The Hitler Book - Softcover

'A unique insight into Hitler's life' -- Publishing News 20050708 'An amazing insight into Hitler's personal world' -- Bookseller 20050812 'Fascinating' -- Simon Sebag-Montefiore 20051107 'A fascinating view of two tyrants at war for control of greater Europe' -- South China Morning Post 20051107 'The portrait that emerges is far more complex than the conventional one-dimensional picture of a monster.' -- Sunday Times 20050320 'A surprise biography' -- Guardian 20050319 'A groundbreaking historical document' -- Daily Telegraph 20050319 'Fascinating insights into Hitler's life, unearthed in a Moscow archive' -- Guardian 20050321 'A remarkable insight into Hitler's daily life ... and one of the most authentic sources of information on the history of the Third Reich.' -- Daily Telegraph 20050315 'This newly discovered secret dossier paints an astonishingly intimate portrait of the dictator.' -- The Times 20050319 'This is a document of importance, which will from now on will take it place in the sources for Hitler's life.' -- Ian Kershaw 20050701 'Captivating ... this is full of curious snapshots of a man whose private persona has been shrouded in mystery.' -- Guardian 20050321 'An extraordinary historical document ... Something of a publishing event' -- Bookseller 20050805 'The Hitler Book is an unexpected and original perspective on the Third Reich and its leader, and a timely reminder that the heart of the terrible transformation wrought by the European crisis in the twentieth century was the contest between two extraordinary tyrants and the systems they dominated.' -- Richard Overy 20050701

On breaking open the Berlin Bunker on May 2, 1945, Soviet troops captured two of Adolf Hitler's closest associates: his personal valet, Heinz Linge, and his SS adjutant, Otto Guensche -- who had just disposed of the bodies of Hitler and Eva Braun. On Stalin's orders they were questioned for two years, to produce this astonishing fly-on-the wall account of all they saw in Hitler's headquarters -- where they had worked since 1933. It has been held in top-level Russian archives since 1949. The book contains remarkable insight into Hitler's daily life before and during the Second World War. Chilling, revealing and compellingly readable, it is one of the most authentic sources of information in existence on the history of the Third Reich, unique in the circumstances of its compilation and its closeness in time to the events described.