The Hitler Myth, Ian Kershaw
The Hitler Myth, Ian Kershaw
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The "Hitler Myth"
Image and Reality in the Third Reich

Author: Ian Kershaw

Narrator: George Cunningham

Unabridged: 11 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/02/2021

Synopsis

Few, if any, twentieth-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.

About Ian Kershaw

Ian Kershaw, author of The End, Fateful Choices, and Making Friends with Hitler, is a British historian of twentieth-century Germany noted for his monumental biographies of Adolf Hitler. In 2002 he received his knighthood for Services to History. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, of the Royal Historical Society, of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, and of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung in Bonn.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on March 15, 2019

This is a book that, having read Ian Kershaw's massive two-volume biography of Adolf Hitler (which he wrote afterward), I didn't think I needed to read. Now I realize how wrong I was; this is one of the absolute must-reads for anyone seeking to understand how the Third Reich functioned. Kershaw's fo......more

Goodreads review by Steven on September 22, 2019

Adolph Hitler has become a caricature. Evoke his name and most people think simply of an anti-Semite raging nutjob with a trademark mustache or the personification of evil and leave it at that. Mr. Kershaw, however, does his homework and takes an academic approach towards analyzing the German's even......more

Goodreads review by Richard on December 20, 2018

Ce livre changera probablement votre perception de la montée du nazisme et de la popularité d'Hitler en Allemagne avant et pendant la 2e guerre mondiale. Si cette période vous intéresse, c'est à lire absolument!......more

Goodreads review by Bobby on October 18, 2017

A good read on Hitlers propaganda machine. Failure to properly address the treatment of Jews earned it a 3 Star.......more

Goodreads review by Lothario on February 01, 2023

The book follows Hitler's rise to power and how he hypnotised a nation into believing in the Hitler myth. Kershaw describes how even events such as the Room Putsch were into a positive story by the propaganda machine. All of the Nazi period is covered and I liked how Kershaw linked in different type......more

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