When the famous German author Sebastian Haffner died at age ninety-one in 1999, a manuscript was discovered among his unpublished papers. Spanning the years 1907 to 1933, it offers a compelling eyewitness account of the rise of Hitler and Nazism. He describes his family's financial struggles during 1923, when inflation devastated the country, and the Stresemann years that contributed still further to Hitler's rise to power. He also examines the pervasive influence of such groups as the Free Corps and the Hitler Youth movement that swept the nation. Haffner elucidates how the average educated German grappled with a rapidly changing society, while chronicling day-to-day changes in attitudes, beliefs, politics, and prejudices.
"When the famous German author Sebastian Haffner died at age ninety-one in 1999, a manuscript was discovered among his unpublished papers. Spanning the years 1907 to 1933, it offers a compelling eyewitness account of the rise of Hitler and Nazism. He describes his family's financial struggles during 1923, when inflation devastated the country, and the Stresemann years that contributed still further to Hitler's rise to power. He also examines the pervasive influence of such groups as the Free Corps and the Hitler Youth movement that swept the nation. Haffner elucidates how the average educated German grappled with a rapidly changing society, while chronicling day-to-day changes in attitudes, beliefs, politics, and prejudices."@en
"Sebastian Haffner was a non-Jewish German who emigrated to England in 1938. This memoir (written in 1939 but only published now for the first time) begins in 1914 when the family summer holiday is cut short by the outbreak of war, and ends with Hitler's assumption of power in 1933."@en
"When the famous German author Sebastian Haffner died at age ninety-one in 1999, a manuscript was discovered among his unpublished papers that offers a compelling eyewitness account of the rise of Hitler and Nazism. He describes the country's inflation and the political climate that contributed to Hitler's rise to power and also examines the pervasive influence of such groups as the Free Corps and the Hitler Youth movement that swept the nation."@en
"When the famous German author Sebastian Haffner died at age ninety-one in 1999, a manuscript was discovered among his unpublished papers that offers a compelling eyewitness account of the rise of Hitler and Nazism. He describes the country's inflation and the political climate that contributed to Hitler's rise to power and also examines the pervasive influence of such groups as the Free Corps and the Hitler Youth movement that swept the nation. He elucidates how the average educated German grappled with a rapidly changing society, while chronicling day-to-day changes in attitudes, beliefs, politics, and prejudices."@en
""When German author Sebastian Haffner died at ninety-one in 1999, an unpublished manuscript of his was discovered. The book was begun in 1939, but was set aside with the advent of World War II. Finally published, the book became a best-seller in Germany in 2002. Spanning the period 1907-1933, it offers a unique perspective on how the average educated German grappled with the rise of Hitler, the growing influence of Nazism and a rapidly changing society. Germany was a country in a constant state of flux. The Free Corps and the Hitler Youth movement swept the nation. Haffner's own family's financial struggles illustrate the disaster that befell many German citizens during 1923 when inflation devastated the country. The later peaceful, uninspiring Stresemann years contributed further to Hitler's rise. This book is an invaluable chronicling of day-to-day changes in attitudes, beliefs, politics, and prejudices"--Container."@en
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