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I run out of this shit, I already consider myself a masterful Hitler scholar, please recommend good shit, here's the most memorable shit I've read already:
Hitler's War - David Irving
This is by far the best introduction to the subject. It's insane how much of a well coined narrative this is, reading it is like watching through like 8 seasons of a tv show and by the end of it you will certainly feel like you got to really know all the characters and have a connection to them. I like the general thesis of Hitler being mainly a tragic hero in the classical meaning of the term. But make no mistake this is by no means a comprehensive take, a lot of things are all out omitted and the author didn't even try to hide his personal sympathies and antipathies toward certain characters).
The Young Hitler I Knew: The Memoirs of Hitler's Childhood Friend - August Kubizek
This is so good, by far the best account about Hitler's teenage years. On the surface level it's mostly a book about Hitler's passion for the opera and architecture but you really get to know about all the things that shaped the man and whom he was before he became famous.
Heinrich Hoffman - Hitler Was My Friend
Biography of Hitler's personal photographer. One of the best books from the "I knew Hitler" subgenre because the author ostensibly doesn't give any fuck about the fact he's writing about Hitler, he describes everything in a very reasonable and detached manner as if he was talking about any other celebrity from the era such as Charlie Chaplin, with no prejudice one way or the other.
Hitler Democrat - Leon Degrelle
Degrelle is a major hit or miss for me, in some of his books he spawns utterly ridiculous shit like conspiracy theories about how Russia will soon destroy the West by propagating drug use etc. This book is kinda good though because it elaborates on many subjects neglected by other works, like all the social programs of third reich, and there's a lot of information about the night of the long knives too.
Table Talk - Adolf Hitler
Required read, this is probably the best look into the "real" Hitler as he appeared to his close associates during the war. It shows both the undeniable genius of Hitler as much as his ridiculous autism (imagine babbling on for hours to your coworkers about how you gonna replace butter with margarine after the war and improve the world through it, lmao).
Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich - Norman Ohler
By far one of the saddest and most disillusioning books about Hitler, a tragic story about a great man brought to ruination through shitty diet and the quackery of scientists and doctors. Very antifascist book but has some data that you won't find anywhere else.
Hitler's War - David Irving
This is by far the best introduction to the subject. It's insane how much of a well coined narrative this is, reading it is like watching through like 8 seasons of a tv show and by the end of it you will certainly feel like you got to really know all the characters and have a connection to them. I like the general thesis of Hitler being mainly a tragic hero in the classical meaning of the term. But make no mistake this is by no means a comprehensive take, a lot of things are all out omitted and the author didn't even try to hide his personal sympathies and antipathies toward certain characters).
The Young Hitler I Knew: The Memoirs of Hitler's Childhood Friend - August Kubizek
This is so good, by far the best account about Hitler's teenage years. On the surface level it's mostly a book about Hitler's passion for the opera and architecture but you really get to know about all the things that shaped the man and whom he was before he became famous.
Heinrich Hoffman - Hitler Was My Friend
Biography of Hitler's personal photographer. One of the best books from the "I knew Hitler" subgenre because the author ostensibly doesn't give any fuck about the fact he's writing about Hitler, he describes everything in a very reasonable and detached manner as if he was talking about any other celebrity from the era such as Charlie Chaplin, with no prejudice one way or the other.
Hitler Democrat - Leon Degrelle
Degrelle is a major hit or miss for me, in some of his books he spawns utterly ridiculous shit like conspiracy theories about how Russia will soon destroy the West by propagating drug use etc. This book is kinda good though because it elaborates on many subjects neglected by other works, like all the social programs of third reich, and there's a lot of information about the night of the long knives too.
Table Talk - Adolf Hitler
Required read, this is probably the best look into the "real" Hitler as he appeared to his close associates during the war. It shows both the undeniable genius of Hitler as much as his ridiculous autism (imagine babbling on for hours to your coworkers about how you gonna replace butter with margarine after the war and improve the world through it, lmao).
Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich - Norman Ohler
By far one of the saddest and most disillusioning books about Hitler, a tragic story about a great man brought to ruination through shitty diet and the quackery of scientists and doctors. Very antifascist book but has some data that you won't find anywhere else.
