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  • The "Hitler Myth"

  • Image and Reality in the Third Reich
  • By: Ian Kershaw
  • Narrated by: George Cunningham
  • Length: 11 hrs
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (23 ratings)

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The "Hitler Myth"

By: Ian Kershaw
Narrated by: George Cunningham
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Few, if any, 20th-century political leaders have enjoyed greater popularity among their own people than Hitler did in the decade or so following his rise to power in 1933. The personality of Hitler himself, however, can scarcely explain this immense popularity or his political effectiveness in the 1930s and '40s. His hold over the German people lay rather in the hopes and perceptions of the millions who adored him.

Based largely on the reports of government officials, party agencies, and political opponents, Ian Kershaw's groundbreaking study charts the creation, growth, and decline of the "Hitler myth". He demonstrates how the manufactured "Fuhrer-cult" served as a crucial integrating force within the Third Reich and a vital element in the attainment of Nazi political aims. Masters of the new techniques of propaganda, the Nazis used "image-building" to exploit the beliefs, phobias, and prejudices of the day. Kershaw greatly enhances our understanding of the German people's attitudes and behavior under Nazi rule and the psychology behind their adulation of Hitler.

©1987 Ian Kershaw (P)2021 Upfront Books
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Interesting explanation of Hitler’s amazing appeal

Ian Kershaw gives an interesting explanation for the amazing appeal of Adolph Hitler to a large number of the German people so that they willingly voted for the loss of their own rights and freedoms and doomed their country to the destruction of World War II.

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Cunningham isn’t a bad narrator. He doesn’t mispronounce words and is diction is good.

But he wears me out. I’d prefer he take a chill pill and relax.

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Not a study of Hitler Charismatic Authority

Ian Kershaw has studied Hitler extensively and gathered immense material about the man. His books on the topic (culminating in the two volume biography of Hitler) regurgitate the same material under different book covers. This one does not address how Hitler managed to capture the German zeitgeist and retain his hold till the end. The book offers historical evidence of the fact and little by way of explanation or even description.

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