Hitler biography ian kershaw
- Ian Kershaw is a British historian, noted for his biographies of Adolf Hitler.
- Kershaw's richly illustrated biography is a mesmerizing portrait of how Hitler attained, exercised, and retained power.
- Hitler is a two-volume biography of Adolf Hitler, written by the historian Ian Kershaw.
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Ian Kershaw
British historian of Nazi Germany (born 1943)
Sir Ian KershawFRHistS FBA (born 29 April 1943) is an English historian whose work has chiefly focused on the social history of 20th-century Germany. He is regarded by many as one of the world's foremost experts on Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, and is particularly noted for his biographies of Hitler.[1]
He was a follower of the German historian Martin Broszat, and until his retirement, he was a professor at the University of Sheffield. Kershaw has called Broszat an "inspirational mentor" who did much to shape his understanding of Nazi Germany.[2] Kershaw served as historical adviser on numerous BBC documentaries, notably The Nazis: A Warning from History and War of the Century. He taught a module titled "Germans against Hitler".[3]
Background
Ian Kershaw was born on 29 April 1943 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, to Joseph Kershaw, a musician, and Alice (Robinson) Kershaw.[4][5] He was educated at Counthill Grammar School, St Bede's College, Mancheste
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Hitler
A very long, hard, incredibly gruelling slog; and a tome that has worked its way through me as much as I’ve worked my way through it. Despite all the work involved, however, (or perhaps because of it) it is no exaggeration to say that this biography has easily been one of the most important books of my reading journey so far. I’ve carried it around Europe with me over the last two and a half months and it has seen, first-hand, most of the major cities once embroiled in Hitler’s sordid (albeit epic) life. It has seen the hallmarks of bomb damage and many of the countless memorials constructed in the wake of his increasingly frenzied and decoupled descent into destruction. I’m slightly embarrassed to admit that when I finally finished it this morning, back home on my bed, I closed my Kindle in a complete flood of tears, tears which came entirely at odds with Kershaw’s deliberately emotionless academic prose, and which caught me by surprise. The weight of history felt crushing. I think, even now, at the very end of my twenties, I’m still try
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Hitler
[Paperback - 2009]
ian kershaw
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This one-volume edition of Kershaw's "superb biography" (Ian Buruma, "New York Times Book Review") of Hitler will be the final word on the most demonic figure of the 20th century. of photos.
About the Author
Ian Kershaw is the author of Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris and Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis, which received the Wolfson Literary Award for History and the Bruno Kreisky Prize in Austria for the Political Book of the Year, and was joint winner of the inaugural British Academy Book Prize. His other books include Making Friends with Hitler, which won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography; Fateful Choices; The End; and his histories of modern Europe, To Hell and Back and Roller-Coaster.
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