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Hitler's Personal Security: Protecting The Fuhrer 1921-1945

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Hitler's Personal Security: Protecting The Fuhrer 1921-1945
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Peter Hoffmann
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:376
Dimensions(mm): Height 226,Width 155
Category/GenreHistory
ISBN/Barcode 9780306809477
ClassificationsDewey:943.086
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Hachette Books
Imprint Da Capo Press Inc
Publication Date 1 December 2000
Publication Country United States

Description

"I am immortal!" exulted Hitler in the wake of the failed assassination plot of July 20, 1944. As Peter Hoffmann shows in this startling book, that bombing was only the best known of more than thirty attempts on Hitler's life, the first coming as early as 1921, when he was the leader of the German worker's party. Using extensive archival material, Hoffmann details these assassination plots and outlines the fanatically complex security measures that developed to keep Hitler safe. He analyzes Hitler's SS escort and the other security groups responsible for his life,there were so many of them that they often counteracted one another,together with their arrangements for his transportation, public appearances, residences, and wartime headquarters. Providing remarkable new information about the workings of those devoted to defending and destroying him, this book is an invaluable contribution to the history of the Third Reich.

Author Biography

Peter Hoffmann, William Kingsford Professor of History at McGill University, is the author of The History of the German Resistance 1933-1945. He lives in Montreal.