Hitler's Henchmen

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Helmut Ortner reveals a staggering history of perpetrators, victims and bystanders in Hitler's Germany. Twas enlightening to see that Hitler did not have to dig tooo far down in the muck to find such despicable human beings to share in his depravity. Each of them has become known for the horrors they took part in, and it is important to remember their actions no matter how painful those memories may be.

Eichmann seems to swing from complete apathy about the Human lives behind the documents, to moments of feeling a "tremendous satisfaction" at being responsible for millions of deaths. Himmler rounded up European Jews and shipped them off to concentration camps as part of Hitler's "Final Solution.

As the leader of the SS, he was responsible for the death camps and the elimination of six million Jews. The Autobahn planner, engineer and Nazi Party member was Fritz Todt, who smoothed the way for the project to continue. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Irish attitudes to Nazis changed from the 1970s on, as issues such as the Holocaust entered public consciousness. The Reich Minister of Economics, President of the Reichsbank and State Secretary at the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.

I totally recommend if your interested in WW2 non fiction as it was such a interesting read to read about one of Hitler’s henchman!He was a member of the board of directors of the Bank for International Settlements, based in Switzerland and was appointed to the Central Planning Board in September 1943. There are no simple biographies, but her life in snapshots, with impressions of colleagues, friends and families, and from the interrogation process and protocols that give a face to the madness.

That's for some other book, for which I will eventually have to steel myself, to try to comprehend what this whole dreadful holocaust of madness was about. Meanwhile, the British and Americans had invaded France and were moving toward Germany from the opposite direction. He proved himself a master of intrigue, manipulation, and political in-fighting, with even the likes of Himmler and Göring wary of his power. He was held in Spandau Prison in Berlin, and the USSR, the United States, Britain and France shared responsibility in guarding him. if actual card-carrying nazi zealots did not start out wanting the total eradication of all jews in 1933 and arrived at the final solution gradually, does the author really think the "uninvolved" public can be absolved of guilt just because they werent actively involved in murdering jews?

Architect and Armaments Minister Albert Speer used his talents to construct Hitler dream buildings and war machine. Himmler essentially laid the plans out for the death camps and planned out the methods used by the Nazis. While Adolf Hitler is known as the leader of the Nazi party and a murderous madman who is responsible for the extermination of over six million Jews and millions of other people, he wasn't alone. In 1933, Hess became deputy Nazi party leader, but Hitler later lost faith in his leadership ability and made him second in the line of succession after Hermann Goering.

As chief of the Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht from 1938 to 1945, Wilhelm Keitel loyally supported Hitler's policies. He explores the shocking evidence of a merciless era - and of the shameful omissions of post-war German justice. There also may have been an attitude among certain nationalists that 'my enemy's enemy is my friend'. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Another early contributor to the party was Goebbels, a failed playwright who had grown disaffected with Catholicism.I would recommend this book for anyone looking for a brief, highly readably overview, though entire biographies have been written for each of these men. Josef Mengele was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and physician in Auschwitz concentration camp during the Second World War.