'Brilliantly written and researched, The Last Days of Hitler remains the most vivid account of the final Wagnerian chapter of Hitler's tyranny' Max Hastings
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In September 1945 the fate of Adolf Hitler was a complete mystery. He had simply disappeared, and had been missing for four months. Hugh Trevor-Roper, an intelligence officer, was given the task of solving the mystery. His brilliant piece of detective work not only proved finally that Hitler had killed himself in Berlin, but also produced one of the most fascinating history books ever written. The Last Days of Hitler tells the extraordinary story of those last days of the Thousand Year Reich in the Berlin Bunker. Besieged in the shattered capital, but still dominating the remains of his court, Hitler reiterated the original alternative of Nazism: either total victory or annihilation. This book is the record of that carefully prepared, ceremonious finale to a terrible chapter of history. 'This is an incomparable book, by far the best written on any aspect of the second German war: a book sound in scholarship, brilliant in its presentation . . . No words of praise are too strong' A. J. P. Taylor, New Statesman 'A masterpiece' The Times 'A brilliant study' Guardian
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Hugh Trevor-Roper is the author of "Catholics, Anglicans, and Puritans" and "Renaissance Essays," both published by the University of Chicago Press.
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NOW THAT the New Order is past, and the Thousand-Year Reich has crumbled in a decade, we are able at last, picking among the still rubble, to discover the truth about that fantastic and tragical episode. Read the first page
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Tom Everest
Format:Paperback
Hugh Trevor-Roper's credentials for writing this book are impeccable: the secret service officer who wrote the definitive account of Hitler's death at the end of 1945 for the Allies; later, Professor of History at Oxford; then ennobled and decorated for his work. And the reader is not let down by his greatness, for this book is remarkable and illuminating, shedding a clear and steady light on what happened in the paranoid and delusional end times of the Nazi regime.
The book is a quick read - only 220 pages from start to the end of the epilogue - but almost the most enjoyable bits are the prologues which have gradually built up through the many editions of this book. It can be annoying if you read the book through from the first page to the last, as much of what is in the prologue draws its significance from what follows in the main text, but the fifty page introduction to the third edition is invaluable as it explains the fate of Martin Bormann. But it is well worth the perservance and the reader is richly rewarded for making his/her way through the text.
One criticism: Trevor-Roper suffers from a touch of academic smugness. He is keen to point out that his book has now been in print for fifty-five years and that the substantial new disclosures made in the mid-fifties only served to confirm his version of the truth. He is quick to rubbish his opponents and those who don't agree with his conclusions and can seem heavy-handed and judgemental on the eyewitnesses' recall of facts (especially in his tersely worded footnotes). But in the context of his writing and evident ability, he can perhaps be forgiven this: his book was written, as he tells us, to forestall the development of a Hitler Myth. When writing about something so important, one can scarcely be (and Trevor-Roper certainly is not) magnanimous to one's opponents, for every chink in one's confidence is bound to be exploited for the promotion of a falsehood.
If you can read around this occasional misgiving, you'll find a gripping read and fantastically lucid account of the end of Hitler. Highly recommended.
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This as an astonishing book, written by the British Army officer who worked out the truth about what happened to Hitler. It covers the immediate circle around Hitler and paints a vivid picture of the factional infighting of the last year of so of Nazi Germany.
Trevor-Roper paints a remarkable picture of Hitler's life in the bunker, surrounded by a bizarre cast of characters such as fawning generals, quack doctors, loyal retainers and the very sinister Martin Bormann. However the most vivid character is Armaments minister Albert Speer whose inner confusion and refusal to destroy the Germany that Hitler now despised dominates most of the book.
This is first class history, packed with eyewitness accounts (including proof that Bormann died not far from the bunker - forget all those theories about him escaping to Brazil) and explanations of what motivated the people involved and why they acted as they did.
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Mr. Trevor-Roper not only gives a detailed account of the last days of Hitler but makes an ursurpassed description of the intrigues, the characters, the ambitions, the fears of the main personalities of nazi Germany. The statements he makes in the book, years later confirmed when new evidence was made available bear witness to his great powers of deduction and research. The reading is enthralling and absorving. After finishing the book one has the feeling of returning from a trip to the darkest depths of human nature.
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Very enlightening, well researched.
No stone was left unturned to compile this informative account of the last few days of Hitler's life. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Cooldrummer
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The account of a tyrants last few weeks.
I am interested in the second world war and even though I have many books on the subject including a few on Hitler's last days in his bunker, I found this book educational and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. J. Docherty
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Hitler's demise
An old subject, and old publication, but liked it especially for the details of the way all statements were cross checked to verify everything was true or not
Published 2 months ago by phesonivlek
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Superbly informative and well written too
A very worthwhile read, for anyone interested in what really happened.
I was prompted to read this after Colin Forbes' fictional account "The Leader and The Damned". Read more
I was prompted to read this after Colin Forbes' fictional account "The Leader and The Damned". Read more
Published 8 months ago by Nothern Climes
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An historical scoop that stands the test of time
This is a remarkable piece of work. Unfortunately, Trevor-Roper was a lazy writer and refused to rewrite the work as new information came in. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Roger Clark
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A Masterpiece
Doubtless later writers will have had access to archives, witnesses etc, but I have read no other historian who can match Trevor-Roper for the sheer beauty of his writing style. Read more
Published on 25 May 2009 by Phil
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A fascinating piece of detective work and a brilliant book.
The fact that it was originally written in 1947 doesn't date this book at all, though the author's introduction to this 1997 edition does provide both a valuable update and a... Read more
Published on 3 May 2004 by Chris J. Newman
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Trevor-Roper's intimate memoir opens the door to Hitler.
This small book (and an interesting one at that) deals with two things. The first is Trevor-Roper's naturalistic account, who discusses for the first half of the book how the Nazi... Read more
Published on 1 Jan 1998
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