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Bibliography Of Adolf Hitler
This bibliography of Adolf Hitler is a Theme (narrative), thematic list of some non-fiction texts in English written about and by him. Thousands of books and other texts have been written about him, so this is far from an all-inclusive list: Writing in 2006, Ben Novak, an historian who specializes in Hitler studies, estimated that in 1975 there were more than 50,000 books and scholarly articles while these numbers rose to 120,000 in 1995, amounting to some 24 books and articles every day, adding that the "number is growing exponentially."Ben Novak, "Hitler Studies: A Field of Amateurs", HAOL, Núm. 10 (Primavera, 2006), page 158 Written by Adolf Hitler * Hitler, A. (1925). ''Mein Kampf''. * Hitler, A. (1928). ''Zweites Buch'' (trans.) Hitler's Second Book: The Unpublished Sequel to Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler'. (Enigma Books: New York, 2006. ) * Hitler, A. (1945). ''Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler, My Political Testament''. s:My Political Testament, Wikisource Version * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim Fest
Joachim Clemens Fest (8 December 1926 – 11 September 2006) was a German historian, journalist, critic and editor who was best known for his writings and public commentary on Nazi Germany, including a biography of Adolf Hitler and books about Albert Speer and German resistance to Nazism. He was a leading figure in the debate among German historians about the Nazi era. In recent years his writings have earned both praise and strong criticism. Early life and career Fest was born in the Karlshorst locality of Berlin, the son of Johannes Fest, a conservative Roman Catholic and staunch anti-Nazi schoolteacher who was dismissed from his post when the Nazis came to power in 1933. In 1936, when Fest turned 10, his family refused to make him join the Hitler Youth, a step that could have had serious repercussions for the family although membership became compulsory only in 1939. As it was, Fest was expelled from his school and then went to a Catholic boarding school in Freiburg im Breisg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journal Of The Royal College Of Physicians Of Edinburgh
The ''Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research in clinical medicine, medical education Medical education is vocational education, education related to the practice of being a medical practitioner, including the initial training to become a physician (i.e., medical school and internship (medical), internship) and additional trainin ..., and the history of medicine, published by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. It was established in 1971 as ''Chronicle (Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh)'', renamed in 1988 to ''Proceedings of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh'', and obtained its current title in 2002. References External links * Academic journals established in 1971 History of medicine in the United Kingdom General medical journals 1971 establishments in Scotland Quarterly journals English-language journals Open access journals {{general-medical-journal-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Lorant
Stefan Lorant (; February 22, 1901, in Budapest, Austria-Hungary – November 14, 1997, in Rochester, Minnesota) was a pioneering Hungarian-American filmmaker, photojournalist, and author. Early work He was born on February 22, 1901, in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, to Izrael Reich and Hermine Guttmann, both Jews. After completing high school in his native Hungary in 1919, Lorant moved to Germany, where he made his mark in films and photojournalism. His first film, ''The Life of Mozart'', established him as a filmmaker, and he went on to make 14 films in Vienna and Berlin, some of which he wrote, directed, and photographed. He claimed to have given Marlene Dietrich her first film test, and though he rejected her for the part, they remained lifelong friends. Lorant's abilities in writing and still photography led to the editorship of the '':de:Münchner Illustrierte Presse, Münchner Illustrierte Presse'', one of Germany's finest picture magazines. Opposed to Adolf Hitler, Lorant wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Short Biography
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Weber (historian)
Thomas Weber (born 29 April 1974) is a German-born history professor and university lecturer. Since 2013 he has been Professor of History and International Affairs at the University of Aberdeen. He is known for his books on Adolf Hitler. Life Thomas Weber was born in 1974 in Hagen, near Dortmund, in the Southwest corner of the Ruhr valley of North Rhine-Westphalia in what was still West Germany. From 1986 to 1993, he attended the Anne Frank High School in Halver. From 1993 to 1996, Weber studied History, English and Law at the University of Münster, and from 1996 to 1998 Modern History at the University of Oxford, where he earned his Ph.D. in history under the supervision of Niall Ferguson in 2003. He has held fellowships or taught University courses at Harvard University, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, and the University of Glasgow. He took a teaching position at the University of Aberdeen i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volker Ullrich
__NOTOC__ Volker Ullrich (born 21 June 1943) is a German historian and journalist. Career Volker Ullrich was born in Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany."Expert and historian Dr. Volker Ullrich receives honorary doctorate at the University of Jena" (PDF; 124 kB), University of Jena, 8 December 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2013. He studied history, literature, philosophy and education at the . From 1966 to 1969 he was assistant to the Egmont Zechlin Professor. He graduated in 1975 after a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Toland (author)
John Willard Toland (June 29, 1912 – January 4, 2004) was an American writer and historian. He is best known for a biography of Adolf Hitler and a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II-era Japan, '' The Rising Sun''. Biography Toland was born in 1912 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire in 1932 and from Williams College in 1936 and attended the Yale School of Drama for a time. His original goal was to become a playwright. In the summers between college years, he traveled with hobos and wrote several plays with hobos as central characters, none of which were performed. He recalled in 1961 that in his early years as a writer he had been "about as big a failure as a man can be". He claimed to have written six complete novels, 26 plays, and a hundred short stories before completing his first sale, a short story for which '' The American Magazine'' paid $165 in 1954. At one point he managed to get an article on dirigibles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William L
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Payne (author)
Pierre Stephen Robert Payne (4 December 1911 – 18 February 1983) was an English-born author, known principally for works of biography and history, although he also wrote novels, poetry, magazine articles and many other works. After working in Singapore and China, he moved to the United States in 1946 and became a professor of English literature. From 1954 onwards he lived as a writer in New York. A prolific author, Payne is best known for his biographies of prominent historical figures, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Hitler, Stalin, Karl Marx, Lenin, Mao Zedong and Mahatma Gandhi, several of which were selected for Book of the Month Club. These works are praised for their readability and literary power, although not always for their historical rigour. Biography Early life Payne was born on 4 December 1911, at Saltash, Cornwall. He was the son of Stephen Payne, an English naval architect, and Mireille Louise Antonia (Dorey) Payne, originally from France. He was educated at St. Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Maser
Werner Maser (12 July 1922, Paradeningken – 5 April 2007) was a German historian, journalist and professor at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. Maser was the first historian to claim that the Hitler Diaries were forgeries.Werner Maser, a Leading Hitler Scholar, Dies at 84 ''The New York Times'' (11 April 2007). He was born in Paradeningken (then part of , and now within , < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martyn Housden
V. Martyn Housden is reader in modern history at the University of Bradford. Housden's research interests relate to the history of refugees, Fridtjof Nansen, the League of Nations, the psychoanalysis of Erich Fromm, the history of national minorities, and the history of Germany. Selected publications *''The League of Nations and the Organisation of Peace''. London: Longman, 2012. (Seminar Studies in History) *''Forgotten Pages in Baltic History. Diversity and Inclusion''. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2011. Edited with David Smith. *''Neighbours or Enemies? Germans, the Baltic and Beyond''. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2008. (With John Hiden) *''The Holocaust. Events, Motives and Legacy''. Tirril: Humanities-Ebooks. 2007. *''Hans Frank. Lebensraum and the Holocaust''. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2003. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
