• The Trial of Adolf Hitler

  • The Beer Hall Putsch and the Rise of Nazi Germany
  • By: David King
  • Narrated by: Jeff Harding
  • Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (33 ratings)

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February 26, 1924 was the first day of the greatly anticipated high treason trial that would galvanize Germany - but few in the courtroom that morning anticipated that the leading defendant, General Erich Ludendorff, whose risky offensives during World War I doomed Germany to defeat, would soon be eclipsed by the private first class at his side, Adolf Hitler. Hitler was charged with treason after unsuccessfully trying to seize power in the notorious Beer Hall Putsch in Munich in 1923. Before the trial, Hitler was only a minor, if ambitious, local party leader. Yet, once the proceedings began, his days of relative obscurity were over. Including never-before-published sources, this richly informed, day-by-day account shows how Hitler metamorphosed into a mesmerizing demagogue and used his trial as a stage for Nazi propaganda. Chilling in the hypothetical questions it raises, The Trial of Adolf Hitler illuminates our understanding of Hitler's path to power.

©2017 David King (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC
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Story largely untold

Most histories of this period usually deal with the Beer Hall Putsch in a paragraph or two. This book covers the period immediately before and after the Putsch. Most importantly, it covers Hitler's trial in great detail. An important contribution to the literature of Hitler's formation and rise and to the mindset of many German civilians and military men in the 1920's.

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New Insights

Had always heard about the treason trial of Hitler but never got many details about the case this book adds new insights into the case and answers the question why Hitler and the codefendants got only Slap's on the wrist for treason.

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A timely warning

Never platform a fascist. Never debate a fascist. Never give one iota if leeway to them. Like mold they must be totally eradicated or they will keep coming back. This book shows why.

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