Royals and the Reich

Auteurs

• Jonathan Petropoulos

Paramètres

• 524 pages
• 19 heures de lecture

• Biographies et réflexions
• Histoire
• Histoire du monde
• Nonfiction
• Seconde Guerre mondiale

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"Princes Philipp and Christoph von hessen-Kassel, great-grandsons of Queen Victoria of England, had been humiliated by defeat in World War I and, like much of the German aristocracy, feared the social unrest wrought by the ineffectual Weimar Republic. Petropoulos shows how the princes, lured by prominent positions in the Nazi regime and highly susceptible to nationalist appeals, became enthusiastic supporters of Hitler. Prince Philipp, son-in-law to the King of Italy, became the became the highest-ranking prince in the Nazi state and developed a close personal relationship with Hitler and Hermann Goring. Prince Christoph was a prominent SS officer and head of one of the most important intelligence agencies in the Third Reich

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• Année de publication: 2006