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Eight Days in May - How Germany's War Ended by Volker Ullrich
Category: Military
1 May 1945. The world did not know it yet, but the final week of the Third Reich's existence had begun. Hitler was dead, but the war had still not ended. Everything had both ground to a halt and yet remained agonizingly uncertain.Volker Ullrich's remarkable book takes the reader into a world torn betwee ...Show more
Eight Days in May: How Germany's War Ended by Volker Ullrich; Jefferson Chase (Translator)
Category: History
A gripping history of Germany's 'zero hour', the eight days between Hitler's death and the war's end1 May 1945. The world did not know it yet, but the final week of the Third Reich's existence had begun. Hitler was dead, but the war had still not ended. Everything had both ground to a halt and yet remai ...Show more
Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis by Volker Ullrich
Category: History
The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig confided in his autobiography: "I have a pretty thorough knowledge of history, but never, to my recollection, has it produced such madness in such gigantic proportions." He was referring to Germany in 1923, a "year of lunacy," defined by hyperinflation, violence, a ...Show more
Hitler: A Biography: Volume 1: Ascent 1889-1939 by Volker Ullrich
Category: Biography | Series: Hitler Biographies Ser.
Despite his status as the most despised political figure in history, there have only been four serious biographies of Hitler since the 1930s. Even more surprisingly, his biographers have been more interested in his rise to power and his methods of leadership than in Hitler the person: some have even dec ...Show more
Hitler: Volume I: Ascent 1889-1939 by Volker Ullrich
Category: Biography | Series: Hitler Biographies Ser.
Selected as a Book of the Year by the New York Times, Times Literary Supplement and The TimesDespite his status as the most despised political figure in history, there have only been four serious biographies of Hitler since the 1930s. Even more surprisingly, his biographers have been more interested in ...Show more
Hitler: Volume II: Downfall 1939-45 by Volker Ullrich
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Hitler Biographies Ser.
'Meticulous... Probably the most disturbing portrait of Hitler I have ever read' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times'There will never be a definitive life of Hitler. The subject is too vast, the man too contradictory and the sources unmanageable. But Volker Ullrich's biography comes as close as we can reaso ...Show more
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