Book Talk: Becoming Hitler – The Making of a Nazi
The story of the making of Adolf Hitler that we are all familiar with is the one Hitler himself wove in his 1924 trial, and then expanded upon in Mein Kampf. It tells of his rapid emergence as National Socialist leader in 1919, and of how he successfully rallied most of Munich and the majority of Bavaria's establishment to support the famous beer-hall putsch of 1923. It is an account which has largely been taken at face value for over ninety years. Yet, on closer examination, Hitler'
18:30 - 20:00
The Wiener Library, 29 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DP
Mon 5 Feb 2018