Hitler's library / Ambrus Miskolczy ; [English translation by Ridey Szilvia and Michael Webb].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miskolczy, Ambrus.

Standardized Title:

Führer olvas. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Books and reading.

Hitler, Adolf.

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Knowledge and learning.

Germany--History--1933-1945.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 164 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first book to present the so-called Hitler Library. It sheds new light on the readings of Hitler and on his techniques how to read a book. Hitler presented himself as an ideal reader of Schopenhauer, nevertheless his remarks destroy that image, particularly if we see how he read Ernst Jünger, Richard Wagner, or Paul de Lagarde, and how he reread Mein Kampf.The book describes the gnostic character of the phenomenon as an explication of the success of nazism and that of the Hitler myth and challenges the static views of traditional historiography.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Chapter 1. Hitler’s Erudition and Reading Habits

Chapter 2. Books That Hitler Read: Penciled Notes Attest

Chapter 3. Books That Hitler Read Into

Chapter 4. Books That Hitler Did Not Read (In Depth)

Chapter 5. Hitler’s Works

Chapter 6. On the Führer’s Taste: Artistic Albums and Catalogues

Epilogue. Farewell to the World of Hitler and His Library

Selected Bibliography

Name Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-160) and index.

ISBN:

1-003-72005-6

978-615-5053-92-4

978-6-15505-392-4

9786155053924

615-5053-92-8

1-281-37662-0

9786611376628

0-585-49242-5

9781003720058

OCLC:

54461711