Hitler's Library / / Ambrus Miskolczy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• VerfasserIn: Miskolczy, Ambrus,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)

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.

Table of 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