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History In An Hour
Hitler In An Hour
What made a failed Austrian artist into the most reviled and destructive personality of the Twentieth Century? Where did the seeds of his rabid anti-Semitism lie? How did a marginalised loner become such a moving force in Germany? How could a nation have fallen for such a maverick? What made him so determined to bring about war?
Read about Hitler as a boy and his relationship with his overbearing father, and about Hitler as a daydreaming drop-out in Vienna and Munich. Read about his routines, obsessions, his ideas and idiosyncrasies, and about the women in his life. Learn about Hitler’s experiences as a soldier during the First World War, and about Hitler as an employee of a Soviet Republic.
Read about how Hitler entered politics and slowly manipulated politicians and civilians; and outmanoeuvred leaders and nations through bullying, diplomacy, charm and lies to achieve complete power leading ultimately to the bloodiest war in history.
Learn about his final days within the oppressive cauldron of his bunker as the Third Reich crumbled around him and, with his health deteriorating, his ultimate, dramatic demise.
This, in an hour, is the story of Adolf Hitler.
Read about Hitler as a boy and his relationship with his overbearing father, and about Hitler as a daydreaming drop-out in Vienna and Munich. Read about his routines, obsessions, his ideas and idiosyncrasies, and about the women in his life. Learn about Hitler’s experiences as a soldier during the First World War, and about Hitler as an employee of a Soviet Republic.
Read about how Hitler entered politics and slowly manipulated politicians and civilians; and outmanoeuvred leaders and nations through bullying, diplomacy, charm and lies to achieve complete power leading ultimately to the bloodiest war in history.
Learn about his final days within the oppressive cauldron of his bunker as the Third Reich crumbled around him and, with his health deteriorating, his ultimate, dramatic demise.
This, in an hour, is the story of Adolf Hitler.
44 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 6, 2010
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About the author
Rupert Colley
32 books131 followersFounder, writer and Series Editor of History In An Hour (http://historyinanhour.com), owned by HarperCollins UK, and now author of two novels.
The first, "My Brother the Enemy", a novella, is set during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
The second, "This Time Tomorrow", set during and following World War One, is a compelling story of war, brotherly love, passion and betrayal.
My third novel, "The Black Maria", is set in Moscow in 1935, the height of Stalin's reign, about love crushed by the machine.
The first, "My Brother the Enemy", a novella, is set during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
The second, "This Time Tomorrow", set during and following World War One, is a compelling story of war, brotherly love, passion and betrayal.
My third novel, "The Black Maria", is set in Moscow in 1935, the height of Stalin's reign, about love crushed by the machine.
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November 11, 2022
How many of you know that Hitler worked for a few weeks for a Communist-inspired Jewish-led regime? It is some information that Hitler deliberately omitted or accidentally failed to mention (only he knows why he didn’t do it) from Mein Kampf. We will get some new information like this from this book. Indeed, Hitler did not invent the hatred of Jews. But it is he who took antisemitism to the extreme level. Humanity will never forgive him for his massive extermination of Jews and the barbaric Medical experiments (under the Chief Perpetrator Josef Mengele) he conducted in his Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.
May 8, 2020
سيرة موجزة للزعيم الألماني الذي دوخ أوربا والعالم لعدة أعوام أحتل في خلال عامين 14 دولة أوربية
وإن كان يغلب على هذه السيرة التحيز وأتهامه بمعاداة السامية و وذكر مختلف الاتهامات والنقائص التى قيلت عن هتلر
وإن كان يغلب على هذه السيرة التحيز وأتهامه بمعاداة السامية و وذكر مختلف الاتهامات والنقائص التى قيلت عن هتلر
July 14, 2019
A short and quick look at Hitler's life. It had some really interesting facts for such a short book.
This series is very good for busy history buffs.
This series is very good for busy history buffs.
March 29, 2022
سيرة موجزة وبسيطة لحياة الزعيم الألماني أدولف هتلر ، المتسبب في الحرب العالمية الثانية ، والزعيم الأساسي للحزب النازي..
هذه السيرة لم تكن مُنصفة بل سلطت الضوء اكثر على نقائص هتلر ومعاداته للسامية اكثر من إيجابياته او حتى الحديث عنه بحيادية.
35/2022
هذه السيرة لم تكن مُنصفة بل سلطت الضوء اكثر على نقائص هتلر ومعاداته للسامية اكثر من إيجابياته او حتى الحديث عنه بحيادية.
35/2022
July 22, 2019
The best in the serie untill now
December 17, 2020
Hitler had 16000 books in his study.
This proves the necessity to create society as an entity of virtue because society in itself is mean and has its own set of vice. It is an ocean if it contains filth its wave shall have filth If it's pure its wave shall have propriety.
This proves the necessity to create society as an entity of virtue because society in itself is mean and has its own set of vice. It is an ocean if it contains filth its wave shall have filth If it's pure its wave shall have propriety.
March 12, 2020
Very good
November 1, 2019
Short, yet complete.
This covers the story of the greatest dictator from birth to death without omitting any important events yet kept it short
This covers the story of the greatest dictator from birth to death without omitting any important events yet kept it short
May 22, 2021
A short and quick look at Hitlers life. It’s Really interesting facts.
October 14, 2019
This book described all of Hitler's life even his attitude toward how he came to power. Unlike, the notorious leader in Soviet (Stalin) who bullied their citizens and has a harsh order on mercilessly killing their people but surprisingly he comes to his nation with a wooden bicycle and left it with nuclear protection.
Indeed Hitler is not a bad person, he used all of his talent and ability to lead the German nation into a prosperous nation including expanding the territory for their citizens to freely live. His conscious always be with the German nation. Sadly he has a bad disease that drops on his testicle not growing anymore. This such a pity result in men living with a man who adhered his life under 25 years as a celibate man and married to his work and ambition.
With the love of the nation that brings him to be a patriot, he spends almost his life on how to come to power and use of his tactical when he fails in the incarceration. He hardly hopes to restore his life, he nonetheless starts to write a book with his view on how to grip the power by not staging a coup but by the vote of the people, as the structure of democracy then was a success during that time.
This final day of his life, which was not exactly true due to the various research that he has to evade to had been living his life somewhere until the end of his life, was a failure that made heaven sadden by his last command that he could not command anymore the war is lost. His life is to have had hatred on Jew people, who considered as the clever and risked people in the world as we see now, develop fast and resist to claim their territory firmly. His nationalist is well-known in history. He has an unnerving passion but never dejected with the trajectory he had chosen.
Indeed Hitler is not a bad person, he used all of his talent and ability to lead the German nation into a prosperous nation including expanding the territory for their citizens to freely live. His conscious always be with the German nation. Sadly he has a bad disease that drops on his testicle not growing anymore. This such a pity result in men living with a man who adhered his life under 25 years as a celibate man and married to his work and ambition.
With the love of the nation that brings him to be a patriot, he spends almost his life on how to come to power and use of his tactical when he fails in the incarceration. He hardly hopes to restore his life, he nonetheless starts to write a book with his view on how to grip the power by not staging a coup but by the vote of the people, as the structure of democracy then was a success during that time.
This final day of his life, which was not exactly true due to the various research that he has to evade to had been living his life somewhere until the end of his life, was a failure that made heaven sadden by his last command that he could not command anymore the war is lost. His life is to have had hatred on Jew people, who considered as the clever and risked people in the world as we see now, develop fast and resist to claim their territory firmly. His nationalist is well-known in history. He has an unnerving passion but never dejected with the trajectory he had chosen.
September 22, 2021
Incredible work for those, who are only starting to learn about Adolf Hitler.
As a person, who is interested in personal life of Hitler and his artist days, I was pleasantly surprised to see, how much facts I get from this.
You will start from the early days of his life, learn about family, childhood, early adulthood lazy and artsy years of the future Fuhrer, his activity in World War One, rising in the party, pre-war years and of course the World War Two failures.
The most interesting part of it is the chapter is about him as a human, you will know his habits and taste. The whole book is packed with facts and every sentence is beaming with them, due to book being so short.
All in all, great introduction to learn about such a terryfying character in a history.
As a person, who is interested in personal life of Hitler and his artist days, I was pleasantly surprised to see, how much facts I get from this.
You will start from the early days of his life, learn about family, childhood, early adulthood lazy and artsy years of the future Fuhrer, his activity in World War One, rising in the party, pre-war years and of course the World War Two failures.
The most interesting part of it is the chapter is about him as a human, you will know his habits and taste. The whole book is packed with facts and every sentence is beaming with them, due to book being so short.
All in all, great introduction to learn about such a terryfying character in a history.
August 8, 2018
A short book with valuable information. Family, friends, lovers, political career.
Who was the man Hitler ? How he became the person that put the world on fire and why.
Every event and person of importance in Hitler's life is mentioned and the influence on his character.
Why he hated the Jews more than anything on the planet.
The only aspect that the author forgot was Hitler and the economy of Germany.
I have spoken to lots of people who were in the Second World War, people who met Hitler in person, people who survived the concentration camps, soldiers, civilians .... and I must admit that this book is a good read, short and nearly complete.
Who was the man Hitler ? How he became the person that put the world on fire and why.
Every event and person of importance in Hitler's life is mentioned and the influence on his character.
Why he hated the Jews more than anything on the planet.
The only aspect that the author forgot was Hitler and the economy of Germany.
I have spoken to lots of people who were in the Second World War, people who met Hitler in person, people who survived the concentration camps, soldiers, civilians .... and I must admit that this book is a good read, short and nearly complete.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 4, 2020
Poznanie i zrozumienie biografii tego człowieka jest niesamowicie ważne. Ten człowiek zmobilizował wielkie tłumy, swymi metodami doszedł do władzy, rozpętał wojnę, zorganizował holocaust. To wręcz niewiarygodne do czego był zdolny ten człowiek i jak mocno potrafił pociągnąć za sobą tłumy. Ta biografia to przestroga przed demagogami. Poza tym zawiera sporo ciekawych informacji na temat samego Hitlera.
October 2, 2019
Quick summary on Hitler's life. It talks about his whole life in brief and sufficient for a person who has any interest in history but doesn't want to go through huge read materials.
I absolutely like to read about WWII and because of that I have eminent interest in Hitler's life. After reading this quick summary, I hate him a little more though.
I absolutely like to read about WWII and because of that I have eminent interest in Hitler's life. After reading this quick summary, I hate him a little more though.
March 6, 2024
I wanted a brief simple overview of one of the most well known historical figures but without the long drawn out qualities of a text book.
This book delivered that. I felt my concentration lapse slightly at the mid way point. However, for the most part a useful book for furnishing oneself with more information about one of Europe’s best known former dictators.
This book delivered that. I felt my concentration lapse slightly at the mid way point. However, for the most part a useful book for furnishing oneself with more information about one of Europe’s best known former dictators.
December 9, 2019
Краткий ликбез об Адольфе Гитлере, его жизни, и основных исторических событиях.
Человек который благодаря стечению обстоятельств завладел умами целой страны, и будь он в другой ситуации он так бы и остался мелким государственным служащим.
Человек который благодаря стечению обстоятельств завладел умами целой страны, и будь он в другой ситуации он так бы и остался мелким государственным служащим.
May 15, 2020
The book tells about his life when Hitler was born in Linz in Austria. How his father discouraged him from becoming an artist and the soar relationship which both shared. This book is a crash course on the steps Hitler took in order to become the supreme leader and rise in the political space.
June 22, 2020
The history of how one most infamous dictactor- Adolf Hitler rise to power and the motivation behind is incitation of war. This audiobook explains lots and lots of the unexplained in his desire to conquer the world.
The book of origin that piqued my interest.
The book of origin that piqued my interest.
December 24, 2021
Кратко, но достаточно интересно. Легко воспринимается биография и передается характер Гитлера. Факты обозначены такие, которые дают понимание, как сформировалось нацистское мировоззрение Гитлера. Для первого знакомства с характером Гитлера - написано хорошо.
June 23, 2017
Insightful and gives a good narrative of Hitler.
July 23, 2017
Good summary of Hiltler
While nothing out of the ordinary, this is a good summary of Hitler's life. Good for using as back up for reports in school
While nothing out of the ordinary, this is a good summary of Hitler's life. Good for using as back up for reports in school
February 1, 2019
Informative and covers major chunk of the history. Quite a nice series
March 19, 2019
I was amazed at how certain passages in this book about Hitler felt like they could've been written about Donald Trump.
December 5, 2020
Достаточно много занимательных фактов для такой короткой книги. Простое изложение и интересно повествование. Рекомендую любителям истории и биографий.
March 19, 2021
Short and up to the point to Understand the complete life of Adolf.
There is room for psychological interpretation too such that we can understand how and why that enmity was evolved.
There is room for psychological interpretation too such that we can understand how and why that enmity was evolved.
January 12, 2022
Фюрер недооценил Советский Союз, yep
July 1, 2022
Þægilega stutt og einföld. Fínasta yfirlit.
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September 20, 2022interresting history of hitler
November 27, 2025
Пополнил скудную копилку знаний о Гитлере за 1.5 часа.
March 21, 2021
Too short even for this kind of books
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