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Title: Hitler's Women by Guido Knopp, Angus McGeoch ISBN: 0-415-94730-8 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: September, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Rather interesting....
Comment: I just finished this book today, and I must say, it is pretty good. I like the angle of it. The book is basically composed of six "mini-bios" of the prominent women surrounding Hitler during his ascension to power, and throughout the 12 Year Reich.
The most intriguing character in this book was a toss up between Leni Riefenstahl and Winifred Wagner. Both had incredible influence upon Hitler, but I think Winifred had the most personal relationship. I sincerely believe that Hitler would have probably married Winifred eventually if she had not already been betroved. In her bio, you could really sense the personal relationship between the two, and how this played out during the Wagner festivals at Bayreuth during those years.
On the other hand, Hitler's relationship to Riefenstahl was much more on a professional level. Hitler appreciated Leni's artistic value, and used it to his advantage as long as she would let him. Leni Riefenstahl will always have a place among the greatest filmakers that has ever lived. Her genius in filmaking will definitely never be forgotten. If you haven't seen TRIUMPH OF THE WILL...that is a movie you should rent. The sheer emotion of it will have you wanting to see more of her...no translation needed.
As for the other ladies, Knopp treats them just as well, but it seems as if Wagner and Riefenstahl just stood out more. The bio on Marlene Dietrich was especially good, and Zarah Leander also led a pretty interesting life. I had never heard of Leander before reading this book. Magda Goebbels was quite an evil woman, and Eva Braun was just a plain ol' airhead....and my least favorite.
A couple things did stand out in Knopp's assessment. Most of these women were artistic types. Besides Eva Braun, all were either artists, musicians, and/or movie stars. This is quite interesting since Hitler loved art, and aspired to be an artist himself before taking on politics. Also, for women to be so artistic seems a bit contradictory to the Nazi standard of the "perfect Aryan woman", whose job was to produce children for the Reich and remain behind the scenes. None of these ladies fit the blonde haired, blue eyed ideal of the Aryan lady. Eva Braun would be the closest to it, I would imagine, due to her airheaded-ness and physical attributes.
All in all, this was a very interesting and revealing book. Knopp did his research well, and there are extensive notes and quotes throughout. The only complaint is that the quotes within each section that are listed through the text make it somewhat hard to read....and makes your eyes have to skip around the page. Also, the transition has rendered a few places of improper sentence structure or missing words in the text. Other than that, this book is really great....and you should try it! You might like it!
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Title: Hitler's Death Squads: The Logic of Mass Murder (Eastern European Studies (College Station, Tex.), No. 25.) by Helmut Langerbein, John Wheat ISBN: 1585442852 Publisher: Texas A&M University Press Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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Title:Blind Spot - Hitler's Secretary ASIN: B0000CABBT Publisher: Columbia Tristar Hom Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $26.96 |
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Title: Mothers in the Fatherland : Women, the Family and Nazi Politics by Claudia Koonz ISBN: 0312022565 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 September, 1988 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Nazi Conscience : by Claudia Koonz ISBN: 0674011724 Publisher: Belknap Pr Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Masters of Death: The SS-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust by Richard Rhodes ISBN: 0375409009 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 07 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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