The Face Of The Third Reich Portraits Of The Nazi Leadership

by Fest, Joachim E.

• ISBN13: 9780306809156
• ISBN10: 030680915X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-07
• Publisher: Da Capo Press

Summary

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

Author Biography

Joachim C. Fest is the author of Hitler and Plotting Hitler's Death: The Story of the German Resistance, 1933–1945. He lives in Germany.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Adolf Hitler's Path from Men's Hostel to Reich Chancellery
The Incubation Period	p. 3
The Drummer	p. 15
The Fuhrer	p. 27
The Reich Chancellor	p. 39
Victor and Vanquished	p. 52
Practitioners and Technicians of Totalitarian Rule
Hermann Goring - Number Two	p. 71
Joseph Goebbels: 'Man the Beast'	p. 83
Reinhard Heydrich - The Successor	p. 98
Heinrich Himmler - Petty Bourgeois and Grand Inquisitor	p. 111
Martin Bormann - The Brown Eminence	p. 125
Ernst Rohm and the Lost Generation	p. 136
Functionaries of Totalitarian Rule
Franz von Papen and the Conservative Collaboration	p. 151
Alfred Rosenberg - The Forgotten Disciple	p. 163
Joachim von Ribbentrop and the Degradation of Diplomacy	p. 175
Rudolf Hess: The Embarrassment of Freedom	p. 187
Albert Speer and the Immorality of the Technicians	p. 198
Hans Frank - Imitation of a Man of Violence	p. 209
Baldur von Schirach and the 'Mission of the Younger Generation'	p. 220
General von X: Behaviour and Role of the Officer Corps in the Third Reich	p. 235
'Professor NSDAP': The Intellectuals and National Socialism	p. 249
German Wife and Mother: The Role of Women in the Third Reich	p. 263
Rudolf Hoss - The Man from the Crowd	p. 276
The Face of the Third Reich: Attempt at a Summing Up	p. 291
Notes	p. 311
Bibliography	p. 386
Index	p. 393
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