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PENGUIN BOOKS HITLER 1936–1945 ‘Ian Kershaw has long been recognized as the world expert on Adolf Hitler’s role in the Third Reich… this book is not likely to be bettered in the foreseeable future’ Brendan Simms, The Times Higher Education Supplement ‘Masterly… As readable and gripping as the first, it explains – the personality of Hitler more convincingly than anything else I’ve read and at the same time sets out in brilliant de- tail what happened to Germany as a whole during the Second World War’ Miriam Gross, Sunday Telegraph, Books of the Year ‘Rich in material, balanced, perceptive, humane and very well written – altogether a magnificent achievement’ David Blackbourn, London Review of Books ‘There is not a better and more complete biography of Hitler and his epoch – and it’s hard to imagine that it could soon be superseded’ Alexander Gallus, Rheinischer Merkur ‘Monumental… This massive, extensively researched, extraordinarily balanced, and re- markably judicious study is likely to remain the definitive biography for a long time to come’ Omer Bartov, New Republic ‘This second volume of Ian Kershaw’s magnum opus is even more fascinating than its predecessor,Hubris’ Antony Beevor,Independent, Books of the Year ‘It is a masterly work; comprehensive, balanced, authoritative, and above all readable. If there is one book that explains Hitler’s success in securing and maintaining power, and in consequence the causes of the Second World War, this is it’ Sir Michael Howard, The Times Literary Supplement, International Books of the Year ‘A masterpiece which… leaves all previous Hitler biographies in the shade’ Enrico Syring, Das Parlament ‘Compared to the many others that came earlier, even the important and illuminating works by Alan Bullock and Joachim Fest, Kershaw’s large-scale study is more probing, more judicious, more authoritative in its rich detail and yet more commanding in its mas- tery of the horrific narrative’ Milton J. Rosenberg,Chicago Tribune ‘Enthralling and terrifying… this is classic narrative history at its best, written with verve and passion’ David Marquand, New Statesman, Books of the Year ‘An impressive, detailed, and sobering story’ Gordon A. Craig, New York Review of Books ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ian Kershaw is Professor of Modern History at the University of Sheffield and one of the world’s leading authorities on Hitler. He was the historical adviser to the two BBC series The Nazis: A Warning from History and War of the Century. He is also the author of ‘The Hitler Myth’: Image and Reality in the Third Reich, Popular Opinion and Political Dissent in the Third Reich, Bavaria 1933–45 and The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation; the editor of Weimar: Why Did German Democracy Fail? and Hitler: A Profile in Power; and co-editor, with Moshe Lewin, of Stalinism and Nazism: Dictatorships in Comparison. Hitler 1889–1936: Hubris was shortlisted for the 1998 Whitbread Biography Award and the first Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. Hitler 1936–1945: Nemesis was shortlisted for the 2000 Whitbread Biography Award, and was awarded the Bruno Kreisky Prize in Austria for the Political Book of the Year and the Wolfson Literary Award for History for 2000. HITLER 1936–45: NEMESIS Ian Kershaw PENGUIN BOOKS PENGUIN BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Putnam Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 10 Alcorn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 3B2 Penguin Books India (P) Ltd, 11, Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi – 110 017, India Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd, Cnr Rosedale and Airborne Roads, Albany, Auckland, New Zeal- and Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England www.penguin.com First published by Allen Lane The Penguin Press 2000 Published in Penguin Books 2001 13 Copyright © Ian Kershaw, 2000 All rights reserved The moral right of the author has been asserted Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being im- posed on the subsequent purchaser ISBN: 978-0-14-192581-3 CONTENTS List of Illustrations List of Maps Preface Acknowledgements Maps 1936: Hitler Triumphant 1. Ceaseless Radicalization 2. The Drive for Expansion 3. Marks of a Genocidal Mentality 4. Miscalculation 5. Going for Broke 6. Licensing Barbarism 7. Zenith of Power 8. Designing a ‘War of Annihilation’ 9. Showdown 10. Fulfilling the ‘Prophecy’ 11. Last Big Throw of the Dice 12. Beleaguered 13. Hoping for Miracles 14. Luck of the Devil 15. No Way Out 16. Into the Abyss 17. Extinction Epilogue Glossary of Abbreviations Notes List of Works Cited Index LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Every effort has been made to contact all copyright holders. The publishers will be glad to make good in future editions any errors or omissions brought to their attention. (Photographic acknowledgements are given in brackets.) 1. Adolf Hitler, September 1936 (Ullstein Bilderdienst, Berlin) 2. Hitler discussing plans for Weimar, 1936 (Corbis/Hulton-Deutsch Collection) 3. The Berlin Olympics, 1936 (Ullstein Bilderdienst, Berlin) 4. Hitler meets the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, 1937 (Corbis/Hulton-Deutsch Col- lection) 5. Werner von Blomberg (Corbis/Hulton-Deutsch Collection) 6. Werner von Fritsch (Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte, Stuttgart) 7. Hitler addresses crowds in the Heldenplatz, Vienna, 1938 (AKG London) 8. Hitler, Mussolini and Victor-Emmanuel III, 1938 (Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte, Stuttgart) 9. Hitler in Florence, 1938 (Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte, Stuttgart) 10. ‘The Eternal Jew’ exhibition, Munich, 1937 (AKG London) 11. ‘Jews in Berlin’ poster, Berlin, 1938 (Corbis/Bettmann) 12. Synagogue on fire, Berlin, 1938 (Corbis/Hulton-Deutsch Collection) 13. Jewish Community building, Kassel, 1938 (Ullstein Bilderdienst, Berlin) 14. Looted Jewish shop, Berlin, 1938 (AKG London) 15. Joseph Goebbels and his family, 1936 (Corbis/Hulton-Deutsch Collection) 16. Goebbels broadcasting to the people, 1939 (Hulton Getty) 17. Eva Braun, c.1938 (Hulton Getty) 18. Wilhelm Keitel greets Neville Chamberlain (Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte, Stut- tgart) 19. German troops, Prague, 1939 (Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte, Stuttgart) 20. Hitler’s study in the Reich Chancellery (Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte, Stuttgart) 21. Göring addresses Hitler in the New Reich Chancellery, 1939 (Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Munich)
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