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Making a unique collection accessible to scholars,
The Hitler Library is a complete bibliography of Hitler's books currently in the Rare Book Reading Room of the Library of Congress. Pointing to seldom used sources in social and political history, including photo albums, honorary citizenship diplomas, and festschriften, as well as trade books given to Hitler, the volume offers a very private view of one of history's most evil figures. A scholarly introduction, a commentary, and transcriptions of the many handwritten dedications in the books, providing fascinating insights into the cult of the F^Duhrer and the social history of the Third Reich are included.
Although the Hitler collection in the Library of Congress is fragmentary, including an unknown yet substantial percentage of the books Hitler must have owned, the collection offers fresh insight into the social and political history of the Third Reich. Presented by friends, admirers, and ordinary Germans, these books, many with handwritten dedications, help us to comprehend the role of Hitler in German society.
List of contents
Preface
Introduction
Bibliography: Hitler's Books
Appendix I: Brown University and Other Miscellaneous Private Collections of Hitler's Books
Appendix II: Books in the Third Reich Collection not Belonging to Hitler
Appendix III: Books of Uncertain Provenance in the Third Reich Collection
Appendix IV: Books from the Reich Chancellery (Hoover Institution Achives)
Index
About the author
PHILIPP GASSERT is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Heidelberg. His areas of specialization are the history of National Socialism and postwar German history. His publications include
Amerika im Dritten Reich (1997) and
1968: The World Transformed (1998).
DANIEL S. MATTERN is Senior Editor at the German Historical Institute. He edits the series Publications of the German Historical Institute, published by Cambridge, and all in-house publications, such as the GHI Bulletin, the Reference Guides series, and the Occasional Papers series.
