An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

63. Hitler, with Ian Kershaw - part 1

June 14, 2021

Description

He was “the embodiment of modern political evil” according to historian Sir Ian Kershaw. In this first episode of a two-part investigation of the Nazi dictator, Sir Ian joins Dominic Sandbrook and...
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Books Referenced

Hitler

Author: Joachim Fest

Context:

Ian Kershaw mentions rereading 'the leading German biography of Hitler by Joachim Fest' when considering writing his own Hitler biography.

The Hitler Myth

Author: Ian Kershaw

Context:

Ian Kershaw mentions his own earlier book when discussing Hitler's belief in his own infallibility, particularly around the remilitarization of the Rhineland in 1936.

Frederick the Great

Author: Thomas Carlyle

Context:

Dominic mentions that Hitler 'read Thomas Carlyle, or he had Thomas Carlyle's book on Frederick the Great' when discussing Hitler's sense of himself as a great man.

Hitler: A Study in Tyranny

Author: Alan Bullock

Context:

Ian Kershaw mentions rereading Bullock's biography of Hitler when deciding whether to write his own biography. Referenced as 'reread Bullock.'