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Hitler's Vienna: A Dictator's Apprenticeship
Hitler's Vienna explores the critical, formative years that the young Adolf Hitler spent in Vienna. It is both a cultural and political portrait of the Austrian capital and a biography of Hitler during his years there, from 1906 to 1913. Hitler's was not the modern, artistic "fin-de-si cle Vienna" we associate with Freud, Mahler, and Wittgenstein. Instead, it was...more
Paperback, 496 pages
Published
November 9th 2000
by Oxford University Press
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I saw on Amazon that the book also exists in English, "Hitler's Vienna, A Dictator's Apprenticeship".
I would recommend it for two reasons:
1) The in-depth analysis of Vienna at the time of Hitler's arrival and stay from 1908 to 1913. He originally moved there in the hope to be accepted at the Academy of Fine Arts, but he was refused twice, mainly because he had dropped out of school at the age of 16 (he was lazy) and, therefore, had not passed the exams (rather l...more
I would recommend it for two reasons:
1) The in-depth analysis of Vienna at the time of Hitler's arrival and stay from 1908 to 1913. He originally moved there in the hope to be accepted at the Academy of Fine Arts, but he was refused twice, mainly because he had dropped out of school at the age of 16 (he was lazy) and, therefore, had not passed the exams (rather l...more
I read this book when I studied in Vienna in Fall 2001. It describes the art, political, and religious movements in Vienna before World War II. By learning about Vienna, one begins to learn more about the early years of an aspiring Adolf Hitler. The book succeeds in humanizing Hitler, putting him in a context that I knew too well (the streets and Opera Houses of Vienna), and drawing some basic conclusions. Excellent read.
A surprisingly good book. I find myself recommending it often to folks interested in 20th century European history.
wealth of footnotes, a german author, about a little known period of the tyrant's life. Looking forward to perusing
Soberbio, inmejorable.
Soberbio, inmejorable.
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