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. Jonathan
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 highest-ranking prince
in the Nazi state and developed a close personal relationship with
Hitler and Hermann Goering. Prince Christoph was a prominent SS
officer and head of the most important intelligence agency in the
Third Reich. In return, the princes made the Nazis socially
acceptable to wealthy, high-society patrons. Prince Philipp even
introduced Goering to Mussolini at a critical stage in the Nazi
Party's development and later served as a liaison between Hitler
and the Italian dictator. Permitted access to Hessen family private
papers and the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle, Petropoulos
follows the story of the House of Hesse through to its tragic
denouement--the princes' betrayal and persecution by an
increasingly paranoid Hitler and prosecution and denazification by
the Allies.
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