of the mysterious Swiss Nazi Francois Genoud, as well as some very poor judgement from several famous historians in giving these dubious sources more credibility than they deserved. The book sets the record straight regarding the nature of these volumes as historical sources – proving inter alia The Testament to be a clever forgery – and aims to establish a new consensus on their meaning and impact on historical research into Hitler and the Third Reich. This path-breaking historical investigation will be of considerable interest to all researchers and historians of the Nazi era.

Copyright:

2021

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Publisher Quality

Book Size:

416 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000173291

Related ISBNs:

9780429330582, 9780367353056, 9780367353063

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

09/16/20

Copyrighted By:

Mikael Nilsson, The right of Mikael Nilsson to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction

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