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| hitler's daughter download: Children of the Holocaust Helen Epstein, 1988-10-01 I set out to find a group of people who, like me, were possessed by a history they had never lived. The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Helen Epstein traveled from America to Europe to Israel, searching for one vital thin in common: their parent's persecution by the Nazis. She found: • Gabriela Korda, who was raised by her parents as a German Protestant in South America; • Albert Singerman, who fought in the jungles of Vietnam to prove that he, too, could survive a grueling ordeal; • Deborah Schwartz, a Southern beauty queen who—at the Miss America pageant, played the same Chopin piece that was played over Polish radio during Hitler's invasion. Epstein interviewed hundreds of men and women coping with an extraordinary legacy. In each, she found shades of herself. |
| hitler's daughter download: Jewish Resistance Against the Nazis Patrick Henry, 2014-04-20 This volume puts to rest the myth that the Jews went passively to the slaughter like sheep. Indeed Jews resisted in every Nazi-occupied country - in the forests, the ghettos, and the concentration camps.The essays presented here consider Jewish resistance to be resistance by Jewish persons in specifically Jewish groups, or by Jewish persons working within non-Jewish organizations. Resistance could be armed revolt; flight; the rescue of targeted individuals by concealment in non-Jewish homes, farms, and institutions; or by the smuggling of Jews into countries where Jews were not objects of Nazi persecution. Other forms of resistance include every act that Jewish people carried out to fight against the dehumanizing agenda of the Nazis - acts such as smuggling food, clothing, and medicine into the ghettos, putting on plays, reading poetry, organizing orchestras and art exhibits, forming schools, leaving diaries, and praying. These attempts to remain physically, intellectually, culturally, morally, and theologically alive constituted resistance to Nazi oppression, which was designed to demolish individuals, destroy their soul, and obliterate their desire to live. |
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| hitler's daughter download: The Hitler of History John Lukacs, 2011-04-06 In this brilliant, strikingly original book, historian John Lukacs delves to the core of Adolf Hitler's life and mind by examining him through the lenses of his surprisingly diverse biographers. Since 1945 there have been more than one hundred biographies of Hitler, and countless other books on him and the Third Reich. What happens when so many people reinterpret the life of a single individual? Dangerously, the cumulative portrait that begins to emerge can suggest the face of a mythic antihero whose crimes and errors blur behind an aura of power and conquest. By reversing the process, by making Hitler's biographers--rather than Hitler himself--the subject of inquiry, Lukacs reveals the contradictions that take us back to the true Hitler of history. Like an attorney, Lukacs puts the biographies on trial. He gives a masterly account of all the major works and of the personalities, methods, and careers of the biographers (one cannot separate the historian from his history, particularly in this arena); he looks at what is still not known (and probably never will be) about Hitler; he considers various crucial aspects of the real Hitler; and he shows how different biographers have either advanced our understanding or gone off track. By singling out those who have been involved in, or co-opted into, an implicit rehabilitation of Hitler, Lukacs draws powerful conclusions about Hitler's essential differences from other monsters of history, such as Napoleon, Mussolini, and Stalin, and--equally important--about Hitler's place in the history of this century and of the world. |
| hitler's daughter download: All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days Rebecca Donner, 2021-08-05 SELECTED AS A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK Born and raised in America, Mildred Harnack was twenty-six and living in Germany when she witnessed the meteoric rise of the Nazi party. She began holding secret meetings in her apartment, forming a small band of political activists set on helping Jews escape, denouncing Hitler and calling for revolution. When the Second World War began, she became a spy, couriering top-secret intelligence to the Allies. In this astonishing work of non-fiction, Harnack’s great-great-niece Rebecca Donner draws on extensive archival research, fusing elements of biography, political thriller and scholarly detective story to tell a powerful, epic tale of an enigmatic woman nearly erased by history. |
| hitler's daughter download: Hitler's Children Gerald L. Posner, 1991-01 |
| hitler's daughter download: The Bunker James P. O'Donnell, 2001 A compulsively readable account of Hitler's last days, written by one of the first Americans to enter Hitler's bunker after the fall of Berlin |
| hitler's daughter download: Hitler's Piano Player Peter Conradi, 2005 The incredible story of Ernst Hanfstaengl, the only person to have worked directly for both Hitler and Franklin Roosevelt, who funded Mein Kampf and helped create the monster of Nazism before later working to destroy it Ernst Hanfstaengl was court jester, pianist, and foreign press chief for Hitler during his political climb. He later played a lead role in Roosevelt's top-secret project to use disinformation and black propaganda against the Nazis. Filled with revelations about Hitler's personal and political life and descriptions of American psychological warfare, Hitler's Piano Player is a shocking story of a man torn apart by opposing loyalties. A Harvard-educated German, Hanfstaengl was living in Germany in 1922 when he first heard Adolf Hitler speak in a Munich beer hall. Introducing himself after the speech, Hanfstaengl began one of the strangest relationships in 20th century politics. As he tried to introduce Hitler to Munich high-society and polish his image in the eyes of the world, Hanfstaengl also helped finance Mein Kampf, claimed to have devised the chant of Sieg Heil, and attempted to set Hitler up with the American ambassador's beautiful young daughter. was interned, and then transferred to America. There, he worked for his old friend from the Harvard Club in New York, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The star of Roosevelt's 'S-Project, ' Hanfstaengl provided the White House with biographical information on four hundred leading Nazis, analyses of Hitler's speeches, and a detailed psychological portrait of Hitler, describing his education, diet, and even his sex life. Through newly declassified documents, interviews with surviving members of Hanfstaengl's family, and original writing by Hanfstaengl himself, Peter Conradi recounts the remarkable life of history's personal link between Hitler and FDR |
| hitler's daughter download: On the Other Side Mathilde Wolff-Mönckeberg, 2007 Features letters written (but never posted) by a 60 year-old woman, to her children living abroad, about the experience of living in Hamburg during the war. Discovered in a drawer in the 1970s, they were translated by her daughter, the late Ruth Evans, and first published in England and Germany in 1979. |
| hitler's daughter download: Nine Suitcases Béla Zsolt, 2004 Bela Zsolt chronicles the years he spent living under Communist rule in Hungary during the Holocaust, discussing his experiences in the ghetto and as a forced laborer in the Ukraine. |
| hitler's daughter download: Letter from Birmingham Jail MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., Martin Luther King, 2018 This landmark missive from one of the greatest activists in history calls for direct, non-violent resistance in the fight against racism, and reflects on the healing power of love. |
Adolf Hitler - Wikipedia
Adolf Hitler[a] (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the …
Adolf Hitler | History, Biography, Actions, & Facts | Britannica
4 days ago · Adolf Hitler was the dictator of Nazi Germany who rose to power with his radical ideology. He was responsible for starting World War II and initiating the Holocaust.
Adolf Hitler - World History Encyclopedia
Dec 4, 2024 · Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933. He gained power by making popular promises like improving Germany's economy and status in Europe, …
Adolf Hiter: Rise to Power, Impact & Death | HISTORY
Oct 29, 2009 · Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany’s Nazi Party, was one of the most powerful and notorious dictators of the 20th century
Who was Adolf Hitler? - About Holocaust
Adolf Hitler was the leader (Führer), or unchallenged dictator, of Germany from 1933, when he came to power, until April 30, 1945, when he committed suicide in his bunker in Berlin.
Hitler Used a Bogus Crisis of ‘Public Order’ to Make Himself Dictator
Jun 10, 2025 · Adolf Hitler was a master of manufacturing public-security crises to advance his authoritarian agenda. He used inflammatory tactics and rhetoric to disable constitutional …
Adolf Hitler: Early Years, 1889–1921 | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Mar 25, 2025 · Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was the leader of the Nazi Party and the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. Under Hitler’s leadership, Nazi Germany perpetrated the …
How Did Adolf Hitler Happen? - The National WWII Museum
Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933 following a series of electoral victories by the Nazi Party. Learn more about his rise to power. He ruled absolutely until his death by …
Adolf Hitler: Biography, Facts, Rise To Power & Photos - HistoryExtra
Feb 5, 2021 · Adolf Hitler is one of the most well-known – and despised – figures in history. He was the chief architect of the Second World War, following his rise to power as the leader of …
Who Was Adolf Hitler? - WorldAtlas
Jul 15, 2019 · Who Was Adolf Hitler? Hitler and Mussolini in a car together in the 1940s. Adolf Hitler is mainly associated with the atrocities of the Holocaust. He was a German politician …
Adolf Hitler - Wikipedia
Adolf Hitler[a] (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of …
Adolf Hitler | History, Biography, Actions, & Facts | Britannica
4 days ago · Adolf Hitler was the dictator of Nazi Germany who rose to power with his radical ideology. He was responsible for starting World War II and initiating the Holocaust.
Adolf Hitler - World History Encyclopedia
Dec 4, 2024 · Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933. He gained power by making popular promises like improving Germany's economy and status in Europe, …
Adolf Hiter: Rise to Power, Impact & Death | HISTORY
Oct 29, 2009 · Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany’s Nazi Party, was one of the most powerful and notorious dictators of the 20th century
Who was Adolf Hitler? - About Holocaust
Adolf Hitler was the leader (Führer), or unchallenged dictator, of Germany from 1933, when he came to power, until April 30, 1945, when he committed suicide in his bunker in Berlin.
Hitler Used a Bogus Crisis of ‘Public Order’ to Make Himself Dictator
Jun 10, 2025 · Adolf Hitler was a master of manufacturing public-security crises to advance his authoritarian agenda. He used inflammatory tactics and rhetoric to disable constitutional …
Adolf Hitler: Early Years, 1889–1921 | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Mar 25, 2025 · Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was the leader of the Nazi Party and the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. Under Hitler’s leadership, Nazi Germany perpetrated the …
How Did Adolf Hitler Happen? - The National WWII Museum
Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933 following a series of electoral victories by the Nazi Party. Learn more about his rise to power. He ruled absolutely until his death by …
Adolf Hitler: Biography, Facts, Rise To Power & Photos - HistoryExtra
Feb 5, 2021 · Adolf Hitler is one of the most well-known – and despised – figures in history. He was the chief architect of the Second World War, following his rise to power as the leader of …
Who Was Adolf Hitler? - WorldAtlas
Jul 15, 2019 · Who Was Adolf Hitler? Hitler and Mussolini in a car together in the 1940s. Adolf Hitler is mainly associated with the atrocities of the Holocaust. He was a German politician …
