Hitler's Children
Sons and Daughters of Third Reich Leaders
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Narrateur(s):
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Julian Elfer
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Auteur(s):
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Gerald Posner
À propos de cet audio
Göring. Hess. Mengele. Dönitz. Names that conjure up dark memories of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. They were the architects of the Third Reich. And they were fathers. Gerald Posner convinced 11 sons and daughters of Hitler's inner circle to break their silence.
This second generation of perpetrators in Hitler's Children struggle with their Third Reich inheritance. In grappling with memories of good and loving fathers who were later charged with war crimes, these heirs to the Nazi legacy add a fresh and important perspective to understanding the complexity of what historian, Hannah Arendt, dubbed "the banality of evil".
Hitler's Children is much more, however, than a series of startling family interviews. It is also a spellbinding insider's look at some of the men whose names have become synonymous with terror. This is a classic book about the second generation of Nazi perpetrators (the only one ever to have family interviews with Hess, Mengele, Donitz, and Göring.) No other book author or documentarian ever got those children to talk again. And Norman Frank, the eldest son of war criminal Hans Frank, also never spoke to anyone but Posner.
©2017 Gerald Posner (P)2017 Tantorawesome book!
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Posner first made his mark with Mengele: The Complete Story, a deeply researched biography based on 5,000 pages of Josef Mengele’s diaries and personal papers — a project that showed his tenacity for uncovering the darkest corners of history.
The result with Hitler’s Children is a compelling, revelatory and chilling insight into the worlds of these children who had no choice but to live with the fallout of their fathers’ deeds.
Chapter 1 in the audiobook is an updated preface by Posner, written 25+ years after the book’s original publication in 1991, providing interesting context.
Chapter 2 of the audiobook book begins with the words, “Chapter 1…”, so good luck if you are trying your best discuss this one at your book club with people reading the physical book. All your chapter numbers will be off! Clear chapter labels would help.
In the absence chapter names or a PDF accompaniment, here is a bit of a listener guide I pulled together of all who Posner interviewed:
Martin Bormann, Party Chancellery chief, and his son, Martin Adolf Bormann
Karl Dönitz, Grand Admiral, and his only daughter, Ursula
Hans Frank, governor-general of Poland, and his sons, Niklas and Norman
Hermann Göring, Luftwaffe chief, and his only child, Edda
Rudolf Hess, Deputy Führer, and his only child, Wolf
Josef Mengele, Auschwitz physician, and his only child, Rolf
Ernst Mochar, early Nazi Party member, and his daughter, Ingeborg
Karl Saur, Deputy Armaments Minister, and his youngest sons, Klaus and Karl Junior
Hjalmar Schacht, Reichsbank President, and his daughter, Cordula
Claus von Stauffenberg, Colonel, and his son, Franz Ludwig
Hans Frank (again), governor-general of Poland, and his son Niklas Frank (featured in his own chapter discussion)
If you really want to refer to the book’s Table of Contents, you can preview it in the Kindle “Look Inside” sample on Amazon.
For reference, these are the audiobook details from my Audible library:
Hitler’s Children: Sons and Daughters of Third Reich Leaders
Written by: Gerald Posner
Narrated by: Julian Elfer
RELEASE DATE 2017-09-26
FORMAT Unabridged Audiobook
LENGTH 8 hrs and 48 mins
PUBLISHER Tantor Audio
Thought provoking
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