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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Written in 1939 and unpublished until 2000, Sebastian Haffner’s memoir of the rise of Nazism in Germany offers a unique portrait of the lives of ordinary German citizens between the wars. Covering 1907 to 1933, his eyewitness account provides a portrait of a country in constant flux: from the rise of the First Corps, the right-wing voluntary military force set up in 1918 to suppress Communism and precursor to the Nazi storm troopers, to the Hitler Youth movement; from the apocalyptic year of 1923 when inflation crippled the country to Hitler’s rise to power. This fascinating personal history elucidates how the average German grappled with a rapidly changing society, while chronicling day-to-day changes in attitudes, beliefs, politics, and prejudices.
This is a remarkable historical and psychological examination of
the enigma of Adolf Hitler-who he was, how he wielded power, and
why he was destined to fail.
Beginning with Hitler's early life, Haffner probes the
historical, political, and emotional forces that molded his
character. In examining the inhumanity of a man for whom politics
became a substitute for life, he discusses Hitler's bizarre
relationships with women, his arrested psychological development,
his ideological misconceptions, his growing obsession with racial
extermination, and the murderous rages of his distorted mind.
Finally, Haffner confronts the most disturbing question of all:
Could another Hitler rise to power in modern German?
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Both works in this volume ? a play by Carl Zuckmayer (1896-1977)
and an unusual contemporary study of Nazi Germany by Sebastian
Haffner (1907-99) ? bear testimony to the disturbing events that
were to change German history in the aftermath of World War I. The
abridged translation of The Devil's General, which was approved by
Zuckmayer himself, is about a World War I flier who commits suicide
as he comes to realize the unintended havoc he has wrought in his
obsession to fly. Sebastian Haffner, whose real name was Raimund
Pretzel (which was changed with the publication of Germany: Jekyll
and Hyde), remained a controversial journalist all his life,
working for both left-wing and right-wing journals. The work
excerpted here was written in 1940 when Haffner, reared in a
liberal tradition, was in a British detention camp as an enemy
alien.
A few years ago, Sebastian Haffner's DEFYING HITLER, a memoir about
growing up in interwar Germany, sold over forty thousand copies.
After he moved to Britain in the 1930s Haffner became so shocked
about the situation in his native country that he wrote this book,
GERMANY: JEKYLL AND HYDE, in an effort to help people understand
the danger Hitler presented to the world. An incredibly accessible
book, it is packed with acute analysis of both Hitler and the
German people - from the Nazi leaders all the way down to those who
opposed them - and is a must-read for anyone interested in the
literature of the Second World War.
An absolute classic of autobiography and history - one of the few
books to explore how and why the Germans were seduced by Hitler and
Nazism. 'If you have never read a book about Nazi Germany before,
or if you have already read a thousand, I would urge you to read
DEFYING HITLER. It sings with wisdom and understanding' DAILY MAIL
Sebastian Haffner was a non-Jewish German who emigrated to England
in 1938. This memoir (written in 1939 but only published now for
the first time) begins in 1914 when the family summer holiday is
cut short by the outbreak of war, and ends with Hitler's assumption
of power in 1933. It is a portrait of himself and his own
generation in Germany, those born between 1900 and 1910, and
brilliantly explains through his own experiences and those of his
friends how that generation came to be seduced by Hitler and
Nazism. The Germans lacked an outlet for self-expression: where the
French had amour, food and wine, and the British their gardens and
their pets, the Germans had nothing, leading to a tendency towards
mass psychosis. The upheaval of post-WWI revolution, factionalism
and inflation left the Germans addicted to excitement and action:
Hitler provided this, and more.
A remarkable historical and psychological study of the enigma of
Adolf Hitler and his impact on the twentieth century - by the
bestselling author of DEFYING HITLER. 'Dazzlingly brilliant'
OBSERVER 'Mr Haffner ... has exposed better, and more briefly, than
anyone else the clockwork of that infernal machine' SUNDAY
TELEGRAPH Sebastian Haffner examines Hitler's lifespan, his
performance, his successes, errors, intellectual misconceptions,
crimes and, last but not least, his great betrayal of his nation,
the Western world and human civilisation. 'What makes Haffner's
book different is that it is not one more biography but an analysis
- a most penetrating analysis - of what Hitler was up to in his
astonishing career' A.L. Rowse 'Mr Haffner...has exposed better,
and more briefly, than anyone else the clockwork of that infernal
machine' Gordon Brook-Shepherd, Sunday Telegraph
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