“The author deals with the usual turns, such as Hitler’s rough years as an aspiring artist and the horrors of trench warfare in World War I, but he adds welcome observations and interesting asides along the way…Timely, given the increase in right-wing intransigence throughout the world, and one of the best works on Hitler and the origins of the Third Reich to appear in recent years.”
Ullrich’s study can be thoroughly recommended as a most worthwhile addition to the voluminous literature on the man.” Ullrich is a journalist rather than an academic, which partly explains one of the book’s many positive features - its remarkable fluency and readability…or an entirely sound, interesting and even entertaining account, Mr. “A wonderful array of well-chosen anecdotes…Mr. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography Hitler is an essential historical biography with unsettling resonance in contemporary times. Focusing on the personality behind the policies, Ullrich creates a vivid portrait of a man and his megalomania, political skill, and horrifying worldview.
Drawing on previously unseen papers and new scholarly research, Ullrich charts Hitler's life from his childhood through his experiences in the First World War and his subsequent rise as a far-right leader. Volker Ullrich's Hitler, the first in a two-volume biography, has changed the way scholars and laypeople alike understand the man who has become the personification of evil. “ fascinating Shakespearean parable about how the confluence of circumstance, chance, a ruthless individual and the willful blindness of others can transform a country - and, in Hitler’s case, lead to an unimaginable nightmare for the world.” -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
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