Book Description: Bison Books, London, 1978. Cloth, Gilt Lettering. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edited by ex-Hitler Youth/Waffen SS type. 24,5cm x 30.5cm. 256 pages. Weight 1.7 kilos or nearly 4 lbs. Illustrated throughout mainly in b/w. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, no bumps, marks or inscriptions. Interior clean & tight. Jacket is not price-clipped, minimal shelf wear.
The figure of Adolf Hitler stands across the20th century like a colossus. There can be little doubt that he changed the lives of everyone who lived in Europe during his formative and active years, and since his death, the lives of future generations throughout the world have been, to a greater or lesser degree, altered because of his presence on this earth. It was Hitler who revitalized and united Germany after the chaos and destruction of World War I. It was Hitler around whom the Nazi Party was based, which in his name, built a massive war machine, redrew the map of Europe and stifled criticism of any kind of Hitler or his works wherever the swastika flag flew. It was Hitler who started World War II. It was in Hitler's name that millions died as civilians, combatants and as victims of his concentration camps. His ideologies did not die with him and remain an ever-present signal to those who wish to emulate his deeds.
For the first time in modern publishing history this full-scale pictorial biography of Hitler's Life and Times appears. Edited by Herbert Walther, who wore the name of Adolf Hitler on his sleeve as a member of the notorious Waffen SS, this unique collection of photographs, hundreds of which have never been printed before, is a monument to his eleven years of research in the photographic library of Germany's Bundesarchiv. His continuing friendship with former comrades have brought materials from private collections, including that of Hitler's valet, Karl Wilhelm Krause, to light for the first time in this book. This volume, with many hundreds of photographs and comments from those who lived through the greatest holocaust the world has ever known, including victims of Nazi persecution, is a magnificent collection which has never before been equalled. It stands as a reminder of what has gone on in the past. May it never be repeated.
