Goering: The Rise and Fall of the Notorious Nazi Leader

by Heinrick Fraenkel

Genres: Nonfiction, Nazi Party, History

448 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 2, 2011

Reviews

[Vivien · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book because it was mentioned in a previous book I read and because, although I obviously have heard about Goering, I knew almost nothing about him. I found the book to be interesting but difficult and frustrating to read. It seems to have been written soon after the war (although the copyright date is the 1980s), and assumes the reader knows details of the war years so consequently events are mentioned but not explained. The sentence structure is awkward (possibly because it has been translated from German?), the authors don’t believe in commas, which meant I had to read sentences multiple times for them to make sense and it is not in chronological order. It jumps around from different years multiple times within the chapters to the point where I couldn’t follow what happened when. However, I did learn a lot about the man, which was the point.

[Oscar Espejo Badiola · Rating 3 out of 5]

Biografía de un personaje terrible y fascinante a la vez, descubrimos a una persona? qué es capaz de amar locamente a su primera esposa y ser un buen padre y a la vez ser un monstruo con la humanidad, dejando una impresión doble, no sabemos si quiso evitar o parar la IIGM o si la humanidad le importa poco.
El libro recorre su vida desde su infancia con unos padres sin complicidad, pasando por la IGM y sus hazañas como uno de los primeros pilotos de combate, siguiendo con sus problemas económicos tras la guerra y su ascenso al partido nazi y la llegada al poder y por último su caída y los Juicios de Núremberg con su final, esta es la parte que me ha parecido más apasionante.
Es un personaje difícil de catalogar, obsesionado con el lujo, el arte y el bien vivir y por otro lado arrimándose a lo más siniestro de la historia.
A pesar de ser una biografía, no es un libro pesado.

[Jari · Rating 3 out of 5]

Selkeälukuinen elämänkertakirja Hermannista.

Luvun X, joka käsittelee Nurnbergin tuomioistuimen toimintaa, voi kuitenkin jättää lukematta. Se osoittautui aika mitäänsanomattomaksi ja pitkästyttäväksi.

[Garry · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good, easy read. I enjoyed this book very much. Sure, there may not be much that is a revelation; however, I recommend this work for anyone new to the topic (and for those looking for a refresher).

[George Serebrennikov · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book contains nothing new or groundbreaking. I found it slightly superficial, but written extremely well.