The Men around Hitler

The Nazi Elite and its Collaborators

Author

Alfred D Low

Publisher

Columbia University Press, New York, 1996

Printing Details

First edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 22 × 14cm, 202pp.

This text aims to demonstrate that few of the Nazi leaders could have succeeded on their own, arguing that they owed their privileges and power solely to Hitler's favouritism. The men around Hitler were fanatic followers of his, embracing the Fuhrer-cult and all National Socialist doctrines, extolling an extreme German nationalism, arrogant racism, and terrorist methods, vilifying all domestic and foreign foes. They dreamed of a resurgence of German dominance, unfolding the flag of Germany's Weltmacht...