The Hidden Hitler by Lothar Machtan

[Bittrich]

I recieved a copy of this book for my birthday recently and was wondering what everyone though of it. It seems to be a throughly researched book with about 100 pages of end notes. Any comments?

[Frederick L Clemens]

The Hidden Hitler by Lothar Machtan. Trans. by John Brownjohn. New York: Basic Books (Perseus Books Group), 2001. 321 pages hardback. $26.00. ISBN 0-465-04308-9

some online discussion (there are plenty on a topic like this!):
http://www.advocate.com/html/books/851_hitler.asp
http://hallbiographies.com/index.php/Mo ... 944/page/1
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... 44-1694509

Did someone give you this book as a gag? Or it sounds like the type of book a comatose relative would give me since if it says something about Hitler or WW2, it must be a book I want to read, right?

[Wurger]

Its funny that you should mention this book - I sat in on a seminar discussion on it last week.

I'm not really into this sort of history - sensational, speculative personal histories - just because they really fail to present any concrete evidence to prove/disprove their point. There is plenty of innuendo but few hard facts. Much of the speculation surrounding Hitler's personal life is based on an Allied intelligence report from 1942 - which I have trouble seeing as a reliable and objective source.

Nevertheless, the book is a gadfly of sorts. The book's central arguement, that Hitler was gay, has stirred up controversy and stimulated discussion, so I guess that the book serves a purpose.

Regards,

Wurger

[Bittrich]

Well at least it should be an interesting read.