Hitler's Hangman

The Life of Heydrich

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Hitler's Hangman

By: Robert Gerwarth

Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan

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Reinhard Heydrich is widely recognized as one of the great iconic villains of the 20th century, an appalling figure even within the context of the Nazi leadership. Chief of the Nazi Criminal Police, the SS Security Service, and the Gestapo, ruthless overlord of Nazi-occupied Bohemia and Moravia, and leading planner of the "Final Solution," Heydrich played a central role in Hitler's Germany. He shouldered a major share of responsibility for some of the worst Nazi atrocities, and up to his assassination in Prague in 1942, he was widely seen as one of the most dangerous men in Nazi Germany.

Yet Heydrich has received remarkably modest attention in the extensive literature of the Third Reich. Robert Gerwarth weaves together little-known stories of Heydrich's private life with his deeds as head of the Nazi Reich Security Main Office. Fully exploring Heydrich's progression from a privileged middle-class youth to a rapacious mass murderer, Gerwarth sheds new light on the complexity of Heydrich's adult character, his motivations, the incremental steps that led to unimaginable atrocities, and the consequences of his murderous efforts toward recreating the entire ethnic makeup of Europe.

Robert GerwarthNapoleon RyanTantor Audio

20th Century

Europe

Germany

Historical

Military

Military & War

Modern

World War II

War

Holocaust

Imperialism

Scary

Thought-Provoking

Inspiring

Socialism

Soviet Union

Russia

Interwar Period

20th Century Europe Germany Historical Military Military & War Modern World War II War Holocaust Imperialism Scary Thought-Provoking Inspiring Socialism Soviet Union Russia Interwar Period

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Critic reviews

"This admirable biography makes plausible what actually happened and makes human what we might prefer to dismiss as monstrous." ( The Wall Street Journal)

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An in depth study of one of the most vile human beings to ever walk the earth. His influence on nazi doctrine and the Final solution is not often depicted so a book like this is refreshing as well as depressing. An incredibly interesting book, well narrated and written. if there is a hell then this horrible man is where he should be, being tormented until the end of time.