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Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, president of the Reichstag and Hitler’s designated successor, Herman Goering was one of most capable – and sinister – leading figures of the Third Reich. He played a major role in smoothing Hitler’s road to power through helping to secure the support of generals, financiers and industrialists, and as creator of the secret police he showed formidable energy in crushing all resistance. As commander of the Luftwaffe, he led the mightiest air force the world had ever seen. As the Second World War drew to a close, however, Goering was a bloated shadow of his former self, he became an increasingly discredited figure, despised by Hitler and ridiculed by his former fellow henchmen. In this classic biography, Manvell and Fraenkel have drawn on interviews with members of Goering’s family, his former associates, his enemies and his servants. His extravagant lifestyle and tastes, his unusual habits and uniforms, his cunning, ambition and casual brutality, are all explored in dramatic detail. The result is a thorough and intimate portrayal of this dangerous and contradictory man and an insightful history of the rise and ultimate collapse of the Third Reich.

Quite possibly the most dangerous and intelligent member of the Nazi hierarchy, Joseph Goebbels' flair for propaganda and spectacular organization ensured the führer’s rise to power. As founder of the Reich Chamber of Culture, gauleiter of Berlin, and architect of complex machinery of modern totalitarian propaganda, Goebbels is considered one of the most evil figures of the twentieth century. It was through his understanding of the instruments of “public enlightenment” that the dictatorship was built and maintained. Through interviews with his friends and family and with information from his own unpublished diary, a remarkable picture of Goebbels emerges.

An in-depth look at the head of the Nazi's feared SS and the sadistic Gestapo.

Recognized for its cultural significance, this work contributes to the foundational knowledge of civilization. It has been chosen by scholars for its importance in understanding historical and societal contexts.

An enormous success upon its original publication in 1964, The Men Who Tried to Kill Hitler investigates the July 20, 1944, bombing of Hitler’s infamous Wolf’s Lair, a conspiracy led by Claus von Stauffenberg, a staff insider with access to the Führer. The first book to reveal the truth about the now infamous Operation Valkyrie, The Men Who Tried to Kill Hitler is “one of the most readable stories ever written about the war” ( Sunday Times ). This classic is an exciting and shocking tale of modern sabotage packed with first-hand information about Stauffenberg’s tragic failed attempt on Hitler’s life. Written when those involved were still alive and testifying, Manvell and Fraenkel’s account is the most powerful and candid telling of the near-miss assassination of Hitler ever written.

Biografie jedné z nejvlivnějších osobností nacistického Německa a jednoho z nejbližších Hitlerových spolupracovníků - říšského maršála Hermanna Göringa. Publikace nás seznamuje s Göringovým mládím, jeho službou u letectva za první světové války, poválečnými životními osudy a následným příklonem k nacistické ideologii na přelomu 20. a 30. let minulého století. Autor se podrobně zabývá Göringovou politickou činnosti po boku A. Hitlera a rovněž jeho podílem na vybudování německého letectva (Luftwaffe). Největší pozornost věnuje jeho činnosti za druhé světové války, kdy byl velitelem letectva a po Hitlerovi druhým nejmocnějším mužem třetí říše. Závěr popisuje jeho zajetí a průběh jednání norimberského soudního tribunálu, který odsoudil Göringa k smrti, které odsouzený nacistický pohlavár unikl sebevraždou. Kniha obsahuje bohatý poznámkový aparát, přílohy, rejstřík a seznam použitých pramenů a literatury.