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Title: The Last Days of Hitler by Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper ISBN: 0-226-81224-3 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: September, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.37 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.15 (13 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Classic - in both the good and bad sense.
Comment: This book is a classic in two senses. On the good side, it is well-written, compelling, interesting, and emotionally gripping. It tells - with much detail and drama - one of the most dramatic events of WWII, the life of Hitler and his followers in the doomed bunker in Berlin. This is why it is still read today.
On the bad side, it had been written very shortly after the war, so it is naturally dated and inaccurate in certain issues - although not on any very important issues, and not due to the author's fault or lack of research. Rather, it is due to the fact that new material had come to light since then, especially since the opening of the Soviet archives after the collapse of the soviet union.
It is, in a sentence, a good starting point for anybody interested in the subject of Hitler's last days. Trevor-Roper's description of the main events have by and large stood the test of time and further research. Once you read this highly readable and important book, you can move on to books that include more recent rsearch, e.g. Toland's THE LAST 100 DAYS or Joachim Fest's HITLER - NEMESIS.
Rating: 4
Summary: One of the Authoritative Works on the Topic
Comment: A scholarly & well-researched book written by Trevor-Roper who was then a British intelligence officer. Note that this is the 6th edition and there is a 7th edition available in the UK. The reader should also be aware that each edition builds on and revises some of older ones contents, including superseding some portions completely. Readers should also check out "The Death of Hitler" by Ada Petrova.
Rating: 4
Summary: This is the end, my only friends....
Comment: The review title is actually a quote from The Doors, but it is quite appropriate here to describe Hitler's last few days in the bunker as he says goodbye to his secretaries. HTR's book is very good. Initially, I believed the book was going to described Hitler's last days in the bunker on a day-by-day basis. This occurs only in the last half of the book. The first half deals with Hitler's court (Speer, Himmler, Bormann, Goebbels, Goering, Schellenberg, et.al.) and how they were handling the last days of the war. The last half of the book describes Hitler's last few days - his denunciation of Goering; his final betrayal by Himmler; Hitler's acceptance of the end; his suicide - all make for a very surreal ending when HTR describes Himmler's silly staff meetings just two days before the war's end - incredible. I read the 1947 version so there are a few suppositions which, actually, turn out to be correct - about Bormann's probable death at the Wiedenammer bridge - about Hitler's death and his capture of the ashes by the Russians. Great book.
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Title: The Bunker: The History of the Reich Chancellery Group by James P. O'Donnell ISBN: 0395257190 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: October, 1978 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor ISBN: 0142002801 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: INSIDE THE THIRD REICH by Albert Speer ISBN: 0684829495 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Until the Final Hour : Hitler's Last Secretary by Traudl Junge ISBN: 1559707283 Publisher: Arcade Publishing Pub. Date: 02 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Hitler: 1936-1945: Nemesis by Ian Kershaw ISBN: 0393322521 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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