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The Hitler Library A Bibliography
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Philipp Gassert, Daniel S. Mattern
Book Code: GR1495
ISBN: 0-313-31495-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31495-7
584 pages, photos
Greenwood Press
Publication: 3/30/2001
List Price: $145.00 (UK Sterling Price: £80.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Bibliographies and Indexes in World History
Series Number: 52
Awards:
  • Best Bibliographies in History RUSA 2003
Reviews:
  • ...a remarkable book. This book belongs with collections supporting graduate studies in modern German history.
    —Choice     October 2002
  • A day spent at the LC following up previously unknown items led me down some fascinating paths for future research. Other scholars of the Third Reich will find the guide equally rewarding.
    —German Studies Review     October 2003
  • The Hitler Library provides the first comprehensive road map through the collection.
    —The Atlantic Monthly     May 2003
  • [T]his bibliography provides valuable new insight into the private life of one of history's most infamous persons.
    —Insights     October-December 2001
Description: Making a unique collection accessible to scholars, The Hitler Library is a complete bibliography of Hitler's books currently in the Rare Book Reading Room of the Library of Congress. Pointing to seldom used sources in social and political history, including photo albums, honorary citizenship diplomas, and festschriften, as well as trade books given to Hitler, the volume offers a very private view of one of history's most evil figures. A scholarly introduction, a commentary, and transcriptions of the many handwritten dedications in the books, providing fascinating insights into the cult of the Führer and the social history of the Third Reich are included. Although the Hitler collection in the Library of Congress is fragmentary, including an unknown yet substantial percentage of the books Hitler must have owned, the collection offers fresh insight into the social and political history of the Third Reich. Presented by friends, admirers, and ordinary Germans, these books, many with handwritten dedications, help us to comprehend the role of Hitler in German society.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Bibliography: Hitler's Books
  • Appendix I: Brown University and Other Miscellaneous Private Collections of Hitler's Books
  • Appendix II: Books in the Third Reich Collection not Belonging to Hitler
  • Appendix III: Books of Uncertain Provenance in the Third Reich Collection
  • Appendix IV: Books from the Reich Chancellery (Hoover Institution Achives)
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2001016107
LCC Class: Z997
Dewey Class: 016
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