The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler
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  • Published: 13 September 2012
  • ISBN: 9781448124947
  • Imprint: RH AudioGo
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 12 hr 55 min
  • Narrator: Michael Jayston

The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler

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A fascinating exploration of the character of the most powerful and destructive man in history - to accompany a new BBC series.

Adolf Hitler was an unlikely leader – fuelled by hate, incapable of forming normal human relationships, unwilling to debate political issues – and yet he commanded enormous support. So how was it possible that Hitler became such an attractive figure to millions of people? That is the important question at the core of Laurence Rees’ new book.

The Holocaust, the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, the outbreak of the Second World War – all these cataclysmic events and more can be laid at Hitler’s door. Hitler was a war criminal arguably without precedent in the history of the world. Yet, as many who knew him confirm, Hitler was still able to exert a powerful influence over the people who encountered him.

In this fascinating book to accompany his new BBC series, the acclaimed historian and documentary maker Laurence Rees examines the nature of Hitler’s appeal, and reveals the role Hitler’s supposed ‘charisma’ played in his success. Rees’ previous work has explored the inner workings of the Nazi state in The Nazis: A Warning from History and the crimes they committed in Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution. The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler is a natural culmination of twenty years of writing and research on the Third Reich, and a remarkable examination of the man and the mind at the heart of it all.
  • Published: 13 September 2012
  • ISBN: 9781448124947
  • Imprint: RH AudioGo
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 12 hr 55 min
  • Narrator: Michael Jayston
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About the author

Laurence Rees

Laurence Rees has won the British Book Award for History Book of the Year 2006 for his international bestseller Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'. His career as a writer and filmmaker, focusing on the Nazis and World War II, stretches back nearly 20 years and includes the acclaimed television series Nazis: A Warning from History, War of the Century, Horror in the East and, most recently, Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'. The body of work has won him a myriad of awards including a BAFTA. a Grierson Award and an international Documentary Award. He was educated at Solihull School and Oxford University and is Creative Director of BBC TV History programmes.

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The Holocaust
Horror In The East
Selling Politics
World War Two: Behind Closed Doors
Their Darkest Hour
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Praise for The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler

Offering acerbic insight ... this arresting account asks and answers all the right questions

Daily Telegraph

Laurence Rees asks, as always, the right questions, and provides excellent answers. Blending the oral testimony of contemporaries with documentary evidence, he offers sharp insight into the adulation of Hitler by millions of Germans that underpinned his 'charismatic rule'

Professor Sir Ian Kershaw

Laurence Rees has done more for good history on television in this country than anyone else. Over several series, he has examined the most terrible aspects of the Second World War with a passionate longing to understand, while rejecting facile moral judgment

Sir Antony Beevor

Laurence Rees is currently producing the best documentaries ever made about the Nazi era

Clive James

Laurence Rees is currently producing the best documentaries ever made about the Nazi era

Clive James

Laurence Rees has done more for good history on television in this country than anyone else. Over several series, he has examined the most terrible aspects of the Second World War with a passionate longing to understand, while rejecting facile moral judgment

Antony Beevor

Laurence Rees asks, as always, the right questions, and provides excellent answers. Blending the oral testimony of contemporaries with documentary evidence, he offers sharp insight into the adulation of Hitler by millions of Germans that underpinned his "charismatic rule"’

Professor Sir Ian Kershaw