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Mein Kampf (German: [maɪn ˈkampf]; lit. 'My Struggle') is a 1925 autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The book outlines many of Hitler’s political beliefs, his political ideology and future plans for Germany and the world. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926. [1]
t. e. Adolf Hitler[ a ] (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, [ c ] becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.
Hitler is a two-volume biography of Adolf Hitler, written by the historian Ian Kershaw. Its volumes are Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris, published in 1998, and Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis, published in 2000. An abridged single-volume edition was published in 2008. Kershaw's biography is informed by his "Working towards the Führer" theory. [1]
Mein Kampf, Hitler's first book. This bibliography of Adolf Hitler is a list of some non-fiction texts in English written about and by him. Thousands of books and other texts have been written about him, so this is far from an all-inclusive list. It has been arranged into groups to make it more manageable.
Hitler. (Ullrich books) Hitler is a collection of two volumes by Volker Ullrich. Jefferson Chase translated both volumes into English. The books were originally published in German by S. Fischer Verlag. The first volume Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939 (German: Adolf Hitler: Die Jahre des Aufstiegs 1889-1939), published in German in 2013, was ...
The first important biography was written in exile in Switzerland by Konrad Heiden (1901-1966), Hitler: A Biography (2 vol Zürich, 1936–1937); an English version appeared as Der Führer – Hitler's Rise to Power (1944). Heiden was a journalist for a liberal newspaper who witnessed Hitler's rise to power firsthand, and fled to exile when he ...
Education. Williams College. Yale University. Notable awards. Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. John Willard Toland (June 29, 1912 – January 4, 2004) [1] was an American writer and historian. He is best known for a biography of Adolf Hitler [2] and a Pulitzer Prize -winning history of World War II-era Japan, The Rising Sun.
Paintings by Adolf Hitler. Vienna State Opera, painted by Hitler in 1912. Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945, was also a painter. [1] During his Vienna years (1908–1913) he made his living as a professional artist and produced hundreds of works, but had little commercial success.